// code that pulls entity to the ground.
void handleGrav(ENTITY* tempChar, var smoothSpeed) {
	my = tempChar;
	
	// determine the ground distance by a downwards trace
	VECTOR vFeet;
	vec_for_min(vFeet, my); // vFeet.z = distance between player origin and lowest player vertex
	var tracePos = c_trace(my.x, vector(my.x, my.y, my.z - 500), IGNORE_ME | IGNORE_PASSABLE | IGNORE_PUSH | USE_BOX);
	
	my.z += ((target.z - vFeet.z) - my.z) / smoothSpeed; // smoothly updates new Z position
}