diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/gameactors/ActorWithBody.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/gameactors/ActorWithBody.kt
index 1553a97dc..e2a255c9c 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/gameactors/ActorWithBody.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/gameactors/ActorWithBody.kt
@@ -891,15 +891,15 @@ open class ActorWithBody : Actor {
 
                         // points to the EDGE of the tile in world dimension (don't use this directly to get tilewise coord!!)
                         val offendingTileWorldX = if (selfCollisionStatus in listOf(6, 12))
-                            newHitbox.endX.div(TILE_SIZE).floorToDouble() * TILE_SIZE - PHYS_EPSILON_DIST
+                            newHitbox.endX.div(TILE_SIZE).floorToDouble() * TILE_SIZE - PHYS_EPSILON_DIST // adding/subbing fixes a bug where player stops midair when L/R is held and moving down from the platform
                         else
-                            newHitbox.startX.div(TILE_SIZE).ceilToDouble() * TILE_SIZE
+                            newHitbox.startX.div(TILE_SIZE).ceilToDouble() * TILE_SIZE + PHYS_EPSILON_DIST // adding/subbing fixes a bug where player stops midair when L/R is held and moving down from the platform
 
                         // points to the EDGE of the tile in world dimension (don't use this directly to get tilewise coord!!)
                         val offendingTileWorldY = if (selfCollisionStatus in listOf(3, 6))
-                            newHitbox.endY.div(TILE_SIZE).floorToDouble() * TILE_SIZE - PHYS_EPSILON_DIST
+                            newHitbox.endY.div(TILE_SIZE).floorToDouble() * TILE_SIZE - PHYS_EPSILON_DIST // adding/subbing fixes a bug where player stops midair when L/R is held and moving down from the platform
                         else
-                            newHitbox.startY.div(TILE_SIZE).ceilToDouble() * TILE_SIZE
+                            newHitbox.startY.div(TILE_SIZE).ceilToDouble() * TILE_SIZE + PHYS_EPSILON_DIST // adding/subbing fixes a bug where player stops midair when L/R is held and moving down from the platform
 
                         val offendingHitboxPointX = if (selfCollisionStatus in listOf(6, 12))
                             newHitbox.endX
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/gameactors/Hitbox.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/gameactors/Hitbox.kt
index 9a9583bef..f5d67bdb5 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/gameactors/Hitbox.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/gameactors/Hitbox.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.torvald.terrarum.gameactors
 
+import com.jme3.math.FastMath
 import net.torvald.terrarum.Point2d
 import net.torvald.terrarum.printStackTrace
 import org.dyn4j.geometry.Vector2
@@ -190,6 +191,15 @@ class Hitbox {
     companion object {
         fun fromTwoPoints(x1: Double, y1: Double, x2: Double, y2: Double, nowarn: Boolean = false) =
                 Hitbox(x1, y1, x2 - x1, y2 - y1, nowarn)
+
+        fun lerp(fraction: Double, a: Hitbox, b: Hitbox): Hitbox {
+            return Hitbox(
+                FastMath.interpolateLinear(fraction, a.startX, b.startX),
+                FastMath.interpolateLinear(fraction, a.startY, b.startY),
+                FastMath.interpolateLinear(fraction, a.width,  b.width),
+                FastMath.interpolateLinear(fraction, a.height, b.height)
+            )
+        }
     }
 
     operator fun minus(other: Hitbox): Vector2 {