Timer Event and HUD - Please help??

Hi,

Im having some probs with this script. Upon recieving a link message, It is suppose to trigger the animation and facial animations(by timer event).which works fine.

however whenever I attaached this to HUD, the facial animations starts playing already. How can I have the facial animations (timer event) to only start when it recieves the link_message?

Hope someone can help me on this.. been wrecking my brains
much appreciated.

here's the code:

 string ANIMATION = "SillyDance";
 string EMOTE = "express_surprise_emote";
 
 default
 {
 state_entry()
 {
 
 }
 
 link_message(integer int,integer num,string str,key id)
 {
 if(str == "pressed")
 {
 llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(),PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION);
 llStopAnimation(EMOTE);
 }
 
 }
 run_time_permissions(integer perm)
 {
 if(perm & PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION)
 {
 llStartAnimation(ANIMATION);
 llSetTimerEvent(0.9);
 
 }
 }
 timer()
 {
 llStopAnimation(EMOTE);
 llStartAnimation(EMOTE);
 
 }
 }
 
 

What causes the timer stop?

on_rez(integer start_param)
{
llSetTimerEvent(0);
}

...could do the trick.

Scripts 'persist' while in inventory, so if the timer was already running it will still be running when you attach the object.

The attach(key attached) Event Handler can also be useful.

Thk u soooo much Pale Spec,

it works...brilliant...but then it causes some other probs for
my HUD. I guess I suck at scripting still.

back to work...