Stop Character Sliding Down Slopes in Godot - Godot Quick Tips

Have you ever noticed that your character slides down slopes when using the move_and_slide function in Godot? In this video I show you a quick and easy solution to stop your character sliding down slopes in Godot 3.4.
Shout out to 3Dude whose video helped me with this common problem. You can find his original video here: • Godot Tutorial - Slope...
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[@ikim76]

This is great, this is the best solution for this problem. For anyone interested, the reason this works is this: when we multiply the velocity by the floor normal vector, this effectively adds a velocity.x amount that counters the velocity.x value that the engine adds automatically to simulate objects being pulled down by gravity and thus making them slide in the direction of the slope. While your character is on the slope, gravity changes direction to the floor normal, and to the engine it is as if it is not a slope at all.

[@bloodlust_unlimited]

Good to see you again! Thx for content!

[@spikedpancakes]

Hey thanks to you, i wrote my first script, i followed one of your other vids, I hope to take up game design in tge near future!

[@evarobison]

Thank you so much! I was just struggling with this issue a few days ago.

[@CodeWithTom]

Really hope this helps you resolve the issue :)

[@dueddel]

Great to see you being back again, by the way. 😘

[@tanushbissessur2032]

you are the biggest help i will ever have.

[@bruhnah4life]

Thank you very much for this tutorial, at first it was buggy because i didnt put my code and the new code with the exact order, thanks

[@CodeWithTom]

Glad it helped!

[@pravinvjreigns6055]

Thank for your video,it is really useful

[@davidmurphy563]

Hope everything is fine. Will you be continuing with the channel? Imho, it was the best technical tutorial content for Godot.

[@kochkarov]

Thank you for a great video! Are you planning to expand this by adding movement on stairs?

[@CodeWithTom]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked the video. Actual stairs are a bit trickier but can also be "faked" by simply making the collision area of the staircase a simple slope.

[@Speed-TV]

I tried this with 2D, and it didn't work :( The only thing I did differently was replace Vector3.UP with Vector2.UP

[@pinu8348]

Mine didn’t either and this video was the earliest thing that shows up on the front page when searching for this problem. Incase anyone still using 3.5 reads this, I fixed my problem by putting the “safe margin”(kinematicbody2d > collision) above the default value

[@fingorchipz8662]

He's back 😊😊

[@joemop8790]

great stuff 😄

[@McKack]

Weird, I seem to recall reading or hearing somewhere that 3.4 was supposed to fix this. Maybe it was only for 2D :\ Either way, this solution is clean and simple! Looks like the best one so far! Any issues with snapping to ground so you don't fly off the end of upward slopes or bump down slopes?

[@CodeWithTom]

It's been a particular bug bear of mine for quite a while and I've been hoping it would be fixed for a while. I haven't experienced any issues with leaving the ground at the top of slopes but I'll do some further testing and post an update if this is the case. I believe the move_and_slide snapping options could be used to ensure this doesn't happen if that's the case.

[@McKack]

@@CodeWithTom Awesome! I'll be testing it out on my test project as well soon, replace a bunch of messy lines of code with this instead and see how it fairs :)

[@ClawMacKain]

Sadly as someone making a 2D game using Godot using ver 3.4.4 the sliding slope issue is still a thing. And because of that I'm currently trying to find a code to negate it for my game. Sadly the code Tom provided doesn't work for a 2D build it seems.

[@dafellachallam7384]

Hey Tom, In your 2nd episode of "how to make a fps game" I have a problem it says *attempt to call function 'is_colliding' in base 'null instance's on a null instance

[@coder-serwin3545]

Amazing bro! Love ur Content..

[@CodeWithTom]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@coder-serwin3545]

@@CodeWithTom :)

[@kryperdev]

Brilliant!

[@kulak8548]

Any plans to continue the channel? Would love to see some more AI content like the FPS in Godot part 4.

[@pucksclips6383]

So I’m learning your tutorial on how to make an fps game in Godot from 2019 and my character only moves right and if I want to move forward or backward I have to be moving right at the same time and left just doesn’t do anything. Any fix?

[@artisanpixel]

Any update for how to get this working in 4.0 ? They screwed up the new CharacterBody3d, and now it is all buggy and can't get sliding on slopes working like this anymore! Hope you can figure it out.

[@1luckyjo]

Brilliant Tom xxx

[@CodeWithTom]

Thank you :)

[@friendlyreptilian3767]

thx!

[@alexxxiy69]

if not is_on_floor(): velocity.y -= gravity * delta

[@Tox_sickle22]

Id like to see a video about git Godot integration it is really confusing id really like you to make a video about it

[@houseofosborne1173]

Also rip, great teaching channel

[@DejaimeNeto]

yes

[@problemletstalknoletschat2288]

Btw. do your "old" Godot FPS Controllers still work in v3.4.4 ?

[@kulak8548]

They do, and I was able to get them working in 4.0 as well with a few minor changes.

[@problemletstalknoletschat2288]

@@kulak8548 Thanks a lot fellow dev!

[@shardaojha7558]

Hello sir, were are you now these days. Is your health ok?? You can always ask for help to me thank you

[@MikeMcRoberts]

Why did Tom's videos suddenly stop 8 months ago? is Tom OK?

[@kulak8548]

He has recent posts on Twitter, so he's still kicking. Hopefully he'll make a comeback.

[@velsia123]

tried your solition and it made my character slide faster....

[@houseofosborne1173]

Based

[@thezadek]

honestly, this was there for so long that it's making me lose faith in the engine. i am noticing similar pattern with the new 2D features in Godot 4.0 where they have been broken since implementation and no one dropped single comment on those and the maintainer's outright refusal to add proper masking features. why should i waste my time with an engine that lacks something so basic?

[@__Rizzler__]

Yea thanks mate

[@CodeWithTom]

You're very welcome :)

[@__Rizzler__]

@@CodeWithTom you too sir.