touch_start problem with an animation

I posted this in the scripting folder, but someone suggested someone here might be able to help.

Hi all.

Small problem that I hope someone mignt be able to help me with.

I have an object with 2 animations in it. The animation is changed when the user clicks on the object. This all works fine and dandy, but the problem is, when I click on the object my head takes on the default animation of following the cursor whenever I move it. This, of course overrides all the head movements in the animation.

This only happens when I touch the object the first time. If I play the animation locally or in world it works fine.

Is that a standard SL animation and can it be stopped with llStopAnimation. If not, anyone have some advice how I can work around it?

As a note, the only body parts being stopped from moving are the head and neck joints. When I get back today, I will play with the priority level of the animation and see if that helps.

Thanks,

Bracken Back

Sounds like priority too low.

Thanks all.

It was a priority issue.

Out of curiousity, do most of you set your priorities at 3 or 4?

Bracken.

Um, 2?

Heehee, most all my animations are actually at 2 (or you'll interfere with the typing anim and inhibit the cues to see people about to chat)...

If really necessary, or the typing interferes with something, then 3, because you want it to work well with other anims too, right? (Instead of defeating the whole priority system?)

4 is usually icky, breaking other anims, which then require laggy scripts to overcome your anim if it's set to 4 unfortunately...

So it all depends what the animation is for?

Thanks all.

It was a priority issue.

Out of curiousity, do most of you set your priorities at 3 or 4?

Bracken.

Didn't mean to post twice.

Depends what the animation is for - if you want an animation to override a sit, then it has to be priority 4, but in most other cases priority 2 or 3 is used.

If they ever would let us set priorities in script instead ~.~, oh well i always wanted xyz vector based from the prim you sit on or main prim, since then prim wouldnt have to move as you avatar would .

llStartAnimation("anim","priortity","vector"; //wishfull thinking