Making aircraft?

Hey, ive been searching all day for people and threads which can teach me how to make aircraft. Yet so far i've only managed to find a script example for a plane.

Anyone know where i can learn to build aircraft? I already have a model, i need to set the seating position and script it.

Thanks.

That would be a scripting question then, best posted in the Scripting Tips forum

look for vehicle scripts

The OP is asking how to BUILD aircraft, not script. Basically, you build aircraft like any other build, so you're asking to build. I suggest going to some SL related building sites like http://www.slbuilding.com and similar sites, and check out youtube as well for general SL building hints/tips. Also, you might want to consider learning blender for making sculpted prims. Many aircraft parts (wings, rudders, props, etc, are better made (and use less prims) with sculpted textures. Bear in mind, if you plan to use the script you find to make this aircraft fly you need to keep the prim count to 31 or less, although there are tricks to get around that.

Sounds like he's asking both ....



Still, Johan's right. There's no single way to build an airplane, just like there's no single way to build a house. Wander around SL, look at airplanes with your Edit tool, and see how other people have built them. You should get enough ideas about how to do it yourself. As for setting the seating position, take a look at http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlSitTarget and then study a simple poseball script to see how it's implemented.

while you're building, you'll want to keep three thoughts in mind....

scripted vehicles can only have a max of 32 prims (each seatable avatars is counted as one).

you can overcome this limitation by attaching an additional object with any remaining detail prims to the avatars pelvis.

it's helpful to make sure that the main vehicle (as opposed to the attachment portion) has prims at or near the physical edges of the combined vehicle so that it will collide properly.