How to add Knockback to melee?

[Frost]

Hello again PlayMaker forum! I been learning and practicing, now i know a lot more... but can still figure out something....

Please help me...

I am trying to hit an enemy with a melee attack and push the enemy a couple of meters away, then he stops. Like a knockback. This is the idea but i cant get it to work. Any idea on how to make a knockback work on PlayMaker?

[nFighter]

First of all it depends on how did you implement moving in your game: is it physics based, sprites, anything else...

[Frost]

With Velocity2D and an xSpeed variable and Get Axis to define the variable. I hit the enemy with Velocity 2D and his own xSpeed with Every Frame marked but doesnt ever stops, keep going and going... i want him to stop and pursue the player again

[jeanfabre]

Hi,

 you need to use AddForce and at the time of impact add a big amount of force ( probably set ot Impulse or velocity mode.

 Have you tried that?

 try first on a regular simple cube, then move up in complexity with a moving cube, then a proper ennemy.

 Bye,

 Jean

[Frost]

Thanks Jean, it sort of works now... thing is, that even with a variable with a very low value it goes extremely fast and doesnt seem to stop (looking as its position on the inspector). I cant get him to stop

[Frost]

Ok i finally did it. Thanks for the AddForce advice! THANKS!