# Couldn't spawn player: Failed to find PlayerStart

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/couldnt-spawn-player-failed-to-find-playerstart/384744>\
**Category:** Community & Industry Discussion\
**Tags:** spawn, pie, unreal-engine, playerstart, question\
**Created:** [February 12, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/couldnt-spawn-player-failed-to-find-playerstart/384744 "2017-02-12T21:21:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Getty\_g](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Getty\_g](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Getty_g)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/couldnt-spawn-player-failed-to-find-playerstart/384744/1 "2017-02-12T21:21:08Z")

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Worked fine until now. I get that error when i try play in PIE.

 ![126016-player+start.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/f/1/3/f13ceb503ac05ee0774add1a4d398aa590c0470f.png)

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**Author:** ![Getty\_g](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Getty\_g](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Getty_g)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/couldnt-spawn-player-failed-to-find-playerstart/384744/2 "2017-02-12T21:29:44Z")

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Ops I overrided some functions in game mode.  
Fixed

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_7ded3ed9](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_7ded3ed9](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_7ded3ed9)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/couldnt-spawn-player-failed-to-find-playerstart/384744/3 "2017-09-14T13:42:10Z")

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What did you override?

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**Author:** ![artplayer](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@artplayer](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/artplayer)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/couldnt-spawn-player-failed-to-find-playerstart/384744/4 "2021-08-09T20:02:55Z")

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I know it’s old but I also had this problem. I ended up overriding this function. Excluding the override, the problem is solved.

![345964-screenshot-3.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/6/f/4/6f44af629f139efd7cc4313338a5832c67159c44.png)

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_31287daa](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_31287daa](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_31287daa)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/couldnt-spawn-player-failed-to-find-playerstart/384744/5 "2022-05-10T10:54:39Z")

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It is old, but you just saved my uni application (im applying for game design). Better later than never, thank you, and all the love:  
Luta