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Roaming Greeter scripted needed
Shayna Korobase
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03-07-2008 10:48
I have a greeting droid that I created but I want to make it roam my land randomly.... like it's patrolling. Does anyone know a good script for this?
Void Singer
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03-07-2008 14:29
assuming no physical movement and allowing it to pass through walls...

CODE

vector gPosOffset = <5.0, 0.0, 0.0>;

timer(){
  llSetTimerEvent( wait_time );
  vector nextPos = llGetPos() + gPosOffset * llGetRot();
  if (llOverMyLand( nextPos )){
    llSetPos( nextPos );
    //-- maybe fire the sensor in here if you detectect in a sphere
  }else{
    llSetRot( llEuler2Rot( <0.0, 0.0, llFrand( PI ) - PI_BY_TWO> ) *llGetRot();
    llSetTimerEvent( 0.05 )
  }
  //-- maybe fire the sensor here if you only detect in a smaller arc
}

NOT a complete script
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Shayna Korobase
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03-07-2008 16:32
Not quite following you. What do I do with this script?
Void Singer
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03-07-2008 17:15
you set a timer, every X seconds it checks if the spot Y meters in front of it is over your land, if it is it goes there, if not it turns some random amount between left and right and repeats the process until it finds a spot that IS over your land and goes there.

it would be part of a larger script, incorporating a sensor which greets the people it finds.

I'm not sure how it would behave if it tried to cross the corner of no script or no entry land, I think it ends up bouncing around it. it would need to have the same owner as the land it's randomly roaming, otherwise with it's just going to randomly turn in place.
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Shayna Korobase
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03-07-2008 17:51
I have no idea how to work the script you gave me but thank you :-)
Void Singer
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03-07-2008 20:27
I'm trying to break my bad habit of writing full scripts for people because I'm bored.

that snippet combined with a greeter script should do what you want (as far as random movement), if you're uncomfortable/unable to work out how to combine them you should definitely talk to a scripter friend, or pay someone for a finished product (actually you should do something for your friend too if you go that route.)

I know some will think that's harsh, given that it's not a really difficult script, but when you buy a script you aren't so much paying for the effort as for their their knowledge, skill, and speed in making a script that is purpose suited to your needs.

EDIT:
that doesn't mean I won't teach, but there's a line between teaching and doing it for someone
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Hewee Zetkin
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03-07-2008 20:50
Sounds about right. We are here, after all, to teach men to fish. Err...except not, almost.
Shayna Korobase
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03-08-2008 19:48
From: Void Singer
I'm trying to break my bad habit of writing full scripts for people because I'm bored.

that snippet combined with a greeter script should do what you want (as far as random movement), if you're uncomfortable/unable to work out how to combine them you should definitely talk to a scripter friend, or pay someone for a finished product (actually you should do something for your friend too if you go that route.)

I know some will think that's harsh, given that it's not a really difficult script, but when you buy a script you aren't so much paying for the effort as for their their knowledge, skill, and speed in making a script that is purpose suited to your needs.

EDIT:
that doesn't mean I won't teach, but there's a line between teaching and doing it for someone



I understand completely. I primaraly build things and my knowledge of scripts is very limited. I don't think you sound harsh at all. Thank you for your time.
Haruki Watanabe
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08-19-2008 08:31
Sorry for the necropost - just stumbled over this and... it's not working

From: Void Singer
assuming no physical movement and allowing it to pass through walls...

CODE

vector gPosOffset = <5.0, 0.0, 0.0>;

timer(){
  llSetTimerEvent( wait_time );
  vector nextPos = llGetPos() + gPosOffset * llGetRot();
  if (llOverMyLand( nextPos )){
    llSetPos( nextPos );
    //-- maybe fire the sensor in here if you detectect in a sphere
  }else{
    llSetRot( llEuler2Rot( <0.0, 0.0, llFrand( PI ) - PI_BY_TWO> ) *llGetRot();
    llSetTimerEvent( 0.05 )
  }
  //-- maybe fire the sensor here if you only detect in a smaller arc
}

NOT a complete script


llOverMyLand(nextPos) does not work since llOverMyLand expects a key and not a vector...
Hewee Zetkin
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08-19-2008 11:06
From: Haruki Watanabe
llOverMyLand(nextPos) does not work since llOverMyLand expects a key and not a vector...


Try 'llGetLandOwnerAt(...) == llGetOwner()' instead.

http://www.lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llGetLandOwnerAt