Variable gravity during Jump? need 2x gravity when coming down

BladeMaster · February 21, 2016, 8:17pm

I want to edit jump mechanics in 3rd person template such that, the character takes less time when going from max Z-position of jump to the ground. One of the ways to do it is implementing variable gravity. i.e. gravity is doubled when the character reaches the max Z-value during jump. Just like super mario. Something like below. (Credits: Game Feel by Steve Swink)
Mario jump.PNG

If there are any other ways top do this, please post.

Thanks!

6ixpool · February 22, 2016, 12:21am

Theres a gravity scale variable in the character movement component that you could probably set to 2 when your character isFalling.

BladeMaster · February 22, 2016, 4:41am

Thanks @6ixpool, I will try to implement it this way, but I don’t have much experience in blueprint, if you can elaborate a little bit, it would be really helpful. Thanks again, you are a life saver.

ZoltanJr · February 22, 2016, 5:39am

Yep you can tweak the gravity scale quite easily. Just use the boolean “isFalling” and trigger it off with that.

BladeMaster · February 22, 2016, 7:35am

Hey guys, thanks for your inputs! This is how I implemented it. I tried to implement it using IsFalling, but it did not work the way I wanted to. So I did it differently.

Now, it takes lesser time to come down from jump-peak than it takes to reach jump-peak. Similar to Mario!

ZoltanJr · February 22, 2016, 7:51am

What about if you are walking up a hill or stairs though?

usa423 · September 13, 2021, 9:53pm

I just slightly modified the jump logic from the third person character template.

“Asymmetrical Jumping”