Hi. I’m building a game similar to Asheron’s Call, and I’m running into a problem with the character movement that has stumped me. I have followed a few other suggestions on the forum here about character orientation and movement with regards to the camera, however, the result is not what I’m want…

Hi Cmdr.Kokoro :slight_smile: I’ve invested a lot of time working with Spring Arms, so maybe I can be useful. I’m think I understand what you are aiming for. Let’s just simplify the controls and spring arm first, later we can add in some artistic complexity: Class root: Turn on 'Use Pawn Control …

Awesome start! I need to figure out how to rotate the character based on using the left/right arrow keys now instead of using the mouse, and it’ll be perfect! Thank you!

Great! If you consider your initial question answered, you can just mark the solution. There is a ton of material on character input, your first stop would be Project Settings > Input :slight_smile:

I think it’s only half answered. It appears as though the camera is the pivot point when I turn (using the mouse), I want the character to be the pivot point when the character turns. Additionally, I’d like to not use the mouse at all for character movement (using it only for UI interaction). I c…

Character Movement and Rotation

Development Character & Animation

DavidOConnor (DavidOConnor) November 21, 2022, 2:22am 6

Camera component:
Turn off ‘Use Pawn Control Rotation’