Transition from a dive into a roll

[ineedfundsformygame (ekfnos)]

I’m trying to make a dive and roll system inspired by RB Battles’ game (shown in the video below)

But, I don’t really have a clear logic of how to initiate the roll itself. Should I use a timer, a state system, touch based event, and such.

Here’s what I have so far, it’s just a basic dive system using velocity and rotvelocity to move the root

I really need help with this, so any type of help is heavily appreciated, thanks!

[ChiDj123 (xHeptc)]

RB Battles seem to be using animation for the dive and roll, roll animation plays when player lands
And instead of applying linear velocity to dive forward, apply force

[ineedfundsformygame (ekfnos)]

What’s the optimal way to detect if the player has touched the ground?

[DevDaniel_House (Daniel)]

You could either listen for a signal of the humanoids StateChanged event, or get the property changed signal of its FloorMaterial. (Checking for the floor material is better imo, because it fires even if you touch a wall, and you dont have to handle deleting the listener when the rolling is done)

local connection : RBXScriptConnection = humanoid.StateChanged:Connect(function(oldState: HumanoidStateType, newState : HumanoidStateType)
     if newState == Enum.HumanoidStateType.Landed then -- 
          -- Initiate rolling animation
          connection:Disconnect()
     end
end)

OR

humanoid:GetPropertyChangedSignal("FloorMaterial"):Once(function()
     -- Initiate rolling animation
end)

I havent tested neither, but im pretty sure both of these work, so use whichever works best for you.