Waypoint Features Menu
ADD WAYPOINT
ADD will add a waypoint slightly offset from the last Waypoint, ready for you to move into place using the "Edit Linked Parts" feature of the SL Edit Tool. Add a Waypoint from the Designer Ring or from any Waypoint menu.
NEVER use the SL Edit tools to delete a waypoint, only from the menu.
ADD will add a waypoint slightly offset from the last Waypoint, ready for you to move into place using the "Edit Linked Parts" feature of the SL Edit Tool. Add a Waypoint from the Designer Ring or from any Waypoint menu.
NEVER use the SL Edit tools to delete a waypoint, only from the menu.
ADD WAYPOINT BEFORE
Movement routes go in the order of the numbers of the waypoints. Users can click a waypoint and press the "AddWPBefore" button. This will create a new waypoint, which will appear in the center of the designer ring, but the waypoints will all be renumbered, so the new one will be numbered BEFORE the waypoint clicked.
Movement routes go in the order of the numbers of the waypoints. Users can click a waypoint and press the "AddWPBefore" button. This will create a new waypoint, which will appear in the center of the designer ring, but the waypoints will all be renumbered, so the new one will be numbered BEFORE the waypoint clicked.
- Left-click the Designer Ring and choose AddWaypoint on the menu.
- Using the Edit Linked Parts of the SL Edit tool, move the Waypoint into position, making sure to point it in the direction you wish to face while traveling TO that waypoint.
AUTOPAUSE
Great for stage props, runway models and dancers who wish to use more of a freeform dance routine rather than a timed route, using the Autopause feature allows the Mover to go to a waypoint and pause until it receives a Play command from either Choreography HUD, the Performance Director HUD, or a chat command, or any HUD capable of sending a chat command, before continuing on the route. You can still use regular sleep times on other waypoints in the route.
Autopause is an On / Off toggle. In order for the Mover to be commanded from a typed chat command or a HUD, the Mover must be assigned a User Channel. See @user_channel in Movers & Configuration Parameters.
Great for stage props, runway models and dancers who wish to use more of a freeform dance routine rather than a timed route, using the Autopause feature allows the Mover to go to a waypoint and pause until it receives a Play command from either Choreography HUD, the Performance Director HUD, or a chat command, or any HUD capable of sending a chat command, before continuing on the route. You can still use regular sleep times on other waypoints in the route.
Autopause is an On / Off toggle. In order for the Mover to be commanded from a typed chat command or a HUD, the Mover must be assigned a User Channel. See @user_channel in Movers & Configuration Parameters.
- Left-click the waypoint in which you wish to enable Autopause and choose Autopause on the menu. Do the same to turn it off.
- The mover accepts the commands PLAY, PAUSE and RESET. If in motion and the command for PAUSE is given, the mover will pause at the next waypoint and wait.
DELETE WAYPOINT
To delete a Waypoint, left-click the desired Waypoint and choose DeleteWP on the menu. The remaining Waypoints will be renumbered accordingly.
NEVER unlink the Waypoints and never use the SL edit tools to delete a Waypoint.
To delete a Waypoint, left-click the desired Waypoint and choose DeleteWP on the menu. The remaining Waypoints will be renumbered accordingly.
NEVER unlink the Waypoints and never use the SL edit tools to delete a Waypoint.
SLEEPTIME
Allows you to specify a pause time, in seconds, at that particular Waypoint. You can enter fractions of a second as well, such as 5.2.
Allows you to specify a pause time, in seconds, at that particular Waypoint. You can enter fractions of a second as well, such as 5.2.
- Left-click the Waypoint you want to pause at and choose SleepTime on the menu.
- In the popup dialog box, enter the amount of seconds you wish to pause at that Waypoint. Enter numbers only (Example: 5.2)
TIME
Allows you to enter the travel time, in seconds, that you wish to take to get TO that Waypoint. You can enter fractions of a second as well, such as 5.25.
When used in conjunction with Turn Time (below), the travel Time cannot be lower than the Turn Time.
Allows you to enter the travel time, in seconds, that you wish to take to get TO that Waypoint. You can enter fractions of a second as well, such as 5.25.
When used in conjunction with Turn Time (below), the travel Time cannot be lower than the Turn Time.
- Left-click the Waypoint and choose Time on the menu.
- In the popup dialog box, enter the amount of seconds you would like the mover to pause at that Waypoint and click Submit.
Enter numbers only - Example: 5.2
TURN TIME
For more graceful turns (facing) between Waypoints that are not in a straight line, increase the Turn Time via the Waypoint's menu that you will be moving towards. Always add a Turn Time on the Waypoint you are traveling TO.
The default turn time is 0.5 seconds (and has always been) but you can now stretch that time out less than or equal to the total travel time between two Waypoints.
Important:
Example:
Your travel time to Waypoint 2 is five seconds and you want to slow the turn down to three seconds.
Entering a 3 on Waypoint 2's menu will result in the dancer turning for the first three seconds and then going straight for the last two seconds of the travel time.
For more graceful turns (facing) between Waypoints that are not in a straight line, increase the Turn Time via the Waypoint's menu that you will be moving towards. Always add a Turn Time on the Waypoint you are traveling TO.
The default turn time is 0.5 seconds (and has always been) but you can now stretch that time out less than or equal to the total travel time between two Waypoints.
Important:
- Turn Time cannot exceed the travel time between the two Waypoints.
- If you do exceed the travel time, Turn Time will go to the max allowable Turn Time, which is the travel Time.
- Be sure to enter the Turn Time on the Waypoint you want to slow down the turn TO.
- Entering a Turn Time less than the travel time results in the turn being made in the beginning of the movement with the remainder of the time going straight.
- Enter the number of seconds (not exceeding the Time) and click Submit.
- Click the Waypoint you want to slow down the turn TO and choose Turn Time on the pop-up menu.
- Enter the amount in seconds in the popup box and click Submit.
Example:
Your travel time to Waypoint 2 is five seconds and you want to slow the turn down to three seconds.
Entering a 3 on Waypoint 2's menu will result in the dancer turning for the first three seconds and then going straight for the last two seconds of the travel time.