Finding a needle in a haystack - tips?

Hi, got a slight problem.

I had a script which I installed on an object and set about 400m above ground. It was on a platform and it fed through to my av but I had a mishap and the platform crashed onto the ground minus the script object. The script has now malfunctioned and I need to delete it and start again as I'm getting error messages whenever I go onto my land and my av malfunctions slightly.

Trouble is, locating something the sizeof an orange 400m up in the air (in the clouds) ain't easy and I've not been able to find it.

Any ideas?

You can turn on the beacon mode for scripted objects. It will show up as thin crosshairs when you go near anything scripted.

And if you remember it as being somewhere in the clouds, its probably nearer to the 200 - 300m area.

If all else fails, and you don't have anything worth much on your land, just return all the objects.

get on edit mode, look up and do a big drag selection?

Make a script to find the script. Something like:

default
{
	touch_end(integer_number)
	{
		llSensor("", NULL_KEY,SCRIPTED,96,PI);
	}
	sensor(integer total_number)
    	{
		integer i;	
		for (i=0; i< total_number; i++)
		{	
			llOwnerSay(llDetectedName(i)+" at "+(string)llDetectedPos());
		}

	}
}

Fly up to the rough area, use the sensor to detect all objects with active scripts within 96 metres.

Thanks for the script, it's kind of you to write that for me.

Actually I didn't need it though, the beacon tip worked a treat - it showed up like a little red spot and I was able to retrieve it relatively easily all thanks to you Cottonteil.

sit on a box and change its zaxis to 400 , do your thing and then delete the box (dont stand up or you will have a box stuck up there)

also dont' forget you can remove the clouds whenever you want using the debug menu, take a box to the altitude you need and then select Highlight Transparent in the Views menu will help you find a hidden object you can't seem to lasso.

~Lefty