Unable to load lua dll with gvim 8 (Windows)

Question

This is with reference to the Vim plugin neocomplete which requires Vim to be compiled with lua.

I downloaded the Vim 8.0.0347 official x64 build for windows compiled with lua from here

I downloaded the lua53.dll from here and placed the .dll and .exe and placed it alongside my gvim.exe.

Here is the screenshot for my :version

But :echo has("lua") returns 0

and :lua print("hello") returns

What else do I need?

Prabably, when gvim is working, its current directory is not the same as `gvim.exe` directory. Try to copy `lua53.dll` to any directory in your `%PATH%`. — Egor Skriptunoff, Feb 22 '17 at 14:48
@EgorSkriptunoff I tried putting into c:\windows\system32\ but that too didn't work — alDiablo, Feb 22 '17 at 15:05
Thanks a lot sir. I was using 32 bit dll for 64 bit vim. Stupid me. — alDiablo, Feb 22 '17 at 15:51

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '17 at 11:26

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I was using 32 bit lua.dll for my 64 bit vim. That's plain wrong. Hope this helps somebody.

answered Apr 05 '17 at 11:26

alDiablo

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