Trying out signals emmitted by states since i'm still stuck and the states and everything else are part of the same scene.

src/actor.gd

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export(String, "Player", "Enemy", "NPC") var actor_type
 export(Array, Resource) var SoundEffects 
 export var debug_actor: bool = false
 
+
 onready var movement_animations: AnimatedSprite = $AnimatedSprite
 
 onready var sound_effect_player: AudioStreamPlayer = $SE_Player

src/state.gd

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ extends Node
 export var debug_state: bool = false
 export var timeout_seconds: float = 0.0
 
+signal state_entered()
+signal state_exited()
+signal frame_reached(state_name, animation_name, frame_number)
+export(Dictionary) var emitter_frame_subscriptions
+
 # Declare member variables here. Examples:
 var modifier_stack_ref: Array # Well this didn't work 
 var state_timeout: Timer

src/state_animated_actor.gd

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func enter() -> void:
 	if debug_state:
 		print(parent.name, " entering State: ", self.name)
 	move_component.current_movement_state = self.name
+	emit_signal("state_entered")
 	#modifier_stack_ref = state_modifiers
 	if modifier_stack_ref.empty() == false:
 		if modifier_stack_ref[-1].animation_name != '':
@@ -78,8 +79,9 @@ func enter() -> void:
 		return
 
 func exit() -> void:
+	emit_signal("state_exited")
 #	animations.disconnect("animation_finished", self, "_on_AnimatedSprite_animation_finished")
-	pass
+	return
 
 func process_input(_event: InputEvent) -> State:
 	return null
@@ -92,6 +94,9 @@ func process_frame(_delta: float) -> State:
 		animations.play(animation_sequence[animation_index] + animation_suffix)
 		print("An animation sequence: ", animations.animation , animation_index)
 		current_animation_sequence = animation_index
+	if emitter_frame_subscriptions.has(animations.frame):
+		if emitter_frame_subscriptions[animations.frame] == animations.animation:
+			emit_signal("frame_reached", self.name, animations.animation, animations.frame)
 	return null
 
 func process_physics(_delta: float) -> State: