Making a character walk around on uneven terrain

[Bannana97]

I can't find any functions or methods to nail this the right way. I'm trying to make an easter game and having some problems - it is my first time making characters in-game.

Anyhow, my problems are:

• The character is moving in the right direction, but I literally set velocity, so it isn't falling or walking up surfaces when necessary unless you stop walking
• Character falls when climbing the high surfaces, while it should remain upright at all times.

I attached the love file. The file with the problem is \scenes\game\main.lua, line 225 is where the love.update is. Please, suggestions or tips would be appreciated. Thanks.
P.S. The pink-red box is the character: I'll be replacing it with an image soon. Just pretend, lol.

[notencore]

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character["_.Object"].Body:setLinearVelocity(-100, 0)

You're setting the Y velocity to zero. Set it to a variable that contains the current force of gravity on the player. (If there's a platform under you it should be zero.)

Hope I could help, and if it doesn't work I apologize.

[Bannana97]

Yeah, that helps a bit. But I still would like to know if it's possible, and if so how, to force the block to remain upright, instead of falling down.

[Robin]

I think you could call this method on the player body right after you create it: Body:setFixedRotation

[Bannana97]

I think you could call this method on the player body right after you create it: Body:setFixedRotation

That or :setAngle(0) at a constant rate. Thanks for the help.