Hi everyone,
 
I've got a simple car (works fine in SL).
I've created a small LSL script (see below) that listens to channel 9 for information about speed and direction. The script inputs this into the standard physics commands to move and turn the car.
Because I want outside (of OpenSIM) control of the car, I've created a small C# program that simply types the speed and direction into the chat box (/9 speed_direction). This because a HTTPrequest from LSL is limited to about 1 call per second and that is too slow.
The whole setup seems to work. The car moves and turns smoothly, BUT after about 5 secs (give or take) moving the script stops responding and the vehicle stops. After StandUp-Sit it resumes for another 5 secs.
If the vehicle does not move, the script keeps running.

----- script -----
//This car uses a C# program that send keypresses containing the speed and direction.
//A Listen() event picks up these numbers and pushes these into the VEHICLE
string sit_message = "Ride"; //Sit message
string not_owner_message = "You are not the owner of this vehicle ..."; //Not owner message
key requestid; //Used for the HTTPREQUEST
float SpeedSet = 0; //Translated speed from bike speed
float TurnRatioSet = 0; //Calculated turn adjustment
integer TurnLeftThreshold = 1070; //Upper bound for straight ahead from bike
integer TurnRightThreshold = 1050; //Lower bound for straight ahead from bike
integer TurnLeftMax = 1243; //Maximum value from bike at full left steering
integer TurnRightMin = 809; //Minimum value from bike at full right steering
integer Handle = 0;

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llSetSitText(sit_message);
        llSitTarget(<0.2,0.2,0.5>, ZERO_ROTATION ); // forward-back,left-right,updown, ZERO_ROTATION
        
        llSetCameraEyeOffset(<-0.2, 0.0, 1.0>);
        llSetCameraAtOffset(<5.0, 0.0, 0.0>);
        
        //car
        llSetVehicleType(VEHICLE_TYPE_CAR);

        llSetVehicleFloatParam(VEHICLE_LINEAR_DEFLECTION_EFFICIENCY, 0.8);//0.8
        llSetVehicleFloatParam(VEHICLE_LINEAR_DEFLECTION_TIMESCALE, 0.10);//0.1
        llSetVehicleFloatParam(VEHICLE_LINEAR_MOTOR_TIMESCALE, 0.1);//1.0 Lower is more responsive
        llSetVehicleFloatParam(VEHICLE_LINEAR_MOTOR_DECAY_TIMESCALE, 0.1);//0.2
        llSetVehicleVectorParam(VEHICLE_LINEAR_FRICTION_TIMESCALE, <20.0, 20.0, 10.0>);//1000,2,1000

        llSetVehicleFloatParam(VEHICLE_ANGULAR_DEFLECTION_EFFICIENCY, 0.2);//0.2 - not much difference on its own
        llSetVehicleFloatParam(VEHICLE_ANGULAR_DEFLECTION_TIMESCALE, 0.10);//0.1
        llSetVehicleFloatParam(VEHICLE_ANGULAR_MOTOR_TIMESCALE, 0.1);//0.1 Low is better, less after turning
        llSetVehicleFloatParam(VEHICLE_ANGULAR_MOTOR_DECAY_TIMESCALE, 0.1);//0.5
        llSetVehicleVectorParam(VEHICLE_ANGULAR_FRICTION_TIMESCALE, <20.0, 20.0, 20.0>);//20,20,1000

        llSetVehicleFloatParam(VEHICLE_VERTICAL_ATTRACTION_EFFICIENCY, 0.10);//0.5
        llSetVehicleFloatParam(VEHICLE_VERTICAL_ATTRACTION_TIMESCALE, 0.50);//0.5
    }
    
    changed(integer change)
    {
        if (change & CHANGED_LINK)
        {
            key agent = llAvatarOnSitTarget();
            if (llKey2Name(agent) == "Blithe Crosswater")
            {
                if (agent != llGetOwner())
                {
                    llSay(0, not_owner_message);
                    llUnSit(agent);
                    llPushObject(agent, <0,0,50>, ZERO_VECTOR, FALSE);
                }
                else
                {
                    llListenRemove(Handle);
                    llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS, TRUE);
                    llSleep(.1);
                    llListen(9,"","","");
                    requestid = llHTTPRequest("
http://127.0.0.1:8002/?1",[HTTP_METHOD,"GET"],""); [^] //This is to start the C# program inputting Speed and Direction
                    llSleep(.4);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                llListenRemove(Handle);
                llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS, FALSE);
                llSleep(.4);
                llTargetOmega(<0,0,0>,PI,0);
                requestid = llHTTPRequest("
http://127.0.0.1:8002/?0",[HTTP_METHOD,"GET"],""); [^] //Stops the C# program
                llResetScript();
            }
        }
        
    }

    http_response(key request_id, integer status, list metadata, string body)
    {
        //Catch the response of the C# program, a dummy method
    }

    listen(integer chan, string name, key id, string message)
    {
        //llSay(0,message);
        integer Separator = llSubStringIndex(message,"-");
        float speed = llGetSubString(message, 0, Separator - 1); //Extract speed
        float direction = llGetSubString(message, Separator + 1, llStringLength(message)); //Extract DIRECTION
        
            SpeedSet = (30 * speed) / 7000; //Transform to [0-30] range
        
            if (direction > TurnRightThreshold && direction < TurnLeftThreshold) //Is steering in the middle?
            {
                //Straight ahead
                TurnRatioSet = 0;
            }
            if (direction > TurnLeftThreshold) //Steering left?
            {
                //Set steering in VR to [0-1.65]
                TurnRatioSet = (direction - TurnLeftThreshold) / ((TurnLeftMax - TurnLeftThreshold)/1.65);
            }
            if (direction < TurnRightThreshold) //Steering right?
            {
                TurnRatioSet = (TurnRightThreshold - direction) / ((TurnRightThreshold - TurnRightMin)/1.65);
            }
            
            if(SpeedSet < 0.5) {TurnRatioSet = 0;} //Low speed then no steering
            
            vector angular_motor; //use vector

            llSetVehicleVectorParam(VEHICLE_LINEAR_MOTOR_DIRECTION, <SpeedSet,0,0>); //Set speed
            
            if (direction > TurnLeftThreshold) //If left
            {
                angular_motor.z += TurnRatioSet; //then increase rotation angle
            }
            if (direction < TurnRightThreshold) //If right
            {
                angular_motor.z -= TurnRatioSet; //decrease rotation angle
            }

            //llSay(0,(string)SpeedSet + " --- " + (string)angular_motor.z); //Diagnostic

            llSetVehicleVectorParam(VEHICLE_ANGULAR_MOTOR_DIRECTION, angular_motor); //Set rotation
    }

---- end script ---
 
With kind regards, 

Marco Otte
CAMeRA @ VU University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV  AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

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