[sldev] Bots, obstacle navigation code - making a more friendly island...

[Gareth Nelson]

I once implemented a python binding in my python viewerfor this which
used the sim autopilot, worked very well and did navigate obstacles
fine.

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:03 AM, Dahlia Trimble <dahliatrimble at gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you talking about the sim autopilot? How do you make it navigate
> obstacles? I've only succeeded in making it go in a straight line, and it
> always gets stuck at obstacles.
>
> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Gareth Nelson <gareth at litesim.com> wrote:
>>
>> The obstacle navigation is rather simple to do using sim autodrive,
>> hold an array of co-ordinates somewhere and use sim autodrive. I'm
>> unsure what you're using to implement your bots, but there's a
>> specific message which triggers this.
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Fire in Korea <fire at eslteacherlink.co.kr>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > I am an educator / programmer from Vancouver living in Seoul South
>> > Korea,
>> >
>> > Since 2007, I have been working on my island: English Village and
>> > recently,
>> > my website: http://EnglishVillage.Asia (only works in Firefox at the
>> > moment)
>> >
>> > Anyhow, earlier this year I was working on my own bots, to do visitor
>> > counting, and basic greeting, mainly because I want to populate my
>> > island
>> > with avatar like greeters to make the place not look so empty, and also
>> > to
>> > provide students with someone they can interact with when no one else is
>> > on
>> > the island.
>> >
>> > These days however, my time has become limited, and I can do all the
>> > programming / building / managing anymore.
>> > So, rather than re-create the wheel, I'm trying to save some time to see
>> > if
>> > anyone has already developed the following features I need to add to my
>> > bots:
>> >
>> > Obstacle Navigation Code - code so I can move avatar from a list of
>> > points
>> > having them automatically maneuvering around obstacles...
>> > Animation Code  - meaning, code that can make my avatars look more
>> > lively -
>> > ie: doing animations etc
>> >
>> >
>> > Any help would be muchly appreciate d...
>> >
>> > Also, if you need a place to work on your bots, please let me know, i
>> > have
>> > tonnes of island space right now...
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Fire
>> >
>> >
>> > Paul 'Fire' Preibisch
>> > Educator, Content Creator, Virtual World Builder, Web 2.0 Consultant
>> >
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