Why does my script loop like this?

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#1

So I am making a game sorta like bear, whereas when a player gets hurt, gui pops up on the screen like this. But it loops, and I don’t know why, here is the video + script.


It loops whenever I get hurt while the hurt GUI (idk what its called) is playing, here is the script:

workspace[game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name]:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
label = script.Parent.TextLabel
debounce = true
local function hurt()
	if debounce == true then
		debounce = false
		local num = math.random(1,3)
		if num == 1 then
			label.Text = "BEHIND YOU"
		elseif num == 2 then
			label.Text = "RUN"
		elseif num == 3 then
			label.Text = "ITS HERE"
		end
		script.Parent.LocalScript.Disabled = false
		
		local num = 0
		while wait(.01) do
			local clone = game.ReplicatedStorage.special:Clone()
			clone.Parent=script.Parent
			num = num + .01
			if num >= .75 then
				script.Parent.TextLabel.Text = ""
				break
			end
		end
		
		debounce = true
	end
end	
workspace[game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name].Humanoid:GetPropertyChangedSignal('Health'):Connect(hurt)

It loops for about a minute

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#2

Try making it so it waits a little before activating the debounce:

workspace[game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name]:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
label = script.Parent.TextLabel
debounce = true
local function hurt()
	if debounce == true then
		debounce = false
		local num = math.random(1,3)
		if num == 1 then
			label.Text = "BEHIND YOU"
		elseif num == 2 then
			label.Text = "RUN"
		elseif num == 3 then
			label.Text = "ITS HERE"
		end
		script.Parent.LocalScript.Disabled = false
		
		local num = 0
		while wait(.01) do
			local clone = game.ReplicatedStorage.special:Clone()
			clone.Parent=script.Parent
			num = num + .01
			if num >= .75 then
				script.Parent.TextLabel.Text = ""
				break
			end
		end
		
		wait(1)
		debounce = true
	end
end	
workspace[game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name].Humanoid:GetPropertyChangedSignal('Health'):Connect(hurt)
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#3

still does the same thing execpt it waits a second (Ive set it like that) to do the next one, so still loops, only slower

edit: I had a wait on there before, but it looks like I deleted it. not sure why, but I probably deleted it when I moved a function that was above the main code to inside of it.

#4

maybe add a debounce that should do the trick oh wait nvm

#5

isnt there already one? or am I missing something. . .

nvm

#6

wait you already did add a debounce

#7

no no i looked at the script i just didnt see the debounce

#8

hmmm i have no idea yet if you hit it one time it stops but if you hit it two times it loops like that? hold on

#9

nvm, it just loops no matter if I hit the damage brick once or twice

#10

have you check if the connections are disconnected

#11

Sorry, but what are you asking?

#12

well usually when you use connect you also disconnect correct?

#13

when i usually connect to what?

#14

Okay when you use

:Connect you also break the connection or disconnect but it seems you already did that hmmm

#15

You put the debounce the wrong way around. You gotta put it on false instead of true

#16

It checks the value the same way as if it were false to false.

#17

wait how come i didnt see that

#18

so it looks like what i set the wait for the debounce to come back on (?) is the wait for the loop to start again, so for example if I set it for 4 seconds, it would:
do it once, wait four second, then do it again, rinse and repeat approx. 6 times

#19

It might be the way you call the function, try using a different calling method.

#20

well try what the guy said set debounce to true