[Solved] Velocity is always 0 even when falling

I have a RigidBody2D on my gameobject. When I jump using addForce and when I fall by the default gravity system, the velocity of the game object always returns 0. I want to check if the game object is falling and run code off that, and I don't know why the velocity is always saying its 0.

For reference, this if statement never returns true, even when the object clearly is moving in a downwards direction:

Code (CSharp):

1. if (rb.velocity.y < 0) //Checks if the player is falling. If they are, increase they speed at which they fall for a smoother feel
2.         {
3.             rb.AddForce(Vector2.up * Physics2D.gravity.y * (gravityMultiplyer - 1) * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
4.             Debug.Log("Falling");
5.         }

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Ok so I did some more testing with some of the methods that you suggested and it seems like the velocity is somehow being set to 0 in my playerMovement script. I am not directly setting the velocity anywhere as I heard that it can cause some strange behaviors. I will do some more testing to see what it is.

 

I feel real dumb right now. Found out it came from the movePosition method that I was using for movement. I had

Code (CSharp):

1. rb.MovePosition(rb.position + movement * moveSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);

in the FixedUpdate method, which was overriding things like velocity. All I have to do is change that and everything should work fine.