Need help programming a long-jump

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#1

Currently working on a function to make a player perform a long-jump similar to Super Mario 64. The function first checks if the player is airborne by checking if the Humanoid’s FloorMaterial is air. Next, it begins a looping animation that will continue until the player lands again. This is where my issue is.

The way I have this set up is I have a separate function to check when a player hits the ground, and if they’re currently performing a long-jump, it will be stopped.

Humanoid:GetPropertyChangedSignal("FloorMaterial"):Connect(function()
	if Humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Air and islongJumping == true then
		islongJumping = false
		Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 20
		longJumpTrack:Stop()
	end
end)

This works most of the time, but it completely breaks if a player performs a long-jump, and lands before the Humanoid’s FloorMaterial can update (usually happens if a player long-jumps into a wall). I know this method is barbaric, but I genuinely can’t think of another way to detect a player landing from such a small height.

Maybe this isn’t even the right approach? Idk.

#2 
Humanoid:GetPropertyChangedSignal("FloorMaterial"):Connect(function()
    if islongJumping and Humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Air then
        islongJumping = false
        Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 20
        if longJumpTrack and longJumpTrack:IsPlaying() then
            longJumpTrack:Stop()
        end
    end
end)

Try this it should work, it tracks when the player is jumping,etc it should help it

#3

My issue wasn’t that the animation didn’t stop, it was that the function itself doesn’t get called sometimes due to the FloorMaterial never updating (usually because the jump was small/was interrupted)

I’m looking for an alternative that doesn’t check for FloorMaterial

#4

try using :GetState(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Jumping)

#5

You can’t write to GetState. I’m assuming you meant ChangeState? Even then, that would just make the character jump again.

Anyway, I fixed it by forcing the Humanoid to enter FreeFall upon performing a long-jump, then listening for a state change to Landed to end the animation. This works consistently regardless of how quickly the long-jump is cancelled.

#6

Nice!

What I meant by is that, you can use Humanoid:GetState() to get the current state of the Humanoid as an alternative:

if hum:GetState() then

#7

Ah, I see what you mean. That’s basically what I ended up doing

(current script if anyone is curious)

Humanoid.StateChanged:Connect(function()
	if Humanoid:GetState() == Enum.HumanoidStateType.Landed and islongJumping == true then
		islongJumping = false
		Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 20
		longJumpTrack:Stop()
	end
end)
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