Why does my character not stop moving immediately after I release the movement buttons?

Unity Engine
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My character always slides across the screen and I can’t figure it out. Any ideas?

2

Change the input manager settings for gravity, etc.

–Eric

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Are you using Input.GetAxis? It applies a little smoothing when using keyboard controls so that values don’t change instantaneously. Try using Input.GetAxisRaw instead.

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4

I changed Input.GetAxis and there is still no difference, input manager didn’t change anything either unless I did something wrong with it.

5

Are you moving by adding forces?

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Yes

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In that case, the reason it keeps moving is simply momentum. One solution would be to move using Rigidbody2D.MovePosition: Unity - Scripting API: Rigidbody2D.MovePosition Another would be to substantially increase the drag.

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Here’s my solution:

var h:int; //reference variable for horizontal axis

function Update()
{
     if(Input.GetButton("Left")||Input.GetAxis("LThumbstick Left/Right")<0)
          h=-1;
     else if(Input.GetButton("Right")||Input.GetAxis("LThumbstick Left/Right")>0)
          h=1;
     else
          h=0;

     if(h==0)
          rigidbody2D.velocity=Vector2(0,rigidbody2D.velocity.y); //if you're not pushing left/right it will stop you on a dime without changing the Y velocity so you can still fall.
}
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Thanks man.

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Thanks, this works wonders for my game :slight_smile:

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9 years later, and this still saved my day. Thanks a bunch

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Also, if others are new to this, the gravity and sensitivity settings is not related to gravity in physics. (I first understood that when I read this)

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Please stop necroing posts.