# Basic FPS tutorial, running into compiler errors

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**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [April 28, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/basic-fps-tutorial-running-into-compiler-errors/125503 "2019-04-28T00:01:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_b13052021](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_b13052021](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_b13052021)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/basic-fps-tutorial-running-into-compiler-errors/125503/1 "2019-04-28T00:01:49Z")

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I’m trying to follow this tutorial

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I’ve only done the first couple of steps but already I can’t compile the header. I’ve attached the file here and the errors the compiler is returning are:

D:/Documents?Unreal Projects/redTide/Source/redTide/base.h(38): Error: Missing ‘;’ before ‘}’

but I don’t see anywhere where that’s actually the case???  
And:

Error: UnrealHEaderTool failed for target ‘redTideEditor’ (platform: Win64, module info: D:\Documents\Unreal Projects\redTide\Intermediate\Build\Win64\Development\redTideEditor.uhtmanifest, exit code: OtherCompilationError (5)).

why is this happening to me?

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**Author:** ![GarnerP57](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@GarnerP57](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/GarnerP57)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/basic-fps-tutorial-running-into-compiler-errors/125503/2 "2019-04-28T16:03:12Z")

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(38) means line 38 in the base.h file. If nothing is wrong on line 38 then look for errors in the preceding lines.