[Opensim-users] NPC attachments not behaving reliably

[Dr Ramesh Ramloll]

Thanks Melanie :) makes perfect sense.


On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Melanie <melanie at t-data.com> wrote:

> The attached position is not stored when taking the snapshot. You
> canNOT wear something, adjust it's position then snapshot. To get
> proper positioning, wear the item and position it, then detach it,
> which will save the position inside the item asset itself, THEN wear
> it again. Now you can take the snapshot and the attachment will be
> positioned properly.
>
> Melanie
>
> On 02/04/2013 03:25, InuYasha Meiji wrote:
> > I haven't dealt with NPCs as of yet, but if this is an issue in NPCs.
> > one way to temporarily fix the issue would be to add an invisible root
> > prim, onto the object. Then that prim can be on the attachment point,
> > set on 0,0,0 for the xyz.  You can move the rest of the prims to tha
> > object to where you want it to show.  I tend to do this for hair
> > anyways, just to be able to pass it to someone, and make it easy to
> > adjust.  People will know it is in the correct rotation, and placement
> > on their avatar using zero in both rotation and position.
> >
> > Hoping this helps.
> >
> > InuYasha.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/1/2013 7:57 PM, Dr Ramesh Ramloll wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> I am wondering if this issue has been dealt with successfully thru any
> >> hack of some sort. Here's the situation:
> >> My avatar wears an interactive badge say on my chest, or pelvis
> >> (shoulder ... tried these attachment points), I make some obvious
> >> attachments to position and orient it appropriately, then I save my
> >> avatar appearance.
> >> I generate an NPC using the appearance info, hoping that the badge
> >> will stay where it is supposed to be ... but no luck, it gets attached
> >> at the right point but the adjustments are lost.
> >> Please let me know if this is normal behavior so far, so that I don't
> >> keep fighting it needlessly.
> >> Thanks
> >> Ramesh
> >>
> >>
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