How do i get the Y Velocity of my character?

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I am very new to scripting and unity, I managed to read and create a few scripts for my experiments, this time, i wanted to check how fast my character is falling, and play certain animation to the character.

This is a third-person shooter experiment.

How do i get the Y Velocity of my character?

I wanted my character to play the “Fall” animation when the Y Velocity reached more than
X distance/frame or something.

and i wanted my character to be “Damaged” according to the fall distance.
(I created a working health & damage scripts, i just want to know how to get the distance fallen and its velocity * Damage factor.)

Thanks!

It is not a good idea to pack multiple questions into one. That can be confusing, and some questions will be overlooked and remain unansered. It is not [the idea of this site][1]. To answer the first part of your question(s), simply use rigidbody.velocity.y [1]: http://answers.unity3d.com/page/faq.html

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You are right, i should fix this. I think the fall distance is related to the main question, so the other question is necessary. EDIT: Removed Animation Question

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From the documentation:

You can use rigidbody.velocity to get the velocity vector, and rigidbody.velocity.y to get just the y component.

Thanks! helped me!

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