Using both RB Velocity and AddForce?

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1

Hello,
I am working on a 2D platformer and i use Rigidbody2D.velocity to move. It is easier to stop the player if i am not pressing a key and removes acceleration.
But i wanted to push the player back when there is a collision with an enemy and because the velocity is set to 0 when no key is pressed, i can’t use “AddForce”, the player stops in air. So i was wondering if there is a solution to keep make the player stop instantly but keep the AddForce.

Here is my code :

void Movement()
{
	//Move
	float horizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
	rb2D.velocity = new Vector2(horizontal * speed, rb2D.velocity.y);
	
	//Jump
	rb2D.AddForce(new Vector2(0, jumpForce), ForceMode.Impulse);
	
	//Getting pushed back by enemy (debug)
	if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.T))
		rb2D.AddForce(new Vector2(-pushForce, 0)ForceMode.Impulse);
}
2

This is probably a bit late, but to fix this you can make the player be unable to move for like one third of a second when getting knocked back.

     void Movement()
     {
         //Move
         float horizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
         if (beingknocked == true)
             rb2D.velocity = new Vector2(horizontal * speed, rb2D.velocity.y);
         
         //Jump
         if (beingknocked == false)
             rb2D.AddForce(new Vector2(0, jumpForce), ForceMode.Impulse);
         
         //Getting pushed back by enemy (debug)
         if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.T))
             rb2D.AddForce(new Vector2(-pushForce, 0)ForceMode.Impulse);
             beingknocked = true
             yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.3);
             beingknocked = false
     }

This way the player gets stunned when knocked back so the rb.velocity command won’t interfere with the addforce.