animation woes

having a few problemd with this.

I want my player when he has stopped walking to be still for a few secs then go in to his idle animation.
whats happening is the timer is working but then I get a rapid burst of animation( like its just playing one frame or something) then it goes back to the still sequence.
what should happen is that the idle animtion should loop until you exit the idle state.
Its probably real obvious that i am a bit out of my depth here, but I need to get it wokring


delayTime=1500 ; 1 1/2 secs
time_to_wait=millisecs()+delayTime ; use 0 for no initial delay

Function UpdatePlayer( p.Player )

walkstate=False

If KeyDown(200) ;walk forward
walkstate=True
MoveEntity p\entity,0,0,.2
If Animating(p\model)=p\walk
Animate p\model,3,.7,1

EndIf
EndIf

;Walking back

If KeyDown(208)
walkstate=True
MoveEntity p\entity,0,0,-.2
If Animating(p\model)=p\walk
Animate p\model,3,-.7
EndIf
EndIf



If KeyDown(203) ; left/right
TurnEntity p\entity,0,2,0 ;turn player left/right
Else If KeyDown(205)
TurnEntity p\entity,0,-2,0


EndIf

;stopped

If walkstate=False

stopstate=True
Animate p\model,1,0,2,5;play no animation to simluate stop before entering idle state
If MilliSecs()>=time_to_wait

If Animating(p\model)=p\idle;idle animation

Animate p\model,3,.2,2;play idle animation after delay

time_to_wait=MilliSecs()+delayTime


End If
EndIf
EndIf

;footstep cycles

If KeyDown(200) Or KeyDown(208)
p\footStepCycle=p\footStepCycle+0.5
Else
p\footStepCycle=0
EndIf
If p\footStepCycle=11.0
PlaySound footsteps
p\footStepCycle=0
EndIf

I tried to use the code darlordz gave me for the timer , but I don't really understand it to be honest

I am not sure what the problem is, but maybe it has something to do with the keyframes? Every Sequence should have keys on all bones on the first frame. This will allow to reset each sequence properly.

hmm perhaps its because I am using one frame from the idle sequence as a still sequence . i may try a different approach