Hi All,
Apologies for the vague subject line I'm having problems with getting animations to work correctly for me.

I have managed to get my jump and double jump working correctly. I am now trying to get my character running and then rolling and then back to running. The problem is I want to keep left or right pressed the whole time and then the animation to go into the roll then back to run (when I let go of the roll button) I'm just getting confused and can't see the forest for the tree.

i am using libgdx statemachine with ashley, i have a inputsystem for the movement and all the movement code is in the player class. i think im just getting confused with how to get it all working together correctly.

i have given some sample code below

PlayerState Enum

run(){
        @Override
        public void update(PlayerAgent entity) {
            if (entity.stateComp.stateChanged) {
                entity.stateComp.stateChanged = false;
                Gdx.app.log("PlayerState:", "Run State");
                //entity.spineComp.animationState.setAnimation(0, "Run", true);
                entity.setAnimation(entity.spineComp.playerStates.get(EntityStateComponent.EntityMoveStates.run), true);
            }
            if (entity.bodyComp.body.getLinearVelocity().x == 0 && entity.bodyComp.body.getLinearVelocity().y == 0) {
                entity.setState(idle);
            }
        }

},
rollstart(){
        @Override
        public void update(PlayerAgent entity) {
            if (entity.stateComp.stateChanged) {
                entity.stateComp.stateChanged = false;
                Gdx.app.log("PlayerState:", "Rollstart State");
                entity.setAnimation(entity.spineComp.playerStates.get(EntityStateComponent.EntityMoveStates.rollstart), true);

            }
    }
},
rollend(){
        @Override
        public void update(PlayerAgent entity) {
            if (entity.stateComp.stateChanged) {
                entity.stateComp.stateChanged = false;
                Gdx.app.log("PlayerState:", "Rollend State");
                entity.setAnimation(entity.spineComp.playerStates.get(EntityStateComponent.EntityMoveStates.rollend), true);
            }
        }
...
...

InputSystem


 protected void processEntity(Entity entity, float deltaTime) {
if (typeComp.type == EntityTypeComponent.EntityType.PLAYERone) {
            updateInput(deltaTime);
        }
}

   void updateInput (float delta) {

    if (pdataComp.health == 0) return;

    if (rollPressed){
        //do nothing for now
    }else if (leftPressed) {
        directionComp.direction = -1;
        EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().moveLeft();
    } else if (rightPressed) {
        directionComp.direction = 1;
        EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().moveRight();
    }
    if (downPressed) {
        EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().moveDown();
    }
    if (upPressed){
        //EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().jump();
    }
    
    if (touched) {
        //EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().shoot();
    }else if (touched = false){
        //EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().spine2d.animationState.setAnimation(1, player.view.shootAnimationFinish, false);
    }
}

....
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//code from KeyUp

....
@Override
    public boolean keyDown(int keycode) {
        switch(keycode){
            case Input.Keys.ESCAPE:
                //game.setScreen(new MenuScreen(game));
                Gdx.app.exit();
                break;
            case Input.Keys.W:
            case Input.Keys.SPACE:
            case Input.Keys.UP:
                if (pdataComp.health == 0) return false;
                upPressed = true;
                if(!EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().isTouchingGround){
                    EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().doublejump();
                }
                if (EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().isTouchingGround){
                    EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().jump();
                }
                break;
           case Input.Keys.R:
                if(EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().stateMachine.getCurrentState() == PlayerState.run){
                    EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().roll();
                }
                break;
....
....

public boolean keyUp (int keycode) {
        switch(keycode){
            case Input.Keys.W:
            case Input.Keys.SPACE:
            case Input.Keys.UP:
                if (pdataComp.health == 0) return false;
                if (EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().stateMachine.getCurrentState() == PlayerState.spinjumpstart) EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().setState(PlayerState.spinjumpend);
                if(bodyComp.body.getLinearVelocity().y > 0) bodyComp.body.setLinearVelocity(bodyComp.body.getLinearVelocity().x ,bodyComp.body.getLinearVelocity().y * 0.01f);
                upPressed = false;
                break;
           case Input.Keys.R:
                if (EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().stateMachine.getCurrentState() == PlayerState.rollstart) EntityManager.getPlayerAgent().setState(PlayerState.rollend);
                break;
....
....

playeragent movement code

...

public void jump() {
            bodyComp.body.setLinearVelocity(bodyComp.body.getLinearVelocity().x, minMaxVelocityComp.maxVelocity.y /1.0f);
            setState(PlayerState.jumpstart);
            setState(PlayerState.jumpmidair);
            isTouchingGround = false;
    }

public void doublejump(){
    if (jumpComp.jumpCount == 1){
        bodyComp.body.setLinearVelocity(bodyComp.body.getLinearVelocity().x, minMaxVelocityComp.maxVelocity.y /1.0f);
        setState(PlayerState.spinjumpstart);
        isTouchingGround = false;
    }
}

public void roll() {
        if (isGrounded()) {
            if (stateMachine.getCurrentState() == PlayerState.run) {
                if (directionComp.direction == 1) {
                    bodyComp.body.setLinearVelocity(10.0f, bodyComp.body.getLinearVelocity().y);
                }
                if (directionComp.direction == -1) {
                    bodyComp.body.setLinearVelocity(-10.0f, bodyComp.body.getLinearVelocity().y);
                }
                setState(PlayerState.rollstart);
            }
        }
    }

i used a lot of code from the spineboy example to get the animation working...
i hope the example code helps explain what im doing. let me know if you need me to make anything clearer...

Regards
Amarino