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Easier way to have an event turn on then off after a set amount of time?
Senuka Harbinger
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Join date: 24 Oct 2005
Posts: 491
11-03-2005 20:00
I'm working on a script which is supposed to turn a particle effect on when a command is given and then automatically turn it off 10 seconds later. right now it "works" but the code is very "Sloppy" as I'm using a timer command with the "on" command to turn it off every 6 seconds automatically. obviously there are some bugs with this, as if you give the on command 1 second before the off comand is given through the timer script, the off command will be given too soon. I was thinking of using the llSleep command, but I'm not too sure of it's intended use and how much it would screw up my script.
RacerX Gullwing
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Join date: 18 Jun 2004
Posts: 371
11-03-2005 20:49
add a sleep its simple, and uses much less recources than turning something off every 6 secondes
llSleep(6);
Senuka Harbinger
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11-03-2005 20:54
thanks. cleaned up my script a lot.


would it be possible to use the llsleep command to delete a prim a certain amount of time after it's spawned and not have it interfere with any other parts of the script? or would I have to have 2 seperate scripts in the prim that gets summoned?
Kenn Nilsson
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11-04-2005 00:27
An llSleep command--per my understanding--actually pauses the script while it sleeps...so it would interfere with any further processing by the same script.
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Ben Bacon
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Join date: 14 Jul 2005
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11-04-2005 02:53
Senuka - only start the timer when you start the particles.
CODE
default
{
	touch_start(integer num_detected)
	{
		llParticleSystem([............................]);
		llSetTimerEvent(10.0);  //(re)start the timer
	}
	
	timer()
	{
		llParticleSystem([]);
		timer(0.0);  // stop the timer again
	}
}

As Kenn says, llSleep pauses the script completely, so prefer the timer most of the time.
Senuka Harbinger
A-Life, one bit at a time
Join date: 24 Oct 2005
Posts: 491
11-05-2005 13:09
From: Ben Bacon
Senuka - only start the timer when you start the particles.
As Kenn says, llSleep pauses the script completely, so prefer the timer most of the time.


ah thanks. I thought that if I were to set the timer to 0, it would cause a contstant loop of that event, furthuring to "lag" from excessive scripts
Drake Diamond
Registered User
Join date: 4 Apr 2005
Posts: 1
11-05-2005 19:47
you can also use the "system life" variable in the particle function.
Eloise Pasteur
Curious Individual
Join date: 14 Jul 2004
Posts: 1,952
11-06-2005 01:26
Setting the timer to 0 is how you turn it off.