Moving a humanoid on their local axis

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#1

I don’t want to know any alternatives like body forces as they wont be moving the vehicle character as I want, just tell me please, please. How do I move a humanoid on their own local axis. This is the control script, but it moves the humanoid on the worlds axis:

local Humanoid = script.Parent.Humanoid
local DirectionInputs = {Enum.KeyCode.W, Enum.KeyCode.A, Enum.KeyCode.S, Enum.KeyCode.D}
local DirectionIncrements = {
	W = {Begin = Vector3.new(-1,0,0), End = Vector3.new(1,0,0)};
	A = {Begin = Vector3.new(1,0,0), End = Vector3.new(-1,0,0)};
	S = {Begin = Vector3.new(-1,0,0), End = Vector3.new(1,0,0)};
	D = {Begin = Vector3.new(1,0,0), End = Vector3.new(-1,0,0)};
}
local function handleInput(name, state, input)
	local keyCode = input.KeyCode
	local moveDirection = Humanoid.MoveDirection

	Humanoid:Move(moveDirection + DirectionIncrements[keyCode.Name][state.Name])
	print(Humanoid.MoveDirection)
end

Someone please give me an answer or suggestion or help.

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#2

Do you mean relative to the camera? The Humanoid.Move method accepts a second parameter as a bool, which is whether the movement direction should be relative to the camera.

Therefore you can call
Humanoid:Move(moveDirection + DirectionIncrements[keyCode.Name][state.Name], true)

#3

The humanoid Im attempting to move is a custom rigged vehicle such as a mech, I want the player to be able to drive it but on its local axis, so that it acts as an actual vehicle.

#4

Find the direction you’re facing, then apply the intended distance gained. The vector between start->end is your movement.

#5

You can You using vectorToObjectSpace:

Humanoid:Move(Humanoid.RootPart.CFrame:vectorToObjectSpace(moveDirection + DirectionIncrements[keyCode.Name][state.Name]))