touch_start problem with an animation

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.

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?

Thanks,

Bracken Back

The head following your cursor is not an "animation," as it is dynamic. This is the default behavior when the currently-playing animation does not contain any keyframe data for the head. If you don't want the head to follow the cursor, you'll have to use a different animation which tells the head to do something. (Or alt-lock your camera target on some fixed point, which can be done by taking camera controls, but can be overridden by the user, so this method doesn't guarantee reliable results)

The way animations behave is a function of the animation's priority and, I believe, its key frame - an animation does not necessarily affect all joints. So, in your case I suspect the animations are not affecting the neck joint. That said, I'm a lot better at scripting than I am animation and the folks over in the Animation Tips forum will explain it much better.

I am pretty sure that llStopAnimation is not going to help you as the effect you're seeing is a property of the animation you are using.

Strangely, the frames that are suppose to be playing are all head and neck movements. They are the ones being blocked. All the other body parts move quite nicely.

But, I will play with the priority setting. Possibly setting it as high as possible might help.

Bracken

The 'stock' animation priorities are given here (see the section: Built-in Animation Priorities)