Stopping an object immediately

Questions & Answers
1

Hi I’m new to making games and I don’t know how make an object stop immediately. I already did some research but nothing helped me. Also, do you guys maybe have some advise to make the script’s code a bit more clean? Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

void Start()
{
    rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
}

void Update()
{
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.UpArrow))
    {
        MoveUp();
    }

    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.DownArrow))
    {
        MoveDown();
    }
}

void MoveUp()
{
    float y = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
    float upwardspeed = y + speed;
    rb.velocity = new Vector2(0, upwardspeed);
}

void MoveDown()
{
    float y = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
    float downwardspeed = y - speed;
    rb.velocity = new Vector2(0, downwardspeed);
}
2

Instead of
if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.UpArrow), just use if (Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical") == 1) [change to -1 for down] and to stop an object just do rb.velocity = new Vector2(0, 0); or rb.velocity = Vector2.zero1