Apply force to character controller?

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1

I know that you can’t really apply force to a character controller directly but can you simulate this? Velocity is read-only apparently, and I’m not sure how to produce the same effect. In my script I have a grapple ability that is basically a prefab being fired and whenever it collides, it turns kinematic and freezes in place. I want to know how to change jelly’s velocity so that on collision he “hops” so far to the right on the x axis to simulate pulling on the grapple. Below is the script I currently have, but it functions only on rigidbodies.

function OnCollisionEnter(collision : Collision) 
{
	// when the spawned grappling hook collides with another object,  it is made kinematic, thus freezing it in place and making it appear as if it was stuck
	rigidbody.isKinematic = true;

	//This gets the shooter, or jelly in this case...
	jelly = GameObject.Find("jelly");
	//this makes jelly jump
	jelly.rigidbody.AddForce(250,250,0);

	//after force is added the now "stuck" grapple will wait for 1 and a half seconds until it destroys itself
	yield WaitForSeconds (1.5);
	Destroy (gameObject);
}

//the coordinates of the grapples object against the coordinates of jelly
function Update()
{
	jelly = GameObject.Find("jelly");
	//If they are at the same Y height or less than jelly, they are destroyed
	if(this.transform.position.y<=jelly.transform.position.y)
		Destroy (gameObject);
	
	//If they are greater than 10 units over the height of jelly they are destroyed
	if(this.transform.position.y>jelly.transform.position.y+10)
		Destroy (gameObject);
}

[Edit by Berenger : Please make sure to format your code properly next time. It’s the button with a bunch of 1 and 0]

2

You can use a rigidbody in a similar way. But if you want to push a character controller, you need to look how the jump is performed in character motor and do something similar, in an other direction.