Game won't wait...

Question

I wanted to make sure my game was actually setting the frame rate so I set it to 1 fps...but...it still goes at what it's always done...it waits initially (first key press) and then just goes full speed.
here's the code I'm using
public void run()
          while(true){
          //Get the Time this cycle Started
               tick_start_time = System.currentTimeMillis();
               // Get the Time this cycle Ended
               // This code is to lock the Maximun frame rate so the applet will not run at
               // a stupid frame rate on fast computers (NOTE: will not stop the Applet from slowing down!)
               tick_end_time = System.currentTimeMillis();
               tick_duration = tick_end_time - tick_start_time;     //Calculate the Time this Game cycle took in Ms
               sleep_duration = MAX_MS_PER_FRAME - tick_duration;     //Calculate howmany Ms this thread should Sleep for
               //Make sure the thread does sleep some if the cycle was too slow
               if (sleep_duration < MIN_SLEEP_TIME)
                    sleep_duration = MIN_SLEEP_TIME;
               actual_fps = 1000 / (sleep_duration + tick_duration);
               try
                    Thread.sleep(sleep_duration);
                    repaint();
               catch (InterruptedException e) {}
I got the code from someplace online I think...can't remember where...
I also declare these...for this
//long start=1;
long tick_start_time;
     long tick_end_time;
     long tick_duration;
     long sleep_duration;
     long actual_fps;
     static final int MAX_FPS = 1;                         //Max Game Cycles per second
     static final int MIN_SLEEP_TIME = 1000;     //Min number of Ms the Game cycle must sleep for
     static final int MAX_MS_PER_FRAME = 1000/MAX_FPS;     //Max Milli seconds per Game Cycle//long start=1;
long tick_start_time;
     long tick_end_time;
     long tick_duration;
     long sleep_duration;
     long actual_fps;
     static final int MAX_FPS = 1;                         //Max Game Cycles per second
     static final int MIN_SLEEP_TIME = 1000;     //Min number of Ms the Game cycle must sleep for
     static final int MAX_MS_PER_FRAME = 1000/MAX_FPS;     //Max Milli seconds per Game Cycle
It just doesn't slow down at all...any ideas...or better code that definately works?

Answer 1

it's ok I got it...Animated gifs were forcing a call to update.Just as a note, you should not be using Animated gifs in a game to achieve animation. The more proper implementation is to place all the frames of an animation into a single image, break the image up into an array upon startup/loading, and then transverse the array based on a set interval.