Crash when changing default pawn

I’m following the “Creating a 2D side scroller” video tutorial but when I select to change the pawn to my freshly made BP_Dude - pawn UE crash.

Fresh install of UE 4.8.1 and following everything as described in the video.

Hi Eva,

This is a known issue with 4.8.1 that was reported here:

The bug has been fixed internally, but until it is released there are some workarounds you can use that are listed in that post. Hope that helps!