Best way of moving a players body instance, for combat purposes

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#1

I’ve been making a Zombie/Defense game recently. However, I’ve made many combat scripts, I can’t seem to match the way the player’s character moves when an attack is launched In other games, For example: BlackMagic 2.

If anyone has any good ideas on how I would effectively move a player’s character as if they were being propelled, Please let me know!

#2

You can use :ApplyImpulse or LinearVelocity to propel a character effectively.

#3

I’ve used LinearVelocity, It seems to scrape against the ground when I do so. What does ApplyImpulse do?

#4

:ApplyImpulse will as the name suggests, apply an impulse based on a Vector3.
https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/BasePart/ApplyImpulse

#5

Do you know if this would also scrape against the ground,“Which causes the character to not move at the same speed all the time”

#6

You can just add a little up force (which will counteract the gravity) so that they glide along the ground.

#7

Another thing you can do is just tween the position of the character but it would be a bit finnicky.

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#8

Okay, I see. I’ve been doing that currently. But do you know how I would for instance keep a player connected to another player with out actually connecting them?

#9

Thanks, Katrist. I’ll just keep testing out what looks the best since it doesn’t seem that there is a better way.