Plugins Controller Link Triggers

[Stopper]

Stopper submitted a new resource:

Controller Link Triggers - Allows changing link targets and parent atoms via trigger

A small plugin that adds the ability to change "Link To" settings and parent atoms via trigger.

Thanks to @Ashen Ryder for the idea.

Usage

1. Add to an Atom
2. The atom's main controller (named 'control') will now have a parentAtom selector that can be modified via trigger.
3. Each other controller will now have a linkToAtom and lingToRigidbody setting. These function similarly to the settings in the UI.
   1. The linkToAtom...

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[FluffyBunny]

Hi Stopper! I'm hoping you might be able to help me with a problem using this..

Firstly, this is awesome and it means I can temporarily link a person to e.g. a revolving object - so cool. But... although it works perfectly when loaded into an open scene, it only works about 80% of the time after opening a saved scene which contained the plugin when saved, less often if using Timeline to trigger.

I've tried the following:
1) Forget Timeline, apply using buttons - more effective than Timeline, but definitely not guaranteed.
2) In scene, disable/re-enable via triggers, then apply link 1 or more times. - no effect.
3) Reload the plugin after encountering the problem - this is guaranteed to work, but (afaik) can't reload plugins via trigger.

Could plugin order make a difference? Is there a way of reloading plugins via triggers that I've missed?

Many thanks for your excellent plugins and I hope to keep using this one

 

[Stopper]

Hi Stopper! I'm hoping you might be able to help me with a problem using this..

Firstly, this is awesome and it means I can temporarily link a person to e.g. a revolving object - so cool. But... although it works perfectly when loaded into an open scene, it only works about 80% of the time after opening a saved scene which contained the plugin when saved, less often if using Timeline to trigger.

I've tried the following:
1) Forget Timeline, apply using buttons - more effective than Timeline, but definitely not guaranteed.
2) In scene, disable/re-enable via triggers, then apply link 1 or more times. - no effect.
3) Reload the plugin after encountering the problem - this is guaranteed to work, but (afaik) can't reload plugins via trigger.

Could plugin order make a difference? Is there a way of reloading plugins via triggers that I've missed?

Many thanks for your excellent plugins and I hope to keep using this one

So I found a bug that I'll patch shortly. It may or may not be what you're seeing. Let me know if the next version fixes it for you, and if not if you see any error logs.

 

[Stopper]

Stopper updated Controller Link Triggers with a new update entry:

Bugfix

• Fixed startup bug with deactivated controllers (e.g. male gens on female) that could prevent other controllers from being processed.

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[FluffyBunny]

Stopper updated Controller Link Triggers with a new update entry:

Bugfix



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So I found a bug that I'll patch shortly. It may or may not be what you're seeing. Let me know if the next version fixes it for you, and if not if you see any error logs.

Thanks for getting back to me! I'll try it over the next couple of days and let you know

 

[WolfmanVR]

Hi Stopper! I'm hoping you might be able to help me with a problem using this..

Firstly, this is awesome and it means I can temporarily link a person to e.g. a revolving object - so cool. But... although it works perfectly when loaded into an open scene, it only works about 80% of the time after opening a saved scene which contained the plugin when saved, less often if using Timeline to trigger.

I've tried the following:
1) Forget Timeline, apply using buttons - more effective than Timeline, but definitely not guaranteed.
2) In scene, disable/re-enable via triggers, then apply link 1 or more times. - no effect.
3) Reload the plugin after encountering the problem - this is guaranteed to work, but (afaik) can't reload plugins via trigger.

Could plugin order make a difference? Is there a way of reloading plugins via triggers that I've missed?

Many thanks for your excellent plugins and I hope to keep using this one

First off, thanks for the awesome plugin, Stopper! This plugin definitely fills a gap in VaM's functionality. Unfortunately, I can confirm the same behavior with version .2 that FluffyBunny mentioned. If I save a scene where the plugin is working fine, close VaM, relaunch/reload the scene and press the buttons that I configured to assign different parenting, the parent doesn't change. However, if I enter Edit mode, click on the character that is receiving the parenting trigger, and then push the button, I can see that the parenting changes. It seems like some something happens when the character's menu is loaded that is necessary for this plugin to work correctly. Let me know if I can be of any assistance with testing...

 

[WolfmanVR]

A little more information....

Tested this several times and I definitely confirmed it "fixes" itself when you open up the Person Atom that is accepting the parenting trigger. Also, until you do that, any button that uses the parentAtom Receiver Target will not complete all the actions assigned to that button.

For example, say I'm trying to assign a the parent atom as the first step of a button on a male character (parenting to a female character), with three more steps after that parenting action. Before opening the Person Atom UI, the parenting will fail, and button steps 2-4 don't even execute (UPDATE: I determined the actions 2-4 *sometimes* execute, but not always). Then, if I open the male character's Person Atom UI and go to "Control & Physics 1", I can push the button, visually see the parenting changes correctly, and steps 2-4 on the button then run and complete successfully.

 

[Stopper]

Stopper updated Controller Link Triggers with a new update entry:

Bugfix

• Fixed issue where controller UI needed to have been loaded for things to work properly

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[WolfmanVR]

Hey Stopper, somehow I missed that you put out a bugfix. Unfortunately, I'm still having the same issue where I click a button that changes parenting (and then a bunch of other stuff), but the parenting doesn't change and nothing else past the parenting step executes. I can click it numerous times, and 1 of 3 things will happen:

1) Doesn't parent and nothing else on the button executes.
2) Doesn't parent, but everything else on the button executes.
3) Parents and everything else on the button executes.

I have tried clearing my cache, doesn't help. I can close VaM, relaunch the exact scene without any changes, and it works without problems. Then close VaM again, relaunch the same scene, and it's broken again. Sometimes it isn't working, I play around for a bit, and then magically it works for the rest of that scene load. Confirmed that opening the person's atom UI makes it start working again. Maybe that will give you a clue on the fix? It's a workaround for now, but not great when trying to send out a polished scene. I hope you can fix it, because this functionality is drastically needed in VaM!

Any ideas? Thanks! (BTW, I'm using version .3)

--WolfmanVR