The movement of prims within a virtual world is appropriate in many situations such as for show (i.e. parades) or as a form of transportation (i.e. trains) as well as entertaining avatars (i.e. amusement rides).
Vehicle-Move System from Kerhop's Innovations allows you to specify a starting location, smooth travel along a path, and the ending location of a prim with minimal editing of a notecard all without causing sim lag due to physics.
Working examples of a parade, train, bucket, and more are all included for your review in preparation for your own creations. All scripts are no-modify, but they are yes-copy/yes-trans (with restrictions).
What's New in Version 7.1
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Added a new enginemindistance(#.##) command
Optimized vehicle following for horse/buggy and train/car
Improved lag-detection code for use in busy sims.
Faster reprogramming of already moving vehicles
Fixed various bugs and misc. other minor issues
A Note About "ms": One of the many factors that contributes towards lag in Second Life is how many milliseconds of time is used by a script on a regular basis. With all other things being equal (i.e. memory usage) a collection of high-resource scripts will eventually slow a server/sim down.
A script that uses additional resources temporarily while switching modes or processing data is less of a concern than those constantly using a lot of resources. Sim owners have a tool known as "Top Scripts" to determine which scripts utilize the most.
With this information they may choose to restrict the use of or eliminate those scripts that have a tendancy of using lots of resources. For more information: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Region_Performance_Improvement_Guide
See item in Second Life- Smooth low lag non-physics movement
- Uses relative positioning instead of absolute
- Includes multiple HUD's, several examples, and more
- Create and Sell your own rides or parades
- Limited support for off-sim vehicles
So much fun to work with!
I've used this for several projects, all were a bit different and it has been able to do everything I needed. I've asked the creator for help a couple of times and have gotten a reply with an easy simple to follow answer or help with troubleshooting.
One thing I like about this is that I add my own scripted elements and it is built to easily allow communication between scripts.
Awesome Scripter
This system is very useful! I love it! I do struggle with understanding how to get things to work right, but that is not the creators fault! In fact, the creator is very patient and willing to assist the customer if they are struggling! I rate this five stars for it being an excellent multi-use product and a outstanding customer support!
