A new instance of my pawn gets generated everytime i hit play, although i changed the GameMode to the Pawn

[ParmesanKopf]

Hi,

i built a 2D game and right now, almost everything runs inside a single Blueprint. I want to place that Blueprint into my world to play the game. The Blueprint has a Camera attached to it.

This is what the BP looks like inside the world:

And this is what my GameMode settings look like:

I also changed everything inside the settings:

Now, when I hit play, I expect to possess the Camera of my BP. Instead, a new instance of my BP is created in a different location, which I possess. I looked at the outliner when hitting play, and a PlayerStart instance, which I haven’t created, appears. I think that might be the problem. But I have no idea and I can’t find anything on the internet.

Please help.

Thank you!

[ClockworkOcean]

You’re getting two pawns because you’re placing it in the world and defining it in the game mode. You only need one of them

[ParmesanKopf]

Hi, thank you for the response

Ok I set Default Pawn to none, which solved my problem for now. Now, when i start the game, I am possessing the editor camera, not the BP Camera.

Do I have to solve that inside the blueprint, or can i solve it somewhere else?

[ParmesanKopf]

Ok now I see that there is a new option when I click on my BP

I set the Auto Possess Player to Player 0 and now it works

Thank you!

[ClockworkOcean]

That’s right. If you use the game mode, it will spawn the player at the player start and possess it. It really depends how you want to do it.