diff --git a/luprex/Makefile b/luprex/Makefile
index 5dd341f9..d2906f6c 100644
--- a/luprex/Makefile
+++ b/luprex/Makefile
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ OBJ_CORE=\
 	build/$(OS)/core/planemap.obj\
 	build/$(OS)/core/pprint.obj\
 	build/$(OS)/core/luaconsole.obj\
+	build/$(OS)/core/luavector.obj\
 	build/$(OS)/core/idalloc.obj\
 	build/$(OS)/core/globaldb.obj\
 	build/$(OS)/core/sched.obj\
diff --git a/luprex/cpp/core/luavector.cpp b/luprex/cpp/core/luavector.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a363fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/luprex/cpp/core/luavector.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include "luastack.hpp"
+
+LuaDefine(vec, "(x, y, z)",
+    "|Create a vector."
+    "|"
+    "|The function 'vec' is shorthand for vector.create."
+    "|") {
+    LuaRet result;
+    LuaArg lx, ly, lz;
+    LuaVar vclass;
+    LuaDefStack LS(L, result, lx, ly, lz, vclass);
+    double x = LS.cknumber(lx);
+    double y = LS.cknumber(ly);
+    double z = LS.cknumber(lz);
+    LS.createtable(result, 3, 0);
+    LS.rawset(result, 1, x);
+    LS.rawset(result, 2, y);
+    LS.rawset(result, 3, z);
+    LS.getclass(vclass, "vector");
+    LS.setmetatable(result, vclass);
+    return LS.result();
+}
+
+LuaDefine(vector_create, "(x, y, z)",
+    "|Create a vector."
+    "|") {
+    LuaRet result;
+    LuaArg lx, ly, lz;
+    LuaVar vclass;
+    LuaDefStack LS(L, result, lx, ly, lz, vclass);
+    double x = LS.cknumber(lx);
+    double y = LS.cknumber(ly);
+    double z = LS.cknumber(lz);
+    LS.createtable(result, 3, 0);
+    LS.rawset(result, 1, x);
+    LS.rawset(result, 2, y);
+    LS.rawset(result, 3, z);
+    LS.getclass(vclass, "vector");
+    LS.setmetatable(result, vclass);
+    return LS.result();
+}
diff --git a/luprex/cpp/core/luavector.hpp b/luprex/cpp/core/luavector.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa0acdca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/luprex/cpp/core/luavector.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Lua Vectors - this file contains functions that are entirely
+// for lua, no C++ interface, so this header file is empty.
+//
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/luprex/cpp/core/world-core.cpp b/luprex/cpp/core/world-core.cpp
index 2f7e1bf1..32be1723 100644
--- a/luprex/cpp/core/world-core.cpp
+++ b/luprex/cpp/core/world-core.cpp
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ void World::probe_lua_call(int64_t place_id, int64_t actor_id, std::string_view
     if (!LS.isfunction(lfunc)) return;
 
     // Call the closure.
+    int calltop = lua_gettop(L);
     lua_pushvalue(L, lfunc.index());
     int nargs = 0;
     try {
@@ -482,20 +483,35 @@ void World::probe_lua_call(int64_t place_id, int64_t actor_id, std::string_view
     }
 
     open_lthread_state(actor_id, place_id, 0, false, true);
-    eng::string msg = traceback_pcall(L, nargs, 1);
-    
+    eng::string msg = traceback_pcall(L, nargs, LUA_MULTRET);
+    LuaExtraArgs returnvalues(calltop + 1, lua_gettop(L) - calltop);
+
     // Send any prints to the console.
     eng::string prints = lthread_prints_->str();
     lthread_prints_.reset();
     util::dprint(prints);
 
     if (msg.empty()) {
-        lua_replace(L, retvec.index());
-        if (LS.istable(retvec)) {
-            for (int i = 1 ; ; i++) {
-                LS.rawget(retval, retvec, i);
-                bool ok = encode_simple_dynamic(LS, retval, retvals);
-                if (!ok) break;
+        bool ok = true;
+        for (int i = 0; ok && (i < returnvalues.size()); i++) {
+            LS.set(retvec, returnvalues[i]);
+
+            // If it's a general table without an MT, then
+            // treat it as a list of return values.
+            bool is_compound = false;
+            if (LS.xtype(retvec) == LUA_TT_GENERAL) {
+                LS.getmetatable(mt, retvec);
+                if (LS.isnil(mt)) is_compound = true;
+            }
+
+            if (is_compound) {
+                for (int j = 1; ok; j++) {
+                    LS.rawget(retval, retvec, j);
+                    if (LS.isnil(retval)) break;
+                    ok = encode_simple_dynamic(LS, retval, retvals);
+                }
+            } else {
+                ok = encode_simple_dynamic(LS, retvec, retvals);
             }
         }
     } else {
diff --git a/luprex/lua/login.lua b/luprex/lua/login.lua
index 99cb59a6..74a0b118 100644
--- a/luprex/lua/login.lua
+++ b/luprex/lua/login.lua
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ function engio.printhi(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5)
 end
 
 function engio.retthree(a1, a2)
-    return { 5, {3, 4, 5}, "Howdy" }
+    return 7, vec(8,9,10), "Yo"
 end