You could use an instance boolean field and switch its value every act; then, when it is switches to true, call the animate method. However, a boolean is limited in what it can do. Using an instance int field would give you the flexibility to alter the speed. Increment the value every act, and when it reaches a specific value, set it back to zero and call the animate method.

A boolean is just anything that evaluates to a 'true' or 'false' value. All conditional operators (AND '&&', OR '||', IS EQUAL TO '==', IS GREATER THAN '>', etc.) create a boolean value. It can be negated by the NOT '!' operator. So to toggle a boolean named 'executeMethod' you would use: Then you can use the value for a condition in an 'if' statement, as follows: which could also be written like this: since the field itself is a boolean and it does not need to made a boolean by the use of '=='.

the boolean must first evaluate to false first right? so before the public void act() i would put boolean isTimeToExecuteMethod = false; in order for this isTimeToExecuteMethod = !isTimeToExecuteMethod; to be true the animation is still too fast to my liking. lol

That is why I mentioned the fact that an instance int field might be better.

int animationSpeed = 0; boolean a = false; /** * Act method * * Runs of every frame */ public void act() { a = !a; if (a == true) animationSpeed = 1; else if (a == false) animationSpeed = 0; } void claraAnimation() { if ( animationSpeed > 0) { animate(); } } lmao i don't even know what i'm doing. please shed some insight danpost

'animationSpeed' is not a very good name for what it will do. The higher you let it go, the slower your actor will animate. The following should suffice: The '4' can be raised to slow the animation down more (or lowered to speed it up).