[Opensim-users] Force release of keys to deal with lost of avatar control issue

[Dr Ramesh Ramloll]

oops ... looks like I already posted this question on May 6, I forgot about
it, was working on something else, and now back to it. The version of
opensim I am using is 0.7.4 (on kitely).


On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Dr Ramesh Ramloll <r.ramloll at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello there,
> I was hoping to get some ideas here. I ve been experimenting for a while
> with picking up NPCs and driving them in ambulances or police vehicles
> etc.. and driving them to some targets. When things work, it is a really
> enjoyable activity (well within the situation context that am not
> describing here to keep things simple). However, I have noticed that when I
> leave the vehicle after I ask the NPCs to get off, I lose keyboard control
> of my avatar rotation even thought I made sure that llReleaseControls are
> fired up when I get up. The only way for me to get my avatar unstuck
> (actually forward and back work,but rot left and right do not) is to use a
> function I never knew existed in Firestorm (in the advanced menu, there is
> a submenu 'release keys'. The other way to retain my avatar control is for
> me to get off the vehicle before the NPCs. So the order here seems
> important.
> Question I have is this,
> why is it that llReleaseControl seems to be successful only for forward
> and back?
> And if there is a force release function, is there some way to do this in
> script ( I don't think there is).
> R
> p.s. I have not heard about the new vehicle physics for a while, anything
> on that front?
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'Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin.'
*Rameshsharma Ramloll* PhD, CEO CTO DeepSemaphore LLC, Affiliate *Research
Associate Professor*, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209 Tel:
208-240-0040
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