How to stop player character from phasing temporarily into objects? (not Min Penet. for Penalty...?)

I've found a description online of a common issue that sounds quite like the one I'm having - however, when I edit the project's Physics (not Physics2D, because no such variable seems to exist there) and lower Min Penetration for Penalty from 0.01 to 0.0001... nothing happens.

This is a 2D game. Essentially, the issue I'm having is that my character will rapidly phase into and out of objects she touches horizontally, including diagonal slopes (although it's most pronounced with 90-degree angles). As a note, she does not use whatever standard speed variables come with Unity2D (because I don't know how to implement those with characters, if they even exist *hangs head*); rather, I have her movement (and the camera's) controlled by a script that rapidly transforms them by a small amount at a time, complete with ac/de-celeration. Everything works fine, except for this weird clipping issue... and jumping (but that's a story for another day). What could be the cause here? I can provide the script if needed; I'm doing everything in one script.

 

The problem is that you are handling your movement inside the Update function, directly changing your transform, which is wrong as you have a Rigidbody2D attached. Am I wrong?

Check "Is Kinematic" on the Rigidbody2D component, or remove the Update code and handle your movement inside the FixedUpdate function, like this:

Code (JavaScript):

1. var speed : float;
2.  
3. function FixedUpdate () {
4.    var h : float = Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal");
5.    rigidbody2D.velocity.x = h * speed;
6. }

Good luck.

 

Checking "Is Kinematic" does make the movement non-jerky, but now the character doesn't fall (she can only jump) or collide with anything; she just moves right through it. The code's in C#, by the way.