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>

The Script with Auto-Close

Flax Quirina: A minor off-spin of the script above would be to add an auto-close feature so that the door slides back after a certain user-defined period of time.

<lsl> // ******************************************************************** // // Basic Physical Sliding Door Script // by SimonT Quinnell (11/07/2009) edited by Flax Quirina // for auto-close (17/06/2011). // // 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 float AUTO_CLOSE_TIME = 5; // Time to auto-close the door

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

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

// ******************************************************************** // 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);
   destTarget = llTarget(vTargetPos, llVecDist(<0,0,0>,OFFSET));
   llMoveToTarget(vTargetPos,omega);
   

}

default {

   state_entry()
   {   // Initial conditions
       rRot = llGetRot();
       vPosition = llGetPos();
   }    
   at_target(integer tnum, vector targetpos, vector ourpos) {
       if(llVecDist(targetpos, ourpos) < 0.1) {
           // Clean up Position
           bMoving = FALSE;
           llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS, FALSE);
           llSetStatus(STATUS_PHANTOM, FALSE);         
           llSetPrimitiveParams([ PRIM_POSITION, vTargetPos, PRIM_ROTATION, rRot ]);
           llTargetRemove(destTarget);
           if(bOpen) {
               llSetTimerEvent(AUTO_CLOSE_TIME);
           }
       }
   }
   touch_start(integer num_detected)
   {
       MoveDoor();
   } 

   timer()
   {
       llSetTimerEvent(0.0);
       MoveDoor();
   }

} </lsl>

Alternative Script

<lsl> // A go-Physical+Phantom Sliding Door by Omei Qunhua // with Auto-computation of movement axis and distance // To avoid problems, the script ignores touches while the door is moving

vector gHome; // Position of the door in its initial closed position rotation gRot; // The initial rotation of the door prim vector gOffset; // This will be populated with the move distance stored in the appropriate axis position integer AUTO_CLOSE_TIME = 8; // Can be zero if no auto-close is desired

StartMove(vector Target) {

   // Set the door PHANTOM and PHYSICAL and start moving it
   llMoveToTarget(Target, 3);             // Do this first, to avoid the door dropping
   llSetStatus(STATUS_PHANTOM, TRUE);
   llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS, TRUE);
   llSetTimerEvent(5);                    // Start a timer. We will end the move after this time.

} EndMove(vector Target) {

   // Return the door to non-phantom, non-physical and do a final confirmatory move
   llSetTimerEvent(0);
   llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS, FALSE);
   llSetStatus(STATUS_PHANTOM, FALSE);
   llSetPrimitiveParams([ PRIM_POSITION, Target, PRIM_ROTATION, gRot ]);

}

default {

   state_entry()
   {
       gRot = llGetRot();
       gHome = llGetPos();
       vector Scale = llGetScale();
       // Find the middle sized dimension of the door prim
       // This determines the axis to move on, and the distance to move
       list lx = llListSort ( [Scale.x, "x", Scale.y, "y", Scale.z, "z"], 2, TRUE);
       float Dist   = llList2Float(lx, 2);
       string Axis   = llList2String(lx, 3);    // "x" or "y" or "z"
       gOffset = < Dist * (Axis == "x") , Dist * (Axis == "y"), Dist * (Axis == "z") >;
   }
   touch_end(integer total_number)
   {
       state opening;
   }

}

state opening // In this state, the door is in process of opening {

   state_entry()
   {
       StartMove(gHome + gOffset * gRot);
   }
   timer()
   {
       EndMove(gHome + gOffset * gRot);
       state open;
   }

}

state open // The door is fully open {

   state_entry()
   {
       llSetTimerEvent(AUTO_CLOSE_TIME);    // Close the door after this time (or not, if value is zero)
   }
   // We will close the door either if it's touched while fully open, or after a time
   touch_end(integer num)
   {
       state closing;
   }
   timer()
   {
       state closing;
   }

}

state closing // State for when the door is in the process of closing {

   state_entry()
   {
       StartMove(gHome);
   }
   timer()
   {
       EndMove(gHome);
       state default;
   }

}

</lsl>

See also

• Script Library