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Added third person features, but can't control character

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#1

I was started with a first person project and then decided to make it third person, so I added the third person feature, then added the Third Person Character blueprint to my level. I see character and if I play the level, it uses the idle animation, but my camera uses the original 1st person camera, which I don’t even see in the world outliner, and that camera is controlled by the keyboard and mouse input. How do I switch to the third person camera and control the character with the keyboard?

-Sterling

#2

-make sure to delete the fps character bp from the level
-check if you use the right gamemode in your world settings
-in your project settings you have to check if your axis inputs are still right -> like in the third person template :slight_smile:

#3

I don’t see the FPS Character in the BP level. If I set the world settings to third person game mode, then it spawns a new character and camera, which is controllable and the level uses the spawned character’s camera, but when I quit the level, the spawned character is removed from the scene.

My axis inputs are correct

-Sterling

#4

i got the same thing . I dont have components of my ‘third person blueprint’ in the outliner when i quit the play mode. Game is spawning all the components every time giving new numbers for each next to the name of component in the outliner…
anyone solved this problem?

#5

has anyone solved this issue ? it doesn’t seem a major problem but it would be helpful if we can see the reason behind it.

to sum up: there is no first person or third person character in my world outliner but when i hit the play button game spawns a character based on the game mode i chose. so if i chose third person char. for example, game spawns the tp char. even if it isn’t in my world outliner. any idea ?

#6

Noobie here: I eventually figured out that after clicking in the ThirdPersonCharacter Blueprint, on the Details panel, under section named PAWN I clicked auto possess player and it seemed to start working.