Attempting to make box that the player can push slowly. Box has unintended interaction if it hits the player.

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Godot Version

Godot 4.7

Question

Hello everyone, I am very new to godot and trying to learn by doing one thing at a time. Right now I’m trying to figure out how to make a box that moves slowly when the player pushes into it.

Here’s what it does right now:

https://youtu.be/vthA9ds_mLU

(had to put a link since im new)

Here’s the code in the player:
extends CharacterBody2D

@export var speed = 50
@export var engine = 1 #this very
var playerIdle = true

func _ready():
pass

func get_input():
#Get movement vector from input
var input_direction = Input.get_vector(“left”, “right”, “up”, “down”)
#Apply movement
velocity = input_direction * (speed*engine)

func idle():
#Controls when the player stops moving to reset speedup and set an idle variable
if velocity == Vector2.ZERO:
if engine > 1: engine-=.2
playerIdle = true

else:
	if engine < 3: engine+=.2
	playerIdle = false

func _animations():
#flip players sprite based on movement
if velocity.x > 0:
$PlayerSprites.flip_h = false
elif velocity.x < 0:
$PlayerSprites.flip_h = true
#walking/idle
if playerIdle: $PlayerSprites.play(“idle”)
else: $PlayerSprites.play(“walk”)

func _physics_process(_delta):
get_input()
idle()
_animations()
move_and_slide()

extends CharacterBody2D

@export var speed = 50
@export var engine = 1 #this very 
var playerIdle = true

func _ready():
	pass

func get_input():
	#Get movement vector from input
	var input_direction = Input.get_vector("left", "right", "up", "down")
	#Apply movement
	velocity = input_direction * (speed*engine)
	

func idle():
	#Controls when the player stops moving to reset speedup and set an idle variable
	if velocity == Vector2.ZERO:
		if engine > 1: engine-=.2
		playerIdle = true
		
	else:
		if engine < 3: engine+=.2
		playerIdle = false

func _animations():
	#flip players sprite based on movement
	if velocity.x > 0:
		$PlayerSprites.flip_h = false
	elif velocity.x < 0:
		$PlayerSprites.flip_h = true
	#walking/idle
	if playerIdle: $PlayerSprites.play("idle")
	else: $PlayerSprites.play("walk")

func _physics_process(_delta):
	get_input()
	idle()
	_animations()
	move_and_slide()
	
	for i in get_slide_collision_count():
		var col = get_slide_collision(i)
		if col.get_collider() is RigidBody2D:
			col.get_collider().apply_central_impulse(-col.get_normal() * 20)
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Only some of your code is in the formatted blocks. Can you format the rest?

3

And it looks like the player code was pasted twice, or maybe you pasted two different versions of it. Did you mean to include the code for the box too?

4

If you want the box (a RigidBody2D) to simply accelerate at a slower pace, you can increase its mass.

If want the box to have a limited top speed, you have to make a script for the box that does that. For example:

extends RigidBody2D
# Script for your box

@export var max_speed = 5.0

func _integrate_forces(state: PhysicsDirectBodyState2D)
	var clamped_velocity = state.linear_velocity.limit_length(max_speed)
	state.linear_velocity = clamped_velocity

Alternatively, you can play around with the box’s linear_damp and linear_damp_mode to approximate the top speed you want for the player while still maintaining the same physically correct interaction with other objects.

I hope that helps. If not, please provide a detailed description of what you would like to achieve.