when attaching 3rd person camera to player, only the camera rotates, player stays still

Question

I watched a very informative tutorial on this ball player controller, and then i went and found a really good 3rd person camera controller w/ a h/v parent system, they both work great on their own, but when i put the clipped camera under the player controller to connect them, the player doesn't move or rotate, but the camera rotates all around when i try to move. can anyone help me with this? i just want a 3rd person camera to follow my ball around, but now my ball won't move :(

here's the scripts:

PLAYER SCRIPT

extends RigidBody

var movement_input = Vector3()

func _ready():
pass

func physicsprocess(delta):
processinput(delta)
processmovement(delta)

if Input.is_action_just_pressed("r"):
    get_tree().reload_current_scene()

func processinput(delta):
movementinput = Vector3.ZERO

if Input.is_action_pressed("move_forward"):
    movement_input.z -= 1
if Input.is_action_pressed("move_back"):
    movement_input.z += 1
if Input.is_action_pressed("strafe_left"):
    movement_input.x -= 1
if Input.is_action_pressed("strafe_right"):
    movement_input.x += 1

print(movement_input)

movement_input = movement_input.normalized()

func processmovement(delta):
applyimpulse(Vector3.ZERO, movement_input)

CAMERA SCRIPT

extends Spatial

var camroth = 0
var camrotv = 0
var camvmin = -55
var camvmax = 75
var hsensitivity = 0.1
var vsensitivity = 0.1
var hacceleration = 10
var vacceleration = 10

func ready():
Input.setmousemode(Input.MOUSEMODE_CAPTURED)

$h/v/Camera.add_exception(get_parent())

func input(event):
if event is InputEventMouseMotion:
camroth += -event.relative.x * hsensitivity
camrotv += event.relative.y * v_sensitivity

func physicsprocess(delta):

camrot_v = clamp(camrot_v, cam_v_min, cam_v_max)

$h.rotation_degrees.y = lerp($h.rotation_degrees.y, camrot_h, delta * h_acceleration)
$h/v.rotation_degrees.x = lerp($h/v.rotation_degrees.x, camrot_v, delta * v_acceleration)

Answer 1

turns out i just had to go to the ball's rigid body and switch it to character lol,
but now i gotta figure out how to move in the direction the camera is facing ;/

Answer 2

Here is an example of a camera movement script in Godot Engine using GDScript that keeps the player centered while allowing them to move around:

extends Camera2D
var target : Node
var smooth_speed = 0.125
var offset = Vector2(0, 0)
func _fixed_process(delta):
    var desired_position = target.position + offset
    var smoothed_position = desired_position.lerp(position, smooth_speed)

You can use this script by attaching it to your camera object and setting the "target" variable to the player object. You can adjust the smooth_speed variable to change the speed at which the camera follows the player, and the offset variable to set the distance between the camera and the player.

You can also add some constraints on the movement of the camera depending on your level design or other requirements of your game.

This script uses the _fixed_process() function to update the camera position in every frame. This can be useful for controlling camera movement in a physics-based game, or for ensuring consistent movement across different frame rates.