How to make the sprite move to where the mouse is pointing (this is for over the top shooter)

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Godot Version

Godot 4.5

Question

So can somebody explain why this script isnt working because even if my mouse is pointing left and i press W it just goes up and doesnt go the place where the mouse pointer was `extends CharacterBody2D

@export var speed = 400

func get_input():
rotation = get_global_mouse_position().angle_to_point(position)
velocity = Vector2(0, Input.get_axis(“up”, “down”)) * speed

func _physics_process(delta):
get_input()
move_and_slide()`

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rotation doesn’t rotate the velocity. If you set the velocity to up, the body will go up no matter its rotation.

To rotate the rotation vector, this should work:

# instead of velocity = Vector2(0, Input.get_axis("up", "down")) * speed
velocity = Vector2(0, Input.get_axis("up", "down")).rotated(rotation) * speed
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