Do you know a way to "preload" an animation?

Here is my issue:
- I have 2 animations A and B
- I would like to start them one after other in a seqvence: A and THEN B.
- The code I am using is something like:
llStartAnimation(A);
llSleep(0.1);
llStartAnimation(B);

The problem I have is that the first time when I trigger this even the animations have to be downloaded to the avatar. Animation A takes longer to download than animation B.
So B will actually start before A! Because of this the final animation resulting for superposing B on A is wrong.
If I grigger this for the second time - after both animations have downloaded - then everithing works fine.

Now the Question: Do you know any clever way to somehow preload the Animations?
Obviously there is no API for this... but maybe you know a clever workaround?!

Thanks.
Zozo Plympton

Let me think....


Okay!,

How about adding a llStartAnimation(x); followed by a llStopAnimation(x); in the on_rez() event. This could cause the animation to load, yet not be played when it arrives. You could do this for all your animation sequences so they'll be ready for the main event.

I've not tested this idea, so I don't know if llStopAnimation() actually stops the downloading of an animation or just stops the playing of it.

Give it a whirl!

I realize this may have already occurred to you, but you could make a new animation that does precisely what you want, instead of overriding certain parts of another animation?

just play the animations on a hidden prim or the inside of a hollow sphere.
that way they are loaded and running when you do play them
-LW

The animations here are referring to Avatar animations, not texture animations (which your method does work for).

Looks to me Zozo that the code lines will trigger both animations on exit of the event. The last one triggered will override the first, so...

Try this... trigger the first and set a timer for 0.1 instead of a sleep, then trigger the second from the timer event. I'd bet the preload issue will go away for you.

/esc

No... this doesn't help.
The animation may be triggered on exit of event. But they start playing when downloaded to the avatar.
Usually the sacond animation is the same.. so that is always there while the first animation changes.

So a lot of times Animation A will start way after animation B started.. timer or no timer...

Thanks for the input though!
Zozo

oops boy was i way off hehe.
how about playing both anims at same time, anim A as priority4 and anm B as
priority3, A will override B but will B still preload? this will require anim A to use all the
bones anim B uses to override it. but i think that would work...
-LW