action animate_this()
{
   while(1) 
   {
      my.skill1 += 2*time_step;
           
      if (my.skill1 > 100)  // if the animation section is finished playing...
      { 

      	my.skill1 -= 100; // start the animation over...
			
	thePicker +=1;
	show_Picker();

      	}

      ent_animate(me,"dance",my.skill1,ANM_CYCLE);

      wait(1);
   }
}

STRING theTempString = "#64";
STRING theNumString = "#4"; 

text showthis_txt
{
    layer = 15;
    pos_x = 200;
    pos_y = 5;
    font = _a4font;

}

function show_Picker()
{
    str_cpy(theTempString,"Picker = ");

    str_for_num(theNumString,thePicker);

    str_cat(theTempString, theNumString); 

    showthis_txt.string = theTempString;
    showthis_txt.visible = on;

}

define _ani1, skill52;   // don't use skill 1, or share skills

var ani_nPicker = 0;

STRING s1[256];
STRING s2[256];
TEXT ani_t1 {
	strings = 1;
	pos_x = 0;
	pos_y = 0;
	layer = 15;
	font = _a4font;
}

function anif_showPicker() {
	str_cpy(ani_t1.string[0], "Picker: ");
	str_for_num(s2, ani_nPicker);
	str_cat(ani_t1.string[0], s2);
	ani_t1.visible = ON;
}
// no parenthesis for action
action animate_this {
	ani_nPicker = 0;
	while(me != NULL) {  // 
		my._ani1 += 2*time_step;  // well...
		//ani_nPicker += (ani_nPicker >= 99.998);
		ani_nPicker += (ani_nPicker >= 100);
		my._ani1 %= 100;
		ent_animate(me,"dance", my._ani1, ANM_CYCLE);
		anif_showPicker();
		wait(1);
	}
}
// model and / or this code could be a problem