How do I achieve this character/hook orbiting?

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Hello, I’m trying to make something similar to odmg or web swinging. My problem is that orbiting up and down does not work. In this video, the player fully orbits above and below a bridge/tower thing

This is what I have so far: (Only holding W)


Compared to the other video, it just stays above the part and doesn’t go below and then up. It makes the movement in my game feel very weird…

I’m using a body velocity instance to move the player.
Failed attempts:

local moveVector = input.MoveVector
			if false then
--This is the main one im using but it was disabled for testing
				local circleConstant = self.OrbitCircle
				velocity.Velocity = (CFrame.new(torso.Position, goal) * CFrame.Angles(circleConstant * -moveVector.Z, circleConstant * -moveVector.X, 0)).LookVector * self.OrbitSpeed
			elseif nil then			
				local posDelta = torso.Position - goal
				
				local tangentialVelocity = posDelta.Unit:Cross(Vector3.new(-moveVector.Z, -moveVector.X, 0)) * self.OrbitSpeed
				local centrifugalForce = tangentialVelocity.Magnitude ^ 2 / posDelta.Magnitude
				velocity.Velocity = tangentialVelocity
			elseif not true then
				local radialVector = (torso.Position - goal)
				local cross = (radialVector):Cross(Vector3.new(-moveVector.Z, -moveVector.X, -moveVector.Z))
				velocity.Velocity = ((cross.Unit + (goal - torso.Position).Unit)/2).Unit * self.OrbitSpeed
			else
				local settings = self.OrbitStuff
				
				if settings.NeedsStartAngle == true then
					settings.NeedsStartAngle = false
					settings.CurrentRotation = 0
				end
				
				settings.CurrentRotation += math.pi * 2 * deltaTime
				settings.StartAngle = math.atan2(torso.Position.Z - goal.Z, torso.Position.X - goal.X)
				
				local delta = goal - torso.Position
				local orbitGoal = CFrame.new(goal + Vector3.new(0, 0, math.max(delta.Magnitude * 0.925, 1))) * CFrame.fromAxisAngle(Vector3.yAxis, settings.StartAngle + settings.CurrentRotation)
				velocity.Velocity = (orbitGoal.Position - torso.Position).Unit * self.OrbitSpeed
			end
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