# How do i add a sliding effect after character movement?

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**Category:** Character & Animation\
**Tags:** slide, unreal-engine, characters, question\
**Created:** [May 7, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-sliding-effect-after-character-movement/424576 "2018-05-07T23:50:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_946ed242](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_946ed242](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_946ed242)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-sliding-effect-after-character-movement/424576/1 "2018-05-07T23:50:53Z")

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NOTE: I am a beginner programmer, so i’m not very good at this.

Im trying to add a small sliding effect to my character after movement and i have no idea how to get this done.  
I tried to add force and impulse, but I have know idea how to use those.

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**Author:** ![Atornity](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Atornity](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Atornity)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-sliding-effect-after-character-movement/424576/2 "2018-05-08T09:50:09Z")

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Like the character is walking on ice? I think it can be done withing the character movement component properties.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_946ed242](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_946ed242](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_946ed242)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-sliding-effect-after-character-movement/424576/3 "2018-05-09T01:50:12Z")

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i did some research but couldn’t find anything in the character movement component myself. If you have any ideas though, that would be awesome.

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**Author:** ![Atornity](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Atornity](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Atornity)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-sliding-effect-after-character-movement/424576/4 "2018-05-09T07:02:01Z")

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there is a setting called braking friction factor. you can set it to 0 to get a bit of a slide although minimal

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**Author:** ![Atornity](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Atornity](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Atornity)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-sliding-effect-after-character-movement/424576/5 "2018-05-09T07:11:41Z")

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there are two settings that do this, both found inside the character movement properties. the first one is “braking friction factor” lowering this changes how fast your character is stopping, it’s fairly subtle. the second option is “Braking Deceleration Walking” which basically constantly lower your speed by the specified value. if you set both to 0 your character would never stop unless you hit a wall or something.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_946ed242](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_946ed242](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_946ed242)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-sliding-effect-after-character-movement/424576/6 "2018-05-09T22:56:38Z")

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AHH!! thanks so much! This helped so much.

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**Author:** ![Thilina\_arimac](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/thilina_arimac/32/1068821_2.png) [@Thilina\_arimac](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Thilina_arimac)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-sliding-effect-after-character-movement/424576/7 "2020-07-26T06:47:51Z")

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Here is a preview of sliding system I have implemented in a tutorial.

![308106-slide-1.gif](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/d/7/2d72a4d7ce147661fabdff298af83f84c24ecce3.gif)

You can watch the full tutorial here. [unreal sliding system][2]