Tranformer Script(s)?

Apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong forum but I’d like to make each of a linked set of objects move to preset positions relative to each other on touching one of them (the root prim?)… Do you know where I can get help on this specific problem?
Bad news is I’m a TOTAL script dummy!

There's a system to do omething like this called Prim Puppeteer:

https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=163930

That's a link to the free version, which I believe is full-featured but not transferrable. If it works for you and you want to make it distributable, just buy the full version.

If you really want to learn scripting rather than simply building your transformer, post again in your "scripting tips" thread and state that you know about puppeteer, but are interested in learning how to write a script to do this yourself.

It may be a bit advanced for someone's first script, though. But with a goal in mind we might be able to walk you through a few simpler scripts in preparation.

I'd stick with puppeteer, and save learning your own scripting for when you want to add other (simple) features to your transformer.

There may be good competition to Prim Puppeteer, but it's the industry leader for this purpose. I haven't used it myself, but I've seen a number of good products made with it. I have written scripts that do similar things (with objects, though, not prims).

Someone with Puppeteer experience can say whether you can make it flip states on touch. In the products I've seen, it keeps repeating the sequence of motions. But I bet it has other options.

Note that it can animate a whole sequence, so you can show the transformer unfolding, rather than just zipping to the new shape (if you want).

thanks Lear

I'll IM you about your offer to make it more interesting

Lear, misread your post...I see you said it will show the sequence of moves. I've just downloaded Puppeteer and I'll give it a go. Its a reversible effect I'm looking for. Click configuration A and it turns into B, click B and it turns into A

You might also check out zFire, http://zfire.isellsl.com/animhome.php

I've used both zFire and Puppeteer, and I find zFire a lot more versatile. It's also cheaper.

Thanks for the tip Innula I will check zFire out.

Puppeteer is very neat looking and I've found it easy to start the project with but now I'm stuck trying:
(a) to get anything to work when the prims are linked, and
(b) to get all the prim movements to be triggered by a single event (e.g. touching one of them)

I've hunted around various forums, blogs and websites to find any comprehensive help pitched at novices but failed at that too so far

Well, I took the plunge and bought it...its exactly what I was looking for! Thanks Innula