s&box

AnimatedVelocityComponent.cs

A small game component that tracks an entity's velocity. It stores the last known world position and computes CurrentVelocity each fixed update by dividing displacement by Time.Delta.

Networking

using Sandbox;

public sealed class AnimatedVelocityComponent : Component
{
	[Property] private Vector3 lastPosition;
	[Property] public Vector3 CurrentVelocity { get; private set; }

	protected override void OnStart()
	{
		lastPosition = WorldPosition;
	}

	protected override void OnFixedUpdate()
	{
		// Calculate velocity (units per second)
		Vector3 displacement = WorldPosition - lastPosition;
		CurrentVelocity = displacement / Time.Delta;

		// Update the last position
		lastPosition = WorldPosition;
	}
}