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Matthew_Whittingham · 10-10-2008, 11:55 AM

Hello,

I am a post-graduate student part of a project to convert some philosophical language games into the Second Life Universe. We are at the moment trying to construct a pile of pillars, such that upon clicking on the pile, it attaches a pillar to your arm. The idea being that you are picking a pillar up off a pile. We have been scripting it so that upon clicking the pile of pillars, it produces a single pillar next to the pile, which if you then click on, it asks if you would like to attach that pillar to your arm.

Our problem is, that if you are not the owner of the pillar, it denies you from doing this. The only person who can pull it off succesfully is the original owner of the pile of pillars, and the pillar inside it. Is there some way around this issue of ownership, other then having it first placed into your inventory. Our aim is to side-step as much of the Second Life interface as possible when participating in this language game.

Thanks for any help!

Matt

Chalice Yao · 10-10-2008, 12:13 PM

Sadly (and thankfully) no, there is no wayto autochange owners or attach non-owned things to an avatar.

The only way would be for the pillor to be set leftclick-pay for 0l first. then after buy and CHANGED_OWNER (buying the original so nothing lands in the inventory), change leftclick to touch and attach.

Stickman · 10-11-2008, 01:19 AM

If you were fancy enough, you could have a custom animation and make the pillar a "vehicle" so you when click, you "sit" and then can "walk" with it. I'm pretty sure that's not worth the effort, though.

WarKirby Magojiro · 10-11-2008, 02:33 AM

Using the built in buy system to buy the original, is the only way to transfer an inworld object without it passing through an inventory.

Jahar Aabye · 10-22-2008, 04:12 PM

Another option is to have the players wear a scripted attachment that contains a pillar in its contents. Then, when a player clicks on one of main pillars in the game, it could then say the avatar's name or key on a backchannel. The attachment then listens on that backchannel, and if it hears the correct line, it then rezzes a copy of the pillar from inventory, which could then be attached to the arm. Personally, I think that this is the best option. The downside is that they would have to obtain and wear the attachment first, but that could be done pretty easily by putting a box next to the pillars with a sign saying "Get your FREE game attachment by clicking HERE" or some such.

10-10-2008, 11:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Matthew_Whittingham Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1	Scripting hurdle to overcome! Hello, I am a post-graduate student part of a project to convert some philosophical language games into the Second Life Universe. We are at the moment trying to construct a pile of pillars, such that upon clicking on the pile, it attaches a pillar to your arm. The idea being that you are picking a pillar up off a pile. We have been scripting it so that upon clicking the pile of pillars, it produces a single pillar next to the pile, which if you then click on, it asks if you would like to attach that pillar to your arm. Our problem is, that if you are not the owner of the pillar, it denies you from doing this. The only person who can pull it off succesfully is the original owner of the pile of pillars, and the pillar inside it. Is there some way around this issue of ownership, other then having it first placed into your inventory. Our aim is to side-step as much of the Second Life interface as possible when participating in this language game. Thanks for any help! Matt

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10-10-2008, 12:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chalice Yao The Purple Kinda at work. Somewhat. Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Somewhere purple, Germany Posts: 1,251 My Mood:	Sadly (and thankfully) no, there is no wayto autochange owners or attach non-owned things to an avatar. The only way would be for the pillor to be set leftclick-pay for 0l first. then after buy and CHANGED_OWNER (buying the original so nothing lands in the inventory), change leftclick to touch and attach.

10-11-2008, 01:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
Stickman Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 29	If you were fancy enough, you could have a custom animation and make the pillar a "vehicle" so you when click, you "sit" and then can "walk" with it. I'm pretty sure that's not worth the effort, though.

10-22-2008, 04:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jahar Aabye Why can't titles be longe Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 339 SL Join Date: 2/16/2007 Business: Black Operations Combat Outfitters	Another option is to have the players wear a scripted attachment that contains a pillar in its contents. Then, when a player clicks on one of main pillars in the game, it could then say the avatar's name or key on a backchannel. The attachment then listens on that backchannel, and if it hears the correct line, it then rezzes a copy of the pillar from inventory, which could then be attached to the arm. Personally, I think that this is the best option. The downside is that they would have to obtain and wear the attachment first, but that could be done pretty easily by putting a box next to the pillars with a sign saying "Get your FREE game attachment by clicking HERE" or some such.