[SOLVED] love.physics - only change x velocity

[Doctory]

I'm making a game where I use love.physics and I only want to change the x velocity instead of both x and y.
In a normal physics game where you change both velocities it would go something like this:

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body:setLinearVelocity(100, 100)

But for my game I only need to change the x velocity and not both. I tried doing body:setLinearVelocity(100, body:getLinearVelocity) and it just made it float when moving in a straight line.

Is there a way to only change the x velocity instead of both? Thanks in advance

[Beelz]

I think what you may want is applyForce(for constant "thrust") or applyLinearImpulse(for a nudge). This will append the current velocity.

[ArchAngel075]

body:setLinearVelocity(100, body:getLinearVelocity() )

should work but body:getLinearVelocity() returns two values : x,y
so you would want to do

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	xNow,yNow = body:getLinearVelocity()
	body:setLinearVelocity(100, yNow ), 

else i have no clue.


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Disclaim : I have not touched LUA/Love2d in months. excuse syntax errors please

[Doctory]

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That worked! Thanks a lot!