ao and chat "typing"

i have a 3 different ao sets and have noticed that when i am typing in chat 2 of them do not show the typing animation and 1 does.

is this something controlled by the "standing" animations in the ao? or is there a separate animation that controls that?

i like the idea of the typing animation coz it shows the other avies that i am "speaking" ... or rather "about to speak".

thanks in advance.

If the person who made the ao used too high a priority when uploading the stand animations, the typing won't show.

My AO from Abraminations is very high priority - therefore it doesn't naturally show my typing animation. I had to add a typing animation on top of the AO to show others I was responding. The downsides to this are many: sometimes the typing won't show in non-scripted areas; I have to constantly remove the typing attachment if I am on a poseball or stand where I should not be showing typing; on really bad laggy days, if I go to reattach my typing animation "thingy" it shows up as a little box near my left hip.

Hence why I am still on the prowl for something lower priority but with smooth transitions from one stand to the next.

No luck so far.

i have abranimations and the maximillian.. both do NOT show typing.

i also have lostdog's DNA.. a VERY nice AO. it does show typing in case you are interested. but available only as a full package.

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Scripted attachments are being hit by powerful weapons (griefing weapons really) causing them all to malfunction. If your expensive weaponary/defense system is copiable i would very strongly suggest making a copy and keeping it in a separate folder in your inventory for safe keeps so that if your attachments are hit by these griefing weapons then you have a perfect working copy in your inventory to use.

NB: if you have to use the copy, make sure you copy the copy when the time comes

I used to have some really high priority animated stands and whenever I got into a conversation with a stranger they would just walk away as I was typing in my answer. They didn't have the visual cue that I was answering them. It was pretty frustrating. I just use walk animations in my ao now.

I look closely- a lot of the time the avatar's head will waver slightly along with the suppressed typing anim, which is still a nice way of seeing someone formulating their thoughts.

Also, a good avatar radar will display who nearby is typing.