Player falling to death

Hmmm, not sure if this will work Try to set a value to always add 1 to as he's falling and if the player reaches, say 25 or whatever or greater he dies??! If he's below the value of 25,..being 0 to 24 he's safe and you reset the value to zero. You can adjust the 25 up or down to get the time right of what you're looking for.

yeah good idea, if falling animation is playing, add 1 to alterable value and when falling anim is not playing anymore and its value is bigger than (lets say 25) he dies (diying anim plays) etc.

new idea,
----------------------------------------- damage value 10
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make invisible actives or backdrops like above lets say 10,1000 pixel
each time player collides, decrease health 10 or something else
but dont know if it makes lag or slow game
btw can someone tell possible common mistakes that cause to slow down the game

It was interesting so I did this in about a minute.

Jeff, that's exactly what I had in mind but using a value instead of a counter. Same principle though and it's works. Cool...!!

I agree with Klik-It that an alterable value would be a cleaner way to do it.
I think I just went with a counter so I could see the values.