Help with LuaJIT WASD movements

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1

Godot 3.5.3

The kinematicbody is not responding to my script

How to make it move?

Here’s my script so far

local Player = {extends = "KinematicBody",}
local speed = 7
local fall_acceleration = 5
local velocity = godot.Vector3 ()
local direction = godot.Vector3 ()

function _ready(self)
	local head = nil
	head = self:get_node("Camera pivot")
end


function _physics_process(self, delta)
	local input_dir = godot.Vector3()
	local input = godot.Input
	
	if input: is_action_pressed ("ui_up") or input:is_key_pressed(godot.KEY_W) then
		input_dir.z = input_dir.z -1
	end
	if input: is_action_pressed ("ui_down") or input:is_key_pressed(godot.KEY_S) then
		input_dir.z = input_dir.z +1
	end
	if input: is_action_pressed ("ui_right") or input:is_key_pressed(godot.KEY_D) then
		input_dir.x = input_dir.x +1
	end
	if input:is_action_pressed("ui_left") or input:is_key_pressed(godot.KEY_A) then
		input_dir.x = input_dir.x - 1
	end
	
	local direction = self.global_transform.basis:xform(input_dir)
	
	velocity.x = direction.x * speed
	velocity.z = direction.z * speed
	
	if not self:is_on_floor() then
		velocity.y = velocity.y - fall_acceleration * delta
	else
		velocity.y = 0
	end
	
	 direction = self.global_transform.basis * input_dir
	
	 velocity = self:move_and_slide(velocity,godot.Vector3(0, 1, 0))



end
2

May i ask - why use lua if it’s slower and objectively worse than GDScript in every single way?

3

What have you tried in debugging this issue? Do you get any errors or warnings? Have you used this plugin before?

4

I am not well versed in Lua, nor Godot 3.5, but judging off the code highlighting the variable “input” in the same manner as self and other builtin stuff, I do think checking that out seems to be worth a shot. If Lua has an input keyword and just is not throwing errors here, that may be the issue.

What GDExtension are you using to script using Lua?