External Force Negation in Auto Runner

[remote igloo]

https://paste.myst.rs/hxz2wu9y

I am making an auto runner game - and I've got a custom gravity system working relatively fine by my standards. I was trying to implement jump pads when I ran into some issues. First off, even though the jump pad was applying a constant velocity at an angle, the player was being launched straight up when they ran into the pad? I checked the pad's code and it was perfectly fine so the issue lies in the player controller. I feel my application of gravity and, for example, freezing of movement when an external force is applied are not optimal, but I don't know any good alternatives. Could someone help me get the system working for this use case and in a flexible way such that I can easily implement future potential forces like conveyor belts as well.

[calm nest]

You're using forces for the jump pad, yet most methods of movement in your code is setting the velocity directly which sounds like the problem.

[remote igloo]

Cos I used debug draw rays to confirm that the jump pad is applying the force in the correct direction

So I think the player code is negating that somehow

I tried to remove the velocity in the direction of the force to mitigate this but I'm not sure if it worked

[calm nest]

I'm just saying that any time you set the velocity, any forces you've set are thrown out the window so you should be using that sparingly if you're using a non-kinematic body

[remote igloo]

So how would you suggest I implement external forces on this object then?

[calm nest]

If you're going to use forces then usually the idea is all methods of movement should be using them

using forces is how your character interacts with things like drag, but if this is not something you care too much for, then using a kinematic solution and doing it all yourself is the idea

[remote igloo]

I'm just wondering if I should freeze player movement and gravity while doing the jump pad

Cos they're on slopes some times