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llGetLocalPos

vector llGetLocalPos()

Returns the position relative to the root.

Returns the local position of a child object relative to the root.

Technical Details
  • Return Type: vector
  • Energy: 10
  • If called from the root prim, it returns the position in the region (unless the object is attached, in which case it returns the position relative to the attach point)
  • Returns the local position of a child prim relative to the root prim
  • There is no function to directly set the position of a prim local to itself

Examples

Section titled “Examples”

Basic Usage - Measuring Distance from Root

Section titled “Basic Usage - Measuring Distance from Root”
default
{
    touch_start(integer vIntTouched)
    {
        string vStrMessage = "The touched prim is ";
        if (llDetectedLinkNumber(0) > 1)
        {
            vStrMessage += (string)llVecMag(llGetLocalPos()) + "m from ";
        }
        llSay(0, vStrMessage + "the root prim");
    }
}

Helper Function - Set Position Relative to Current Position

Section titled “Helper Function - Set Position Relative to Current Position”

If you need to set a prim’s position relative to its current local position, you can use a helper function:

SetPositionLocalToCurrentPosition(vector local_position)
{
    llSetPos(llGetLocalPos() + (local_position * llGetLocalRot()));
}

Or alternatively using global position and rotation:

SetPositionLocalToCurrentPosition(vector local_position)
{
    llSetPos(llGetPos() + (local_position * llGetRot()));
}

See Also

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