How to add diving to my script?

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1

I am making a 2D battle platformer, and I would like to add diving, but it seems really hard, as I am pretty new to coding. I watched some videos, but none of them were what I was looking for. I decided to leave it up to the professionals. Here’s my code what I want is the player to launch in the direction they’re facing, and to launch up in the air at the same height as jumping.

Here’s my code:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Movement : MonoBehaviour
{
    //Variables
    [Header("Movement")]
    //Input Variables
    public float playerSpeed = 5f;
    public float jumpheight = 5f;

    private int extraJumps;
    public int extraJumpsValue = 1;

    [Header("Physics")]
    //Physics stuff
    public LayerMask ground;
    public Rigidbody2D rb;
    public Transform player;

    bool isGrounded;
    public Transform groundCheck;

    [Header("Animation")]
    //Animation
    private bool facingRight;
    public Animator anim;

    public ParticleSystem jumpParticles;

    [Header("Sounds")]
    public AudioSource audioSource;
    public float Volume;


    //Start Function
    void Start()
    {
        extraJumps = extraJumpsValue;
        audioSource.volume = Volume;
    }

    //Moving
    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        isGrounded = Physics2D.OverlapCircle(groundCheck.position, 0.5f, ground);

        float x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");

        rb.velocity = new Vector2(x * playerSpeed, rb.velocity.y);

        if (facingRight == true && x > 0)
        {
            Flip();
        }
        else if (facingRight == false && x < 0)
        {
            Flip();
        }
    }

    //Jumping
    void Update()
    {
        anim.SetFloat("Horizontal", rb.velocity.x);
        anim.SetFloat("Speed", rb.velocity.sqrMagnitude);


        if (isGrounded == true)
        {
            extraJumps = extraJumpsValue;
        }

        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && extraJumps > 0)
        {
            rb.velocity = Vector2.up * jumpheight;
            extraJumps--;

            //Particles
            jumpParticles.Play();

            //Sounds
            FindObjectOfType<AudioManager>().Play("Jump");
        }
        else if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && isGrounded == true)
        {
            rb.velocity = Vector2.up * jumpheight;
        }

        DidIDie();
        Attack();
    }

    //Flips the player
    void Flip()
    {
        facingRight = !facingRight;
        Vector3 Scaler = transform.localScale;
        Scaler.x *= -1;
        transform.localScale = Scaler;
    }

    //Checks if player has died
    void DidIDie()
    {
        if(player.position.y <= -10f)
        {
            transform.position = new Vector3(0f, 0f, 0f);
        }
    }
}

Thanks in advance
Also It should be physics based, as the game is entirely built on physics.

2

Well that’s quite simple. You can add a force in the transform.forward direction of the player, the same size as your jump force. E.g:

void Dive()
{
      rb.AddForce(transform.forward * jumpHeight, ForceMode.Impulse);
}