Using rigidBody.velocity to move a character

Unity Engine
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I’m trying to use this code to move character left/right

rigidBodyComponent.velocity = (movement * movementSpeed) + new Vector3(0, rigidBodyComponent.velocity.y, rigidBodyComponent.velocity.z);

but the issue I’m having is that when the character is in the air and moving left into a wall, gravity doesn’t force it down. Instead they continue to try to move until input is zero;

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As you can see in the picture, he is kind of just floating there while input isn’t zero. s soon as movement equals Vector3.zero, the character would fall. Any insight would be very much appreciated.

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(Random guess)
Maybe he’s sticking in the wall, Try frictionless physics material?

3

That causes the character to slide all over

4

you need to constantly be adding gravity to velocity…

using velocity is a bad way to do it. MovePosition would be better

5

MovePosition will cause your character to teleport through things though however.

6

have u tried:

rigidbody2D.AddForce(Vector2);

velocity is not recommended for movement… by setting velocity constant u are forcing body to have constant velocity thus ignoring the effect of gravity force or any other force and in turn all accelerations.

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Thanks, what I ended up using was AddForce and using Acceleration forcemode as well as a constant downward vector for gravity.