rigidbody2D with instant max speed and slow stop

Questions & Answers
1

I’ve been trying to achieve this for longer than I care to admit…

Here is my current code:

public float maxSpeed = 10f;
private Vector2 movement;

void Update ()
{
    float x_move = LeftJoystick.position.x;
    float y_move = LeftJoystick.position.y;

    movement = new Vector2 (x_move * maxSpeed, y_move * maxSpeed);
}

void FixedUpdate()
{
    rigidbody2D.velocity = movement;
}

Using “rigidbody2D.AddForce(movement)” creates an ice skating effect…

I want the character to be able to hit instant top speed and then when I let off the joystick have him slow to a stop. But also be able to instantly change direction when the joystick is pressed again.

Please help!

2

As always… you figure it out five minutes after asking the question…

My problem was that I was constantly updating the velocity with the joystick’s movement; therefore my character was moving based entirely off of that… not the velocity.

Here’s the updated code:

void FixedUpdate()
{
    if (LeftJoystick.isFingerDown) { // I'm using the C# Joystick class
        rigidbody2D.velocity = movement;
    }
}

And then use linear drag to adjust the deceleration speed.