The best way to quickly get a full-featured sit object is usually the Single Avatar Multisit script: just set up 1 prim (as on video) for EACH avatar.
Below you will find Tips and Examples for either the "Single" or the "Multi" script, including couple/mixed setups.
Dear New User, DON'T PANIC! The lines beginning with " < " are the sitter output, and you will just need to paste them, as you can see on video! :)
A simple couple setup for Single Avatar Multisit (2 prims); to get sync poses you just need to add /f to the notecards:
Female prim notecard:
/f
<0.07842, -0.63820, 1.01123>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,Couple F1,1274,Couple F1
<0.07842, -0.73724, 0.84424>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,Couple F2,1385,Couple F2
Male prim notecard:
/f
<0.23632, -0.62757, 0.99316>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,Couple M1,1316,Couple M1
<0.07842, -0.37320, 0.94434>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,Couple M2,1356,Couple M2
Prims without /f will stay for singles, and you can easily add single poses even to couple/group prims (see mixed setups, later on this page)!
Remember: to easily set up aligned couple poses just use the Multisitter TWO (and another avatar):
You can drag into another prim (for Single Avatar Multisit) or set up the aligned couple poses on the same prim (for Multi Multisit).
A basic setup for singles with Multi Multisit (2 avatars can sit on 1 prim, using the same animation in this simple example) with /c to get menu on touch and change seat (if the other one is not occupied):
/c
<0.40000, -0.17284, 0.94214>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,animat1,1219,Seat 1
<0.40000, -0.42700, 0.99316>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,animat1,1172,Seat 2
So, if you use the Multi Multisit script, your notecard will be for multiple avatars!
Without /c, each avatar will just sit on the 1st free seat in notecard order (you can get a forced/fixed sit order, without menu to change seat).
You can very easily get much more on 1 prim with Multi Multisit (multipose seats, for singles and/or in sync!)... see later on this page!
If you use the Multi Multisit script, but have other prims on the object, add to them a sit target to always avoid SL's "No room to sit" messages! (it's easy: click here).
NOTE: on the example above, both poses use the animation "animat1", so their default button name was "animat1". Duplicate buttons on menu (SL dialog) must be avoided, so at least one button needed to be changed: I renamed both (to "Seat 1" and "Seat 2").
Setting up submenus is very easy; just add a line with a "+" and the button name (the main menu and each submenu can have max 12 buttons):
+Amain
<0.40000, -0.17284, 0.94214>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,anim1,1219,Asub1
<0.40000, -0.42700, 0.99316>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,anim2,1172,Asub2
+Bmain
<0.23632, -0.62757, 0.99316>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,anim3,1316,B1
<0.07842, -0.37320, 0.94434>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,anim4,1356,B2
the main menu dialog buttons will be [ Amain ] [ Bmain ] and clicking [ Amain ] you will get the submenu [ Asub1 ] [ Asub2 ]:
With Multi Multisit and submenus you can easily get multipose seats for many avatars (using just 1 prim)!
Each group of poses will be a seat for 1 avatar! Sitting avatars can change pose, or choose another seat (if it's not already occupied!).
The example above (if used with Multi Multisit) is to sit two avatars on 1 prim, with 2 poses on each seat!
Also, you would just need to add the line -0 to make it a couple setup, and with the same ease you can get mixed setups: see later on this page!
Note: if you use submenus, the touch menu is on by default (no need to add /c).
With Single Avatar Multisit, submenus can be useful to group poses into categories, to ease user's menu selection.
Tips:
YOU MUST RENAME DUPLICATE BUTTONS, BUT if you need buttons with the same (visible) name, just add to each duplicate button name one or more "non‑breaking spaces" (alt-space on Mac and alt-255 on PC) to make it unique.
If some submenus/seats have only one pose, you can easily set pose selection directly from main menu: see the next notecard example.
The "negative number" option is only for couple/group setups, and defines how many poses or seats will stay for singles (they will not sync). You NEVER need a negative number if ALL your poses are for singles.
The negative number line is needed only once (and can be anywhere) on the notecard, with the "single" poses placed before the couple/group ones: the "singles" will be used as "default, initial" poses or seats.
Single Avatar Multisit:
As you saw above, using /f with Single Avatar Multisit defines a sync setup; you can optionally add to it a negative number to define how many POSES will stay for singles.
The same applies if you sync using /s (it's to always play the customizable sync pause animation before couple/group poses).
Remember to use the same setup scheme for these prims (they must have the same negative number...).
With Single Avatar Multisit, the favorite "single" pose of the 100 most frequent users is remembered, even on mixed setups!
Multi Multisit:
With Multi Multisit, you need only the negative number to define sync and mixed setups: it means that some seats will be for couple/group (all seats if you use -0).
So: you can easily create couple/group seats even if your object has only 1 prim! And still leave some seats for singles if you want!
Multi Multisit MUST have submenus if you want to use this option (in this case the negative number refers to submenus) and, by the way, ALL sync submenus (couple/group seats only) must have the same number of poses.
So, with Multi Multisit, a negative number (-0) defines a sync setup and, optionally, the number of SEATS (NOT poses) that will stay for singles (-2 will leave two seats for singles: all the other seats will sync).
With Multi Multisit, by using the "negative number" option and leaving some seats (with "neutral, unisex" 1st poses) for singles, you also allow avatars to choose the RIGHT synchronized seat LATER (e.g. couple male or female): the sitting order never matters.
For a "similar" result (with additional features) using Single Avatar Multisit (unisex single+couple prims, with swap of couple poses while sitting, favorite "single" pose remembered for 100 avatars, optional "force sync" of "singles" on these prims when an avatar chooses a couple/group pose...) you need TWO prims, and to set up some poses twice (more below...).
In the following example for Multi Multisit, the First TWO SUBMENU GROUPS (-2 option used) are seats for singles and note that in this special case the single poses will be selected directly from the main menu because they have the same button name of their main menu (there is only one pose on those submenus/seats, so better use this trick). All other buttons MUST have an unique name (as always):
-2
+Seat A
<0.40000, -0.17284, 0.94214>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,single,1219,Seat A
+Seat B
<0.40000, -0.42700, 0.99316>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,single,1172,Seat B
+Couple M
<0.23632, -0.62757, 0.99316>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplem1,1316,Male A
<0.07842, -0.37320, 0.94434>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplem2,1356,Couple M2
+Couple F
<0.07842, -0.63820, 1.01123>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplef1,1274,Female A
<0.07842, -0.73724, 0.84424>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplef2,1385,Couple F2
To set up submenus, use them for ALL poses, and remember that you can use the "same button name" trick as above!
Now let's forget Multi Multisit (many seats, 1 setup prim) and suppose to use the notecard above with Single Avatar Multisit (1 setup prim for each seat).
The above example CAN be a setup for Single Avatar Multisit by adding /f (-2 would be right because the first 2 POSES are for singles: -2 would NOT be referred to submenu groups in this case). Setting up Single Avatar Multisit this way (with male AND female couple poses) will allow swap: just set up 2 prims, "swapping" the couple submenus on the second prim (full examples linked below).
The animations can be different, but THE SETUP SCHEME (e.g.: /f, -2, two single poses, three couple poses) MUST ALWAYS BE THE SAME ON PRIMS (of the same object) USING ANIMATIONS IN SYNC AND SINGLE AVATAR MULTISIT.
Note that the setup above, always if used for Single Avatar Multisit, would (generally speaking) have more sense by setting the 2 "for single" poses to a male and a female sit, allowing the avatar sitting on that prim to choose the proper one: Single Avatar Multisit remembers the favorite "for single" pose of the 100 most frequent users (each time an avatar stands up while using a single pose, it is memorized and used as default, only for that avatar, if he/she sits again)!
To see FULL EXAMPLES of "unisex single+couple prims" (single and couple poses with swap) using Single Avatar Multisit on 2 prims: click here
On the following example for Multi Multisit the First 2 submenu groups are for singles like before, but multipose; singles this time can choose one of three sit poses on each "for single" seat (the SECOND avatar sitting will occupy the 1st available "for single" seat in notecard order, using the seat's 1st pose, the unisex animation):
-2
+Seat A
<0.07842, -0.96654, 0.75317>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,unisex,1320,uniSit 1
<0.07842, -0.96654, 0.75317>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,singlem,1320,Single M1
<0.07842, -0.79174, 0.79224>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,singlef,1284,Single F1
+Seat B
<0.07842, -0.49747, 0.72021>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,unisex,1320,uniSit 2
<0.07842, -0.49747, 0.72021>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,singlem,1264,Single M2
<0.07842, -0.77568, 0.66016>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,singlef,1262,Single F2
+Couple M
<0.23632, -0.62757, 0.99316>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplem1,1316,C Mal one
<0.07842, -0.37320, 0.94434>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplem2,1356,Couple M2
+Couple F
<0.07842, -0.63820, 1.01123>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplef1,1274,C Fem one
<0.07842, -0.73724, 0.84424>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplef2,1385,Couple F2
Special unsit option for Multi Multisit mixed setups: if you use the "auto unsit" script, but set the description of a Multi Multisit prim to "-" (without quotes) in edit, the number of avatars allowed there will be further restricted, to the number of single seats (2 if you used -2).
Note: the "auto unsit" script is needed only on 1 prim, and it works with Single Avatar Multisit, too: it automatically unsits an avatar if all seats on all prims are already occupied!
A simple mixed setup using Single Avatar Multisit, where the default pose will be for singles:
Female prim notecard:
/f
-1
<0.07842, -0.77568, 0.66016>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,singleF,1262,Single
<0.07842, -0.63820, 1.01123>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplef1,1274,Couple F1
<0.07842, -0.73724, 0.84424>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplef2,1385,Couple F2
Male prim notecard:
/f
-1
<0.07842, -0.77568, 0.66016>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,singleM,1262,Single
<0.23632, -0.62757, 0.99316>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplem1,1316,Couple M1
<0.07842, -0.37320, 0.94434>,<-0.00000, 0.00000, -0.00000>,couplem2,1356,Couple M2
As you saw, Single Avatar Multisit does not always need submenus to use this option: with Single Avatar Multisit, the negative number is always referred to poses, even when it has submenus.
Avatars using single poses on Single Avatar Multisit mixed setups are not supposed to sync, but you can easily "force sync" them when another avatar chooses a couple/group pose: see the scripting examples page.
If you plan to use a LOT of poses (more than 80 with Multi Multisit, if your animations already have short names) rename the animations with VERY short names before setting up, and use short button labels, or you will get a "no memory" warning message when it reads the notecard! With Single Avatar Multisit you can set up even more poses, but remember that using tons of poses on the same object (even using these scripts, that allow it without "memory overflow" risks) is NOT a good practice!
Some other useful things to remember:
Drop inside your prim an animation named stand, if you want to customize its sync pause animation.
Add the "root touch" script to the root prim if you want all prims to be touchable for menu (not needed if you set up only the root prim).
The sequencer script must be added to a prim with Single Avatar Multisit. On the setup notecard you must use:
/h
/k
/d
pseq,3.9,10,10
as you saw, a line must be pseq and the times in seconds for your poses, separated by commas. If you set the last pose time to 0 (zero) the sequence will not loop. The example above is for a notecard with 3 poses (lines with poses not shown).
It's generally always better to start a sequence with a "static", "non-looping" pose and give it some seconds (3.9 used above) because the timing will be a bit different the 1st time: avatar has to sit and may need to sync (see below) so the 1st pose generally does not play immediately (but will always do, after the 1st looping sequence ends...).
To set up synchronized sequences, you will need the sequencer script and the following setup only on ONE prim:
/f
/h
/k
pseq,3.9,10,10
YOU MUST use the /f, /h, /k options (NOT the sequencer script) on the other prims that you want synchronized, with Single Avatar Multisit and the same number of poses.
If you add the line /z to the sequencer prim's notecard, an avatar sitting (or left) alone will always use (return to) the 1st pose, and the synchronized sequence(s) will start only if more than one avatar is sitting on the object (use /z only if all seats are sequences in sync, if you do NOT want "unrelated" seats to "wake up" the avatar that was sitting alone).
HAVE FUN!