Death in my game

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Godot Version

4.2

Question

Im trying to add a death sequence but the timer i set up isnt working

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Here are some options that may fix your issue:

  • Make sure your timer has, in fact, been started.
    • Is death() being called?
    • Is DeathTimer the same name as the one in the node tree?
    • Try printing out the timer’s time_left value in the _process function to verify.
  • Double-check that the DeathTimer’s signal is hooked up to your object (in Godot) containing the _on_death_timer_timout() method.

If the above did not help, please describe your setup in more detail and the approaches you’ve tried so far.

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i tried printing how much time was left and it only displayed zeros in the console

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Okay. I assume you’ve checked the other stuff I mentioned as well.

Does your dead-variable get set anywhere?
…and when are you calling death()?

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yes, it gets called at the start and declared as false

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when the players health reaches zero it gets set to true

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Alright. Show that to me.

What about your death()-function?
When is that called?

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okay i forgot to add the part that sets the boolean to true lol, but it wont count down now

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Nice. One thing fixed - unknown issues to go.

Where is your death()-function located?

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like i said it loads the timer it just doesnt count down for some reason

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Sorry. I meant where is the call to your death()-function?

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i circled it in this image

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I know what your issue is, I’m just trying to make you find it.

Okay - and where is that, in words, in your code?

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the function? (sorry for being kinda difficult btw)

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No worries. We are all beginners somewhere.

Yes. Where is the function call to death() (the thing you circled) located in your code?
Is it inside a particular function?

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i put it here

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No. That’s your function declaration; the place where you define your function.

Where is the call to this death()-function?:

  ...
  player_damage()
  death()
  
  print(@DeathTimer.time_left)
  ...
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wdym call?

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Hmm. Okay. Bear with me.
I’m gonna give you a longer reply that contains some important information along with the cause of your problem.

Give me ~10 min.