Classic Question: Platformer, stuck on wall while jumping

Hello all!

I know this is probably a very oft-asked question, but I really would like to know this one situation. I've managed to set up my 2D character movement well, except when it comes to walls. I jump there and if I keep pressing move to the wall, they're stuck there like moving on a floating invisible ground. I want it that if I press against the wall, I don't get stuck.

A lot of stack overflow questions say that I should change the wall friction or something (or add a new field) in Project Settings. No luck, there's no 'wall friction' parameter there nor can I add new Parameter.

A little help here? Thanks.

 

How did you set up your "grounded" part of the character controller?
Is it possible that Unity thinks that hitting the wall is being grounded (ray cast?), and resets your current height as the new zero or something?

 

This is how I set up the grounded part.

Code (CSharp):

1. void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D coll){
2.         if (coll.collider.tag == "Ground") {
3.             playerJump = PlayerStates.Jump_State.Grounded;
4.             jumpLimit = 2;
5.         }
6.         if (coll.collider.tag == "Wall") {
7.             print ("Hitting a wall");
8.         }
9.     }

 

Well I am not seeing anything that should cause it to get stuck.
Is it tile-based? Maybe the character is stuck between two tiles stacked one upon the other.
Also, is it possible that since you do nothing when hitting a wall, the character somehow moves a few units inside it?
Perhaps try that on collision with a wall, the x value does not change, or even detracts one.

 

That was just to detect whether it hits a wall or not, but regardless, even if that is not put, it is still stuck.

I don't think I'm advanced enough to use tile based. No.

Uh... so you mean when colliding on a wall, we decrease the transform so it backed away a little from the wall? I dunno, it'll look awkward...

 

It will, I wouldn't recommend it as a permanent code, but I'd like to know if that is the issue (going too far into the wall and getting stuck) or if it's actually the touching of the wall that causes the issue.

 

I think I'll just give you my code and see where it's wrong. My analytical skill is a little lacking.

I also once tried that transform decrease, but it just makes the problem become awkward.

 

Alright, I'll give it a look once I am off work (around 9 hours from now)

 

Okay, I'll wait. I'll just post here so you don't have to worry about double posting.

 

Sorry about the delay, I've received a heatstroke yesterday (excuses excuses!)
I'll read it 100% today.

 

Oh my God. I hope you're okay.

 

Haha thanks for the concern.
In Israel, yesterday was "Good Deeds Day", so my company went and hosted a game tournament for kids with issues at home for the entire day, plus breakfast and BBQ. (50 kids around ages 16+, it was actually fun, and they were well behaved!)
Yesterday the weather started getting hot, so I guess it affected me.
I apologize for the delay.

 

Are you using Physics or directly changing the transform component of your game object?

 

I have Unity 5, which updated the project, and completely screwed with it.

But the wall does not freeze the character for me, rather, it's the animator that keeps floating my character up.
Can you if you disable the animations themselves, does it still give you issues?

 

Yeah the same thing happened to me in Unity 5 and the project was screwed with that, it kept floating up. I recommend getting Unity 4 for that.

However, I found out that the problem solution is that you have to disable 'Apply Root Motion' on the animator and then the character doesn't freeze. The problem of sticking to the wall still remains though.

Also in Unity 4, when I enabled Apply Root Motion, it does nothing. But here, it makes it float. Looks like a Unity 5 problem.

@Roderyck: I'm using Physics, of course. You know, rigidbody and velocity.

 

I see, well, I'll download Unity 4 and try it out then.

 

Uh actually you could try that in Unity 5. Click on the Player and then uncheck the 'Apply Root Motion'.

 

Ah as for that part, I did it already, without it, the character started falling, through the wall and ground.
I'd rather try the entire thing with Unity 4.
I do hope someone solves it before I do, It's a pain downloading a new program
Maybe I should keep Unity 4 on the side...

 

Well, that is weird, because when I do that, I don't fall through the wall or ground...