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 <[email protected]>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? > -- > '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 > Blog <http://deepsemaphore.posterous.com/>, > LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/rameshramloll> > , DeepSemaphore LLC <http://www.deepsemaphore.com>, Google+ > profile<https://plus.google.com/103652369558830540272/about> > -- '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 Blog <http://deepsemaphore.posterous.com/>, LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/rameshramloll> , DeepSemaphore LLC <http://www.deepsemaphore.com>, Google+ profile<https://plus.google.com/103652369558830540272/about>
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