Get horizontal velocity of an object

Question

how can i set float x for example for only the horizontal velocity of an object? in C# btw

Answer 1

Answer by Chikari · Feb 13, 2017 at 02:28 PM

 Vector3 tempVector = GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity;
 tempVector.x = 10f;
 GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity = tempVector;

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Answer 2

Answer by UnityCoach · Feb 14, 2017 at 12:32 PM

If what you want is to "read" the horizontal velocity of an object, you may simply cast it to a Vector2.

 ((Vector2) GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity).x

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