Stange Issue

[Crazyakto]

Im having a weird issue, when I hit play in Unreal editor my thing I have created wont move but when I hit launch it works as its supposed to. Anyone have any ideas why it wouldn't be working in the preview but working when launched ? its a bit frustrating having to launch it everytime

[Geezius]

If you click the dropdown arrow next to "Play" and select "New Editor Window (PIE)", does it work?
***Note: When doing this you have to click in the new window before controls will work (by default)***

[CaveScholar]

So Geezius has a good point, if you are using a game controller to test, but a mouse to build, when you click PLAY. You then need to click the view-port with the mouse, and then use the game controller.