Firstly I wanted to thank you eldany.uy for your input in trying to fix the issue.
So it is fixed - but it wasn’t because of the blueprints - I followed all your advise and it still wouldn’t work. I started to think it has so be a bug with UE4 or my actual project.
So I decided to create a new project - and added the blueprints as you instructed above - and it worked just as you said eldany.uy. So I was annoyed as I knew it would work, so the question was, why isn’t it working on my own project??
I left the new tester project opened, and opened my own project along side it. I clicked play, and for some magical reason it started working!!
So frustrated haha
In any case! It’s working now - thank you for your help! learning everyday!