[Opensim-users] llSetPrimitiveParams doesnt work anymore

[Chris]

A loop is fine as far as I can tell; so long as you don't use an 
infinite loop (e.g. while(1) ) A timer() event in conjunction with 
llSetTimerEvent() would be better if you needed something to run 
indefinitely or for a really long period of time; as loops completely 
tie your script up, preventing other events and such from firing until 
the loop is finished or is broke out of. As such, I try to avoid loops 
if I know they're going to take longer than a second or so to complete, 
but that is my own personal preference.

As for llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast(), it is faster because it doesn't 
have the 0.2 second sleep penalty that llSetPrimitiveParams() does :)

This is true both on OpenSim as well as on SL.

On 3/27/2014 3:31 PM, Fred Folkerts wrote:
> After using llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast everything went well.
> This one is very much faster then llSetPrimitiveParams.
> Together with llGetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_SIZE, PRIM_TYPE]) and 
> llList2Vector(params,3) I can detect and control the cutting level
>
> I still use the loop.
> I'm not a very good programmer, so I keep it this way.
> Thanks for the help, Fred
>
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: Chris
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 2:31 PM
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] llSetPrimitiveParams doesnt work anymore
>
> Yes I agree, loops with sleeps or functions that incur sleep penalties
> will quickly cause the script to appear to "hang up" eventually. Try
> llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast instead. If you need it to only apply to
> the prim that the script is in, use LINK_THIS. If you for some reason
> need the delay, try using a timer with llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast, and
> a count variable, stopping the timer after the count variable has
> reached a specific number of steps.
>
> On 3/27/2014 6:55 AM, Melanie wrote:
>> Don't use loops with functions that incur time penalties. Use timers
>> instead. Loops will tie up the script threads until no scripts will
>> run anymore.
>>
>> Melanie
>>
>> On 27/03/2014 12:48, Fred Folkerts wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>> I want to make use of a script for opening a door using 
>>> llSetPrimitiveParams.
>>> After a whyle the script does not react anymore on touching.
>>> This happen for example with the following script:
>>>
>>> vector cut = < 0, 0.25 , 0 >;
>>> float step = .015;
>>>
>>> default {
>>>      touch_start(integer total_number) {
>>>           do {
>>>               cut.x += step;
>>>              llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_TYPE, PRIM_TYPE_CYLINDER, 
>>> PRIM_HOLE_DEFAULT, //hole_shape
>>>                            cut,    // cut
>>>                            0.95,    // hollow
>>>                            < 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 >,    // twist
>>>                            < 1.0, 1.0, 0.0 >,    // top_size
>>>                            < 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 >]);
>>>          }
>>>          while (cut.x > 0 && cut.x <  .75);
>>>          step *= -1;
>>>      }
>>> }
>>> When using a new prim with the same script, it works again!
>>> Using the do-while loop in a function it most times doesnt work at all.
>>> Fred / OSGRID
>>>
>>>
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