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Question by Hondune · Oct 10, 2010 at 11:28 PM · speedaccelerationfriction

gradually moving an object up to speed rather then instantly?

i want to know how to, on button press, make an object move without instantly getting to the speed i set it to move at. right now im using this script

function Update () {
if (Input.GetKey ("left"))
    transform.position.x = transform.position.x + -0.10;
if (Input.GetKey ("right"))
    transform.position.x = transform.position.x + 0.10;

}

which works, but when the button is pressed the object instantly moves at 0.10, i would like it to accelerate to 0.10 then keep moving at that, then when the button is released de-accelerate back to not moving. i hope this makes sense :/

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Answer by IJM · Oct 11, 2010 at 01:20 AM

This code will work for you:

var Speed : float = 0;//Don't touch this var MaxSpeed : float = 10;//This is the maximum speed that the object will achieve var Acceleration : float = 10;//How fast will object reach a maximum speed var Deceleration : float = 10;//How fast will object reach a speed of 0

function Update () { if ((Input.GetKey ("left"))&&(Speed < MaxSpeed)) Speed = Speed - Acceleration Time.deltaTime;
else if ((Input.GetKey ("right"))&&(Speed > -MaxSpeed)) Speed = Speed + Acceleration
Time.deltaTime; else { if(Speed > Deceleration Time.deltaTime) Speed = Speed - Deceleration Time.deltaTime; else if(Speed < -Deceleration Time.deltaTime) Speed = Speed + Deceleration Time.deltaTime; else Speed = 0; }

transform.position.x = transform.position.x + Speed * Time.deltaTime; }

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avatar image Hondune · Oct 11, 2010 at 03:46 AM 0
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worked like a charm! thank you both very much :)

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No problem mate ;)

avatar image FreeTimeDev · Oct 12, 2010 at 09:58 AM 0
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$$anonymous$$ark this answer as correct!

avatar image santosh810666 · Nov 11, 2013 at 07:21 AM 0
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hi your code is awesome i am trying to maintain $$anonymous$$imum speed but when i increase speed it is floating to 0 and it is increasing again can you please help me

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Can anybody please explain the logic behind this ? Why is Speed = Speed - Acceleration Time.DeltaTime ?

What is operator between Accleration and Time.DeltaTime ? Please help

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It should be Speed = Speed - (Acceleration * Time.DeltaTime).

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Answer by dreg_master · Jan 12, 2017 at 10:38 AM

@IJM

Dude, you are a legend sir. I spend Days trying to get this to work with a script 3 pages long and still pulling out hair. Your solution was in Java i converted into c# and it worked marvelously. Thank you. here is what worked for me in C#

using UnityEngine; using System.Collections;

public class test2 : MonoBehaviour { public Vector3 position; float Speed = 0; //Don't touch this float MaxSpeed = 10; //This is the maximum speed that the object will achieve float Acceleration = 10; //How fast will object reach a maximum speed float Deceleration = 10; //How fast will object reach a speed of 0 // Use this for initialization void Start() { transform.position = position; }

 // Update is called once per frame
 void Update()
 {

     if ((Input.GetKey("left")) && (Speed < MaxSpeed)) Speed = Speed - Acceleration * Time.deltaTime;
     else if ((Input.GetKey("right")) && (Speed > -MaxSpeed)) Speed = Speed + Acceleration * Time.deltaTime;
     else
     {
         if (Speed > Deceleration * Time.deltaTime) Speed = Speed - Deceleration * Time.deltaTime;
         else if (Speed < -Deceleration * Time.deltaTime) Speed = Speed + Deceleration * Time.deltaTime;
         else
             Speed = 0;
     }
     position.x = transform.position.x + Speed * Time.deltaTime;
     transform.position = position;

 }

}

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Answer by Ray-Pendergraph · Oct 11, 2010 at 12:57 AM

Try lerping it, here is the documentation:

transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(start.position, end.position, Time.time);

This gradually moves between two points. The movement is constant over time, to have the movement gradual (like building momentum) at the start and stop points I believe you must call lerp with the current position like so:

transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, end.position, Time.time);

Yes, actually just look at the second example on that link. :-). Duh.

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Answer by ChimeraPriest · Nov 11, 2015 at 01:16 AM

For 2D platformer movement with some acceleration and deceleration...

  void Update()
     {
         float h = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");

         Rigidbody2D rbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

           rbody.velocity = Vector3.right * h * speed; 
     }

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Answer by tjBlueBeast · Dec 09, 2015 at 09:48 AM

 public float speed = 0f; 
 public float maxSpeed = 10f;
 public float forceMagnitude = 2f;
 
 void FixedUpdate() {
         // Store the input axes.
         float h = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
         float v = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
 
         // Move the player around the scene.
         Move (h, v);
 
         //other stuff...
     }
 
 void Move(float h, float v) {
         if (v != 0 || h != 0) {
             // Set the movement vector based on the axis input.
             movement.Set (h, 0f, v);
             speed = Mathf.Min(speed + forceMagnitude * Time.deltaTime, maxSpeed);
         } else {
             speed = Mathf.Max(speed - forceMagnitude * Time.deltaTime * 1.5f, 0);
         }
         //Debug.Log (speed);
 
         // Normalise the movement vector and make it proportional to the speed per second.
         movement = movement.normalized * speed * Time.deltaTime;
         // Move the player to it's current position plus the movement.
         playerRigidbody.MovePosition(transform.position + movement);
     }

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