VectorForce Not Being Applied to Character

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#1

Hey, guys so I was trying to remake my 3DMG as seen here: https://gyazo.com/6d3d00edceabac121999b57af29ee4ae

but I wanted to use the new BodyMovers instead since the old ones are no longer supported, but for some reason the force isn’t being applied to the Character.

This is the code within my Constructor function, I parent the force to the BodyFrontAttachment instead of having to make my own attachment

self.Force = Instance.new("VectorForce", self.Character.UpperTorso.BodyFrontAttachment)
	self.Gyro = Instance.new("BodyGyro", self.RootPart)
	
	self.Magnitude = 90
	self.Mass = 0

       for i,v in pairs(self.Character:GetDescendants()) do
		if v:IsA("BasePart") then
			self.Mass = self.Mass + v:GetMass()
		end
	end
	
	self.Force.RelativeTo = Enum.ActuatorRelativeTo.Attachment0
	self.Force.Force = Vector3.new()
	self.Force.ApplyAtCenterOfMass = true

I then detect when the player is pressing E and call this method

--Vector = (Hook.Position - Gear.RootPart.Position).unit

function module:SetForce(Vector)
	self.Force.Force = Vector * self.Magnitude * self.Mass
end

I read the wiki, and the force only needs direction and magnitude but it’s not working:

https://gyazo.com/481c9174441a64724e14d60dbeb37e4b

Any help is much appreciated!

#3

Coincidentally, I’m trying to work with VectorForces right now as well. First of all, increase your magnitude to be at least above 150 for a decent speed. Secondly, set every part in the Character’s friction value (in CustomPhysicalProperties) to 0.01

Right now, I’m trying to figure out how to make it so the speed doesn’t crazily increase after jumping, but there’s probably not a good solution for that.

#4

Yeah, I’m feeling like moving back to BodVelocity, because VectorForces seem to be an atrocity for what I’m trying to do right now, anyways I’ll do it thanks!

EDIT: Yeah it didn’t work at all, what’s really going on, I’m kinda annoyed at this point.

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#5

Something you’ll want to do at the very start when working with character forces is to change the Humanoid’s StateType to Physics via the function Humanoid.ChangeState. This will prevent the humanoid from applying force and will instead be reliant on what you apply.

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