How to fix UserInputService not working during this repeat loop?

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I need help finding out a way to have the UIP event fire while the repeat loop is going.

Repeat Loop

function KnockDownCounterFunction()
	repeat
		print("CounterRunning")
		KnockDownCount.Text = KnockCounter 
		wait(1)
		KnockCounter = KnockCounter - 1
	until KnockCounter == -1 or GetUp == true
	if KnockCounter == -1 then 
		Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.FightingHud.Knockdown.Visible = false
		Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.FightingHud.Hud.Visible = false
		Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.FightingHud.KnockDownCounter.Visible = false
		game.ReplicatedStorage.FightingEvents.FightOverServerTrue:FireServer()
		print("FiredServerFromClient")
	end
end

UIP Event

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, event)
		if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Space and Knockdown == true and event == false and KnockTimePressed == false then
			KnockTimePressed = true
			KnockTimerTween:Pause()
				if TimerBar.Position.X.Scale >= StartHit.X.Scale and TimerBar.Position.X.Scale <= EndHit.X.Scale then
				print("TimedCorrectly")
				KnockTimerTween:Cancel()
				wait(1)
				TimerBar.Position = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 0)
				Anim:Stop()
				GetUpAnim:Play()
				GetUp = true
				game.ReplicatedStorage.FightingEvents.KnockDownServerFalse:FireServer()
				wait(1)
				ThirdPerson()
				wait(1)
				WASDOn()
				script.Parent.Humanoid.Health = script.Parent.Humanoid.Health + Regen
				KnockTimePressed = false
				Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.FightingHud.Knockdown.Visible = false
				Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.FightingHud.KnockDownCounter.Visible = false
			else
				print("TimedBadly")
				wait(1.5)
				TimerBar.Position = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 0)
				KnockTimerTween:Play()
				wait(1.5)
				KnockTimePressed = false
			end
		end	
	end)

Don’t worry about the ends I just took snippits of the code so you’re not looking at 450+ lines. This is a boxing game and when a fighter gets knocked down I use the repeat loop to countdown, a bar appears during the countdown which if you time correctly you get back up. The issue is once the countdown starts the game dosen’t register the spacebar input until after the count, I tested this by spamming space bar a bunch of times and the timed badly print didn’t show up or the timed correctly print, but asoon as the repeat loop ended it registered my input.

I tried using “spawn” to fire the function and also calling it straight up and neither worked.

2

Try this

until KnockCounter <= -1
3

Still not working with the same results