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function
Function syntax
string llGetAnimationOverride(
  1. string anim_state// Animation state string to query.
);
Returns
string
Energy
10
Permission
PERMISSION_OVERRIDE_ANIMATIONS,PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION

Returns a string representing the name of the animation currently overriding the specified anim_state. Requires the PERMISSION_OVERRIDE_ANIMATIONS or PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION runtime permission.

Returns a string that is the name of the animation that is being used for the specified animation state (anim_state).

How to use
string result = llGetAnimationOverride("");

Specification

Section titled “Specification”
ValueTypeDescriptionDefault
“Crouching”Statecrouch
“CrouchWalking”Statecrouchwalk
“Falling Down”Statefalldown
“Flying”Statefly
“FlyingSlow”StateTransition between hovering and forward flight.flyslow
“Hovering”Statehover
“Hovering Down”Statehover_down
“Hovering Up”Statehover_up
“Jumping”StateWhile still in the air during a jump.jump
“Landing”TransitionWhen landing from a jump.land
“PreJumping”TransitionAt the beginning of a jump.prejump
“Running”Staterun
“Sitting”StateSitting on an object (and linked to it).sit
“Sitting on Ground”StateSitting, but not linked to an object.1sit_ground_constrained
“Standing”Statestand
“Standing Up”TransitionAfter falling a great distance. Sometimes referred to as Hard Landing.standup
“Striding”StateWhen the avatar is stuck on the edge of an object or on top of another avatar.stride
“Soft Landing”TransitionAfter falling a small distance.soft_land
“Taking Off”Statehover_up
“Turning Left”Stateturnleft
“Turning Right”Stateturnright
“Walking”Statewalk

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
Example 1
//    llGetAnimationOverride Example
//    A Script to check the animation Stats on
//  all available overridable animations.
14 collapsed lines
//    By Kanashio Koroshi and Pedro Oval


default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(),
            PERMISSION_OVERRIDE_ANIMATIONS);
    }


    run_time_permissions(integer permissions)
    {
        if (permissions & PERMISSION_OVERRIDE_ANIMATIONS)
        {
            llOwnerSay("Listing Overridden Animations");
            llOwnerSay("Crouching: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Crouching"));
            llOwnerSay("CrouchWalking: " + llGetAnimationOverride("CrouchWalking"));
            llOwnerSay("Falling Down: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Falling Down"));
            llOwnerSay("Flying: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Flying"));
            llOwnerSay("FlyingSlow: " + llGetAnimationOverride("FlyingSlow"));
            llOwnerSay("Hovering: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Hovering"));
            llOwnerSay("Hovering Down: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Hovering Down"));
            llOwnerSay("Hovering Up: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Hovering Up"));
            llOwnerSay("Jumping: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Jumping"));
            llOwnerSay("Landing: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Landing"));
            llOwnerSay("PreJumping: " + llGetAnimationOverride("PreJumping"));
            llOwnerSay("Running: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Running"));
            llOwnerSay("Sitting: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Sitting"));
            llOwnerSay("Sitting on Ground: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Sitting on Ground"));
            llOwnerSay("Standing: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Standing"));
            llOwnerSay("Standing Up: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Standing Up"));
            llOwnerSay("Striding: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Striding"));
            llOwnerSay("Soft Landing: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Soft Landing"));
            llOwnerSay("Taking Off: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Taking Off"));
            llOwnerSay("Turning Left: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Turning Left"));
            llOwnerSay("Turning Right: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Turning Right"));
            llOwnerSay("Walking: " + llGetAnimationOverride("Walking"));
        }
    }
}

History

Section titled “History”

Date of Release 12/04/2013

See also

Section titled “See also”

Functions

Section titled “Functions”

Articles

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Original wiki source

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Footnotes

Section titled “Footnotes”

  1. “Sit down” on the avatar context menu allows ground sits anywhere: atop the terrain, objects or even in the air. ↩