AIPlayer trigger in Animation not setting off

I have a custom Hand to Hand combat system that relies on triggers in the animation. I've been using this on my main player for a while with no problems, but I'm trying to let my AIPlayer use the same system and I'm running into problems.

in the animation, there is a trigger set with code # 6

when that trigger fires in the animation, a script function is called, this is when the Hand to hand attack check should be done.

I've set a break point in the code and this works fine for the player, but the trigger is never set for my aiplayer.

in particular the code that I've modified is here in player.cc
at the top of void Player::updateActionThread()

I've added this bit of code:

if(isServerObject())
   {
     //CLINT  spell casting animation specific.
     //game specific controlled by server
	if(mShapeInstance->getTriggerState(6)) 
	{
		//We are powering up a magical spell
		Con::executef(mDataBlock,2,"onSpellStartCharge",scriptThis());
	}
	if(mShapeInstance->getTriggerState(7)) 
	{
		//We cast a magical spell
   		Con::executef(mDataBlock,2,"onSpellCast",scriptThis());
	}
   }

neither of those cases are hitting for the ai player...

I'm in the process of debugging this, but if anyone has run into the same sort of problem before I'd love to hear about it!


thanks,
Clint