Why Isn't My Double-Press Being Detected Once A Loop Starts? Topic is solved

[Mulsiphix]

Once the loop has begun I am unable to double-press LShift to stop it. I do not understand why. If I bind a different hotkey to change the value of "Animation_Started", that hotkey triggers fine. But that isn't true for the LShift hotkey. Why is that?

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q::
Animation_Started := 1
Return


~LShift:: ; Enables a toggle for Push-To-Talk  in Mumble between On/Off
	if (A_PriorHotkey <> "~LShift" or A_TimeSincePriorHotkey > 350)
	{
		; Too much time between presses, so this isn't a double-press.
		Return
	}
; A double-press was detected, script executes the following If/Else code
If toggle := !toggle
   {
   Send, {Insert Down} ; Enable Push-To-Talk in Mumble
   Gosub, Start_Animation ; Begin animations
   }
Else
   {
   Animation_Started := 1 ; Change variable value to "1"
   MsgBox, A double-press was detected ; Confirm LShift double-press has triggered
   }
Return

Start_Animation:
Loop

{
MsgBox, Hello World

If (Animation_Started = 1) ; Check value of variable. If it is "1"
   Break ; End the loop immediately

Sleep, 500
MsgBox, Hello Again!

If (Animation_Started = 1) ; Check value of variable. If it is "1"
   Break ; End the loop immediately

Sleep, 500
}
Return

[amateur+]

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toggle := 0
SetTimer, T, 100
T:
ToolTip, toggle= %toggle%
return

q::
toggle:= 0
Return

#MaxThreadsPerHotkey 2
~LShift:: ; Enables a toggle for Push-To-Talk  in Mumble between On/Off
	;~ MsgBox, % A_PriorHotkey
	if (A_PriorHotkey <> "~LShift" or A_TimeSincePriorHotkey > 350)
	{
		; Too much time between presses, so this isn't a double-press.
		Return
	}
; A double-press was detected, script executes the following If/Else code
If toggle := !toggle
   {
   Send, {Insert Down} ; Enable Push-To-Talk in Mumble
   SetTimer, Start_Animation, 500 ; Begin animations
   gosub, Start_Animation
   }
Else
   {
   MsgBox, A double-press was detected ; Confirm LShift double-press has triggered
   }
Return
#MaxThreadsPerHotkey 1

Start_Animation:
MsgBox, Hello World
If !toggle ; Check value of variable. If it is "1"
   SetTimer, Start_Animation, Off ; End the timer loop immediately
Return

[Mulsiphix]

The ToolTip is really useful! Thank you. And #MaxThreadsPerHotkey is exactly what the doctor ordered. Thank you so much for taking the time to type this up for me. I found it very educational

[amateur+]

Was glad to help