Script to Prim Question

Ok this may seem liek a strange question. Is there a way to add a single script to multiple prims without having to do it prim by prim? For example... let's say I have a sword that needs a holster script and the script has to go in al 50 prims.

I'm pretty sure the answer is no but some tmes new tool come out I'm unaware of.

Thanks

llRemoteLoadScriptPin, put a script in each prim setting the pin once then use this to update the script.

You can also use llGiveInventory() to populate, say, all prims in an object, then manually set all the scripts to running using Tools -> Set All Scripts To Running In Selection. Remember to make it a script that'll set the script PIN so you can do it all automatically afterward.

If I may... Putting a script in every prim to show/hide a sword is very inefficient.

llSetLinkAlpha(LINK_SET, 1.0, ALL_SIDES); // Show

llSetLinkAlpha(LINK_SET, 0.0, ALL_SIDES); // Hide

That will do the trick.

That can apply also to the handle of the sword in the sheath if it's a separate attachment. (left/right pectoral or spine/belly don't move relatively to each other... IIRC)

If you don't have attachments points to waste, you can still use only one llSetLinkAlpha() to show the handle in the sheath.

Hiding is more tricky but, since llSetLinkAlpha() has no delay, you may consider first hiding the whole attachment and then restoring the sheath thanks to a list containing all the link numbers of its prims.

Putting a script in every prim must be the very last solution when nothing else works.

Actually using llSetLinkAlpha() on a large list of prims is incredibly slow compared to having a script in each prim that responds to a link message. In an object with many prims (I made a bow with something like 70 prims, with about 20% of them being shared between drawn and fired positions) it can be the difference between seeing prims slowly pop out of visibility one by one and a near instantaneous looking change in position. Unfortunate but true. If you can get away with a single script great, but I wouldn't expect to be able to do that in anything but a pretty trivial project.

From Emma Nowhere's invaluable script, Fix Small Prims http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Fix_Small_Prims

GiveScriptToLinkedPrims()
{
    integer p = llGetNumberOfPrims();
    integer i = 0;
    for (i = 2; i <= p; i++)
    {
        key prim = llGetLinkKey(i);
        llGiveInventory(prim, llGetScriptName());
    }
}

Having pasted that function into the script you want to propagate and called it in whatever way you want, you need to take the object back into your inventory, re-rez it and then set scripts to running from the Tools menu.

Why exactly do you need to put 50 scripts into the same object?

One single script in an object made of 50 prims would still show or hide the object for example.

Thank you all for your thoughts, opinions and advice.

To answer this question. Let's say I have a Katana Sheath. When I unsheath it the handle only needs to vanish. To do this I insert the script only in the parts I want effected.

Thanks.

Wouldn't it be great to have child-linksets?

Another solution, combine all your textures onto a single 'multiple-textures' texture, then apply offsets to align each texture section properly on your object. Make a second, identical texture with the sections used for the "handle" erased (transparent).

With a single script, you only need to switch between the on/off textures.

This method has drawbacks. It doesn't work if you use repeating textures (unless you build the repeats into the single 'multiple-textures' texture). And, of course, the usual caveats regarding 32-bit textures.

and tattoo layers for tattoos, and a way to correlate attachment locations to the world....

When an agent collides with an object, the object moves appropriately but only upto a certain point then glides back into the original position.

Is this possible?