Add movement to rigidbody with gravity.

Hi, beginner here. I have an object with a rigidbody2D component with gravity. I want the player to be able to slightly move the falling object left or right.

I attached the follow script to the player object but the script ends up interfering with the properties of the rigidbody2D component. How do I approach/fix this?

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class MoveRacket : MonoBehaviour
{
public float speed = 30;

void FixedUpdate()
{
float v = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = new Vector2(0, v) * speed;
}
}

 

Do not directly alter velocity!
Instead try to use Rigidbody.Addforce(), like below,

Code (CSharp):

1. GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().AddForce(new Vector2(0, v) * speed);

Hope this helps!