Respawn movement issue

[rich finch]

the "2D" view is what the player normally sees, and they can only move left to right normally. in this "mode", the respawn works as intended. however, when the player crosses the red threshold, they have a top down view and can move up, down, left or right. the issue arises here.

if the player is holding either the up or down movement key when they die, this input gets "saved", and when the player respawns back in the 2D area, they continually get flung off the side and die.

how do i fix this?