a possible hint to a solution: A lot of people use particles for chains and ropes between collars or cuffs and poles for bdsm things<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Wade Schuette <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wade.schuette@gmail.com">wade.schuette@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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If there is physics support for a hanging rope (or chain or cord or
elastic band) connected at both ends, I have never seen it, and
I've looked for it many times, for swings and ropes connecting my
sailboat to the pier, etc. <br>
<br>
If someone else has seen this work, let us know! Maybe there's some
way to do it with "mesh" objects these days.<br>
<br>
Flexiprims only connect at one end, and you can't chain them
together. Chains of links don't work because, well, physics is
pretty bad -- they tend to explode or do other strange things.<br>
<br>
You could fake the appearance of a cord by having a photograph of a
hanging cord on a flat prim, and very cleverly stretching and
rotating the prim -- but that would only work if you knew where both
ends of the cord should be, and, as you either know or will find
out soon, the avatar and attachments are all managed on the
CLIENT, and the SERVER only knows where the avatar center of mass
is, let alone where an arm is, or a hand, or a held object like a
handset.<br>
<br>
And, there is no way to have a held handset report its region
coordinates, because it doesn't know itself where it is. If you ask
for llGetPos() or something, you get the coordinates of the center
of mass of the avatar. Sigh. <br>
<br>
So, basically, no, there is no good way to have anything that looks
like a realistic cord connecting two objects, at all (unless mesh
does it), let alone one object that is an attachment and another
object that is not an attachment, that I know of.<br>
<br>
Wade<div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
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On 3/22/12 8:10 PM, Han Xu wrote:
</div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5">Hi, <br>
<br>
I am wondering if it is possible to realize this effect in
OpenSim: <br>
1. A handset connects to the telephone via a cord. <br>
2. The cord must always at one end connect to the headphone and at
another end to the telephone.<br>
3. The user can pick up the handset (NOT the entire telephone set)
and when a handset is picked up, the cord remains connecting to
the handset and the telephone. <br>
<br>
<br>
Is it too ambitious?<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Han<br>
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