Checkpoint System with PlayerStart object - Always respawning at the wrong checkpoint

[gabriellcarpes]

Hey folks I’m trying to create a checkpoint system for a platforming game. The pieces that I have are

• A checkpoint trigger box, when the player overlaps with it it sends info to GameMode to store its location

  

• On gamemode I have a custom script on FindPlayerStart - It checks if a checkpoint is active and, if it isn’t, just calls the parent function, if it is it finds a new checkpoint,

  

• On the PlayerCharacter blueprint, on OnDestroyed, I call FindPlayerStart and RestartPlayerAtPlayerStart with the new checkpoint,

  

The problem is that I’m not respawning on the new checkpoint. I’m always respawning on the old one (which is the first one I placed in the level). I’m not really sure what I’m doing wrong but here are some questions

• Are FindPLayerStart and ChosePlayerStart only called at the start of the game?
• I tried storing some info on a custom GameState that I made, but then my controller simply didn’t possess my pawn. I’m inheriting from the base GameState (which works fine) but I’m not sure where to hook up the controller to the pawn
• It is a single player game, so I won’t have multiple players in the same session

Thank you very much folks!

[BRGEzedeRocco]

HI @gabriellcarpes ,
You can try doing something like this

BP_GameMode

BP_CheckPoint

BP_PlayerCharacter

Let me know if it worked for you!

[Alexs-GR7]

@BRGEzedeRocco Hello,

I found this topic, while I am trying to create a checkpoint and respawn system myself, while I am pretty new to this. Initially I created it with interfaces and it worked perfectly, but my whole respawn logic lived in the character BP. Now my dear chat GPT, told me that I should use event dispatchers and move the logic to the game mode, while checkpoint only validates my last position (if I passed over it). There are several issues though. 1. I used Set actor transform and it scales my character after I die ( I spawn on the checkpoint location though which is a good sign). 2. if I die on my first trap, I do not die practically and I can keep on moving, no repsawn no nothing. My question, since I cannot provide the Blueprints right now is, is it possible to use dispatchers on the above code you provided?