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

[Justin Clark-Casey]

I haven't heard of this bug.  I'm afraid I would need to ask you to re-test on 0.7.5 or, even better, on the next release.

On 30/08/13 01:58, Dr Ramesh Ramloll wrote:
> 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).
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> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Dr Ramesh Ramloll <r.ramloll at gmail.com <mailto:r.ramloll at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     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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