Thank you for your reply!
I ended up using the AI Perception system, the old system seemed to cache the results even if the player moved all over the place. Ultimately, I’m not sure what was going wrong… I now know that you can stack decorators to achieve the desired effect. I know, elementary, Watson.
This is the current version, Screenshot-2021-06-15-080144 — ImgBB. Splitting controller/pawn yaw rotation as explained here I get a decent result. I will add a turn in place animation and this part should be done.