is there somekind of repeat_until function in godot

Question

I am trying make a character take fall damage

my code:

velocity.y += gravity * delta
        fall_strength += 1
        if fall_strength >= 120:
            print("fall damage taken")

but if I do that when that, my character hasn't touched the ground and I took fall damage. I was thinking of a repeat until so

if fall_strength >= 120:
            repeat_until is_on_floor:
                        print("fall damage taken")

but there isn't this function on godot.
So how should i go about this???

Comments

is this?
https://gdscript.com/tutorials/functions/

Answer 1

The while statement does what you ask: while something is true, do this.
You could use it to wait until something happens:

if fall_strength >= 120:
    while not is_on_floor():
        pass # Wait until is on floor
    print("fall damage taken")

But this would lock up your game until the character hits the floor, and if not, cause a "busy wait", wasting resources. If you're using KinematicBody, try using getfloorvelocity():

if is_on_floor() and get_floor_velocity().length >= 120:
    print("fall damage taken")

Comments

Thanks so much

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this actually lags the whole game and the game will freeze

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Did you do the second alternative? The first one will most likely freeze your game.

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while doesn't stop and take a break every time it loops (unless you tell it to sleep), it just jumps back and continues executing itself. Picture your while block pasted as many times as it loops. If it loops infinitely i.e. while(true), you are trying to execute an infinite string of code which will freeze the thread.

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I am using a kinematic body 2d

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Can you post the new code you're using, please?

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func fall_damage_taken():
if fall_strength >= 100:
    will_die = true
if fall_strength < 100 and not is_on_floor():
    will_die = false
if will_die == true and is_on_floor():
    pass #play death animation
    get_tree().reload_current_scene()
    print("fall damage taken")
    will_die = false

this works fine but is it possible to use while loops for this?

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It that works, I'd leave it at that. while loops are rarely used in the scenario you describe. Have you looked at the signal system in Godot? it's the best way you have to "wait until something happens" in your game without freezing it with a while loop.