alice-teacher Two questions

[Matt Jadud]

Dear all,

1. "this.camera.place(RIGHT_OF, this.elderPerson)" does not do anything. There is a procedure for "place" that is available to camera objects, but it doesn't do anything for us. (3.1.80) Should it?

2. Is it preferable for me to ask these kinds of questions in the forums?

3. Is it possible to do an instantaneous teleport of an object? Eg. to pop the camera from x1,y1,z1,rho1,theta1,phi1  to x2,y2,z2,rho2,theta2,phi2?

4. Is there a class hierarchy published anywhere? In particular, my students wanted to write a procedure that could pan the camera from (say) a Prop to a Biped. Without knowing the class hierarchy, I'm not sure if there's a parent class that could be used to encompass both of these.

My apologies if I'm asking questions for which answers exist elsewhere. I'm new to the community, and don't know where I should search first for the answers. Pointers to manuals/forums where I can search before asking are welcome.

Cheers,
Matt