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Generic Working Scripted Objects And Tools

It would be useful (especially as months pass in our Community shared space development) to have a handy thread (this one perhaps) where pre-tested working generic scripted objects and tools are referenced for download and use by the Community, items which are likely to be in demand as components in the creation of our immersive scenes.

First off, for instance, we will need doors which operate automatically based on an avatar approaching them, and thanks to the awesome focused scripting and early shared space development projects of Délé we do have them!

Here is the Cali-Forum link to the downloadable examples and his related Tutorial Video which is very important in understanding how to operate these according to your specific scene needs.

If you haven't downloaded these yet, do so now, they are vital to your future projects. Note that I just tested these in truePlay2.0B1 and they work fine OFFLINE, but they need to be tested online in trueServe7.61 as soon as possible to confirm script compatibility with the newer trueServe.

Working Scripted Doors - for use in your immersive scenes online & offline:

http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/s ... ostcount=1

Avatar Lock Trigger

This one needs shared space testing as a group, it is a tricky script and I remember from shared space tests years ago we had some issues with this one but we did occasionally get it to function online.

This one is vital to us all though, so we need to tweak it to work well with the newer trueServe code. This is the script which enables us all, among other things, to be able to have an avatar approach an object and become "locked" to a pre-defined seat and orientation on an object (a vehicle) for travel in shared space.

We even had this working on our Artificial Intelligence Flying Insects at one point, I even modeled a "saddle" for use with that! Hahahaha!!!

Wanna go for a ride?

Avatar Lock Trigger

http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/s ... php?t=3907

truePlay Teleportation Trigger

NOTE: there is a newer version of this which Jason created and that is available in this forum. The reason I included this older original version by
Délé is that there are important notes in the pages of that original thread, tipos which we may find invaluable in using future versions of these devices. Also, the Tutorial Movie is outstanding for teaching us all how to set these up well.

truePlay Teleportation Trigger

http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/s ... php?t=3905

SteveBe's Awesome WavePool2

This was WAY ahead of it's time, an absolutely awesome development back in 2007. We used this method in shared space to make a shallow ocean islands scene inside a beautiful skydome and we walked through the waves together as they rose and fell around us.... this is an AMAZING tool for shared space!!

SteveBe's Awesome WavePool2 (scripted 3D ocean wave displacement and procedurally animated water surface texture) scene download page:

http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/s ... stcount=25

Délé's Powerful truePlay (Shared Space Scene) Animation Triggers

Here is "A MUST HAVE" collection of very powerful tools for shared space development along with their related video tutorials and an interactive scene where you can explore how these are used by simply walking around in the scene in FPN (firast person navigation) mode of either truePlay or trueSpace.

Note that these scripted objects have not yet been tested in the newer trueServe or truePlay and may require some script updating for use in the new trueServe. If so, that work would be well worth the outcome, these are some of the most important tools we have so far for developing amazing shared space scene effects, as well as avatar transportation.

As with all of these referenced downloads and Caligari Forum, thread links, I recommend downloading all these immediately while you can, and also it is important to save the actual forum thread pages in each case too, every page in the related threads, Often there are updates or vital added usage notes in pages after the download page within that same thread, so grab them all while you can, you may be very glad someday soon that you did while you could!

Délé's Powerful truePlay (Shared Space Scene) Animation Triggers
http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/s ... php?t=3888

Scene Trigger

This is another "MUST HAVE" object, this was created by trueBlue and Asem.

It is a scripted object which is a proximity trigger. You can enter in the name of a scene on your hard drive into the scripted trigger and then place your newly modified version in any scene on your hard drive. Then, when you go inside the scene you saved it to, and step into the visible proximity trigger area, it transports you into the scene you designated instantly!

This way, you can connect every trueSpace scene on your hard drive(s) if you wished, and literally walk (using either trueSpace FPN or truePlay FPN) from inside one scene to being inside the next!

Note that this may require script updating, but grab it while you can nevertheless, this is one scripted object we all need.

Scene Trigger
http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/s ... stcount=12

Wow, so much ground was covered in the past now a very good base to build from.

noko wrote:Wow, so much ground was covered in the past now a very good base to build from.

It definitely was and yes it sure is!

The way I see it, I recall all the times in shared space together when the community used to get together in there on a regular weekly basis two or three nights a week, and so I recall the DYNAMIC that occurred spontaneously when we did.... the zillions of ideas that poured out in passing all with great potential, I recall how one persons fleeting idea when mentioned spawned a half dozen variations instantly among us all the moment it was uttered, I even recall some of those occasions when even Roman was absolutely floored by the potential some of these collaborative ideas represented and how they seemed to be the norm with us all rather than the exception.

One mind sharpens another, as they say, and not one of us has any clue just how tremendous our ideas are until the moment they are shared with those God placed in our path to share them with... plain and simple.

Great days these, and each is greater than the last from here on out!