Smooth Sliding Door

Smooth Sliding Door Script

Introduction

It really annoys me that there are so many bad looking doors out there that jerk around. While you can use llSetPos for a sliding door you have no control at what speed it moves. This sliding door script i created because i wanted to time my sliding door movements with the door sounds i had. It uses llMoveToTarget to move the door, with the door temporally turning phantom as it moves.

In laggy sims it will behave a little bit funky .. the door sometimes seeming to zoom off to the side before popping into the correct final position as the door becomes a physical object. However, even with that defect it still looks much better IMHO

The Script

<lsl> // ******************************************************************** // // Basic Physical Sliding Door Script // by SimonT Quinnell // 11/07/2009 // // NOTE: If you are going to reposition the door, do it while the door is closed. // Otherwise it will try and use the old close position as a reference point. // // Licensed under the "OpenCollar License" // Ie. Licensed under the GPLv2, with the additional requirement that these scripts remain "full perms" in Second Life. // // Edit: Simplified the script to be just a basic move script .. removed the sound triggers (5/1/2010) // // ********************************************************************

// ******************************************************************** // CONSTANTS // ********************************************************************

// Movement Constants vector OFFSET = <-2.0, 0.0, 0.0>; // Directional offset for moving the door in x,y,z coordinates float OPENTIME = 3.5; // Time taken to open door float CLOSETIME = 3.5; // Time taken to close door

// ******************************************************************** // Variables // ********************************************************************

vector vPosition; rotation rRot; float omega=0.0; vector vTargetPos; integer bOpen = FALSE; integer bMoving = FALSE;

// ******************************************************************** // Functions // ********************************************************************

MoveDoor() {

   if(!bOpen)
   {   // Initial conditions
       bOpen = TRUE;                
       rRot = llGetRot();
       vPosition = llGetPos();
       
       // Target Position
       omega=OPENTIME/llVecDist(<0,0,0>,OFFSET);
       vTargetPos = vPosition+OFFSET*rRot;
       
       // Set the timer to cleanup position
       llSetTimerEvent(OPENTIME);        
   }else
   {        
       bOpen = FALSE;

       // Target Position
       omega=CLOSETIME/llVecDist(<0,0,0>,OFFSET);
       vTargetPos = vPosition;
       
       // Set the timer to cleanup position
       llSetTimerEvent(CLOSETIME);
   }
   
   // Set Door Physical and move it
   bMoving = TRUE;
   llSetStatus(STATUS_PHANTOM, TRUE);
   llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS, TRUE);
   llMoveToTarget(vTargetPos,omega);

}

default {

   state_entry()
   {   // Initial conditions
       rRot = llGetRot();
       vPosition = llGetPos();
   }    
       
   touch_start(integer num_detected)
   {
       MoveDoor();
   } 
       
   timer()
   {
       // Clean up Position
       bMoving = FALSE;
       llSetTimerEvent(0.0);
       llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS, FALSE);
       llSetStatus(STATUS_PHANTOM, FALSE);         
       llSetPrimitiveParams([ PRIM_POSITION, vTargetPos, PRIM_ROTATION, rRot ]);        
   }

}</lsl>

See also

• Script Library