Please help with this method

Question

im creating a little animation of pacman, just an animation of it moving buy its self. im using the java elements package so this is all being shown in a drawing window.
ive made it move fine and go round the window abit eating dots but the code is a mess, and i know i could change some of the main part into a few simple methods and have tried but it seems to stop moving when i try
below is part of the code, the first three blocks are when its moving sideways with its mouth in three different states, and the bottom three blocks are it moving down with its mouth in three states again.
Arc pacarc = new Arc();
while (startmv++<stopmv)
pac1x += 4;
d.setForeground(Color.yellow);
pacarc = new Arc(pac1x,pac1y,pacsize1,pacsize2,pacmouth1,pacangle1);
d.fill(pacarc);
d.setForeground(Color.black);
waitNSeconds(1);
d.fill(pacarc);
pac1x += 4;
d.setForeground(Color.yellow);
pacarc = new Arc(pac1x,pac1y,pacsize1,pacsize2,pacmouth2,pacangle2);
d.fill(pacarc);
d.setForeground(Color.black);
waitNSeconds(1);
d.fill(pacarc);
pac1x += 4;
d.setForeground(Color.yellow);
pacarc = new Arc(pac1x,pac1y,pacsize1,pacsize2,pacmouth3,pacangle3);
d.fill(pacarc);
d.setForeground(Color.black);
waitNSeconds(1);
d.fill(pacarc);
while (startdwn++<stopdwn)
pac1y +=4;
d.setForeground(Color.yellow);
pacarc = new Arc(pac1x,pac1y,50,50,pacdwn1,pacdwnang1);
d.fill(pacarc);
d.setForeground(Color.black);
waitNSeconds(1);
d.fill(pacarc);
pac1y +=4;
d.setForeground(Color.yellow);
pacarc = new Arc(pac1x,pac1y,50,50,pacdwn2,pacdwnang2);
d.fill(pacarc);
d.setForeground(Color.black);
waitNSeconds(1);
d.fill(pacarc);
pac1y +=4;
d.setForeground(Color.yellow);
pacarc = new Arc(pac1x,pac1y,50,50,pacdwn3,pacdwnang3);
d.fill(pacarc);
d.setForeground(Color.black);
waitNSeconds(1);
d.fill(pacarc);
so for the first part i tried putting this into a method and running the program but where i had used the method the pacman shape just stayed still. any help please guys?
this is the code for the method i tried (this is just for thefirst state of the pacmans mouth while moving sideways)
public static void pacmve(int pactestx, int pactesty, int pacsizetest1, int pacsizetest2, int pacmouthtest, int pacangletest)
pactestx += 4;
Arc pacarc = new Arc();
d.setForeground(Color.yellow);
pacarc = new Arc(pactestx,pactesty,pacsizetest1,pacsizetest2,pacmouthtest,pacangletest);
d.fill(pacarc);
d.setForeground(Color.black);
waitNSeconds(1);
d.fill(pacarc);
this is the loop i where i was trying to use the method
while (startmv++<stopmv)
pacmve(20,20,50,50,45,270);
Edited by: jeffsimmo85 on Nov 22, 2007 1:18 AM

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