while(1)
		{
			//iprintln("in the while loop!");
		currentweapon = players[i] getCurrentWeapon();
			if(currentweapon == "m2_flamethrower_zombie_upgraded")
			{ 	
				while(players [i] isfiring())
				{
				if(players [i] isMeleeing() == false && jump_param <200) //300 before
				{
					//wait .02; //the function works ok without this. the problem is tap firing. after firing there is a slight delay until the hud catches up. the wait simulates this slightly
					jump_param = jump_param + 4.0;
					//iprintln("in first func jump param is going up and " + jump_param );
 
					thread flamey_jump(jump_param);
 
				}
				//there just needs to be a little wait time between these two. have too many waits now the flamethrower is jumpy
				wait .05;
				}
				wait .2;
				while ( players[i] isfiring() == false && jump_param >0 || players[i] isMeleeing() == true)
				{		
 
				if (jump_param >= 200) //300 before
				{
					wait 1.5;
					jump_param = jump_param - 3; 
				}
				//if (jump_param >0)
				//{
					//thread flamey_jump(jump_param);
					wait .08; //this is the problem right here, i need to wait to make the thing more sensitive but that holds up the lift up part, gotta figure it out
					jump_param = jump_param - 1;
					iprintln("in first func jump param is going down and " + jump_param );
				//}	
				//continue;	//thread flamey_jump(jump_param);
				}
 
 
 
 
				//thread flamey_jump(jump_param);
 
			}
			wait .05;


flamey_jump(jump_param)
 {
	 players = get_players();
	for (i = 0; i < players.size; i++)
	{
 
		if (isDefined( jump_param ))
		{
			iprintln("in second function jump_param is " + jump_param);
		}
 
			//i think what is happening here is a race condition (especially with a while loop)
	if(jump_param<200) //setting this to while causes jump_param to go beserk and change values in the loop. want to change this to while so this can execute without waiting on 1st while loop
	{
// etc. etc. lets the player fly. if i check jump_param in here it is wrong by the way