Hello guys,
I am working on a game but I need some help with the character movement. The game is a 2D sidescroller but I want the character to have a flappy bird type movement so the character is floating you press a button and it goes up and if you dont press anything it falls.
Thank you sorry I am a complete noob but learning 
Look at this video: Flappy bird - Unreal (pt-br) - YouTube
You have a couple of options here. I find that “Set Physics Linear Velocity” is a good one for adding a burst of momentium in your chosen direction. Or “Launch Character” is a good one too. They both work slightly differently, so use whichever one feels right for your game.
Does it need to be a Character class per se? You can make it a projectile and change the gravity scale for it.
Hello guys I will try all of these and let you know if I get it working I also wanted to say thank you for the fast responses from you all I really appreciate it.