script behavior mouse down not working as hoped

so I created a new image map via script
$sPlayer[%i] = new t2dStaticSprite() {
scenegraph = $sceneGraph;
imageMap = "PillsImageMap";
frame = "0";
useSourceRect = "0";
sourceRect = "0 0 0 0";
canSaveDynamicFields = "1";
Position = $player.position
size = "15.000 14.875";
mountID = "2";
PID = %i;
_behavior0 = "mouseEvent";

the call
echo ("line 40 draw to scenen cs " @ $sPlayer[%i].PID);
and all player ID are displayed as hoped but then during the mouse down event

function mouseEvent::onMouseDown(%this)
{
%this.owner.imageMap = "charImageMap";
echo (%this.owner.PID);
now for some reason here PID always equals the highest Pod, even though the image map changes fine

also no errors in logs so i am kind of LOST what I maybe doing wrong.
retesting $sPlayer[%i].PID in the same location shows that the PIDS are still set correctly but for some reason I am having trouble getting them from behavior controls