First person shooter tutorial. FirstPersonCameraComponent doesnt move with pawn

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Hi All,

I’m currently working through the first person shoot tutorial and have arrived at the step where the FirstPersonCameraComponent is added to the AFPSCharacter constructor. What im seeing is that once the FirstPersonCameraComponent is defined - the game cam stops responding to all inputs. The AFPSCharacter code:

#include "FPSProject.h"
#include "FPSCharacter.h"


// Sets default values
AFPSCharacter::AFPSCharacter(const FObjectInitializer& ObjectInitializer)
	: Super(ObjectInitializer)
{
 	// Set this character to call Tick() every frame.  You can turn this off to improve performance if you don't need it.
	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

//this line breaks everyting
FirstPersonCameraComponent = ObjectInitializer.CreateDefaultSubobject(this, TEXT(“FirstPersonCamera”));
FirstPersonCameraComponent->AttachParent = GetCapsuleComponent();

	FirstPersonCameraComponent->RelativeLocation = FVector(0, 0, 50.0f + BaseEyeHeight);

	FirstPersonCameraComponent->bUsePawnControlRotation = true;
}

// Called when the game starts or when spawned
void AFPSCharacter::BeginPlay()
{
	Super::BeginPlay();

	if (GEngine)
	{
		GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 5.f, FColor::Blue, TEXT("We are using FPSCharacter!"));
	}
	
}

// Called every frame
void AFPSCharacter::Tick( float DeltaTime )
{
	Super::Tick( DeltaTime );

}

// Called to bind functionality to input
void AFPSCharacter::SetupPlayerInputComponent(class UInputComponent* InputComponent)
{
	Super::SetupPlayerInputComponent(InputComponent);

	InputComponent->BindAxis("MoveForward", this, &AFPSCharacter::MoveForward);
	InputComponent->BindAxis("MoveRight", this, &AFPSCharacter::MoveRight);

	InputComponent->BindAxis("Turn", this, &AFPSCharacter::AddControllerYawInput);
	InputComponent->BindAxis("LookUp", this, &AFPSCharacter::AddControllerPitchInput);

	InputComponent->BindAction("Jump", IE_Pressed, this, &AFPSCharacter::OnStartJump);
	InputComponent->BindAction("Jump", IE_Released, this, &AFPSCharacter::OnStopJump);
}

void AFPSCharacter::MoveForward(float Value)
{
	if ((Controller != NULL) && (Value != 0.0f))
	{
		FRotator Rotation = Controller->GetControlRotation();

		if (GetCharacterMovement()->IsMovingOnGround() || GetCharacterMovement()->IsFalling())
		{
			Rotation.Pitch = 0.0f;
		}

		const FVector Direction = FRotationMatrix(Rotation).GetScaledAxis(EAxis::X);
		AddMovementInput(Direction, Value);
	}
}

void AFPSCharacter::MoveRight(float Value)
{
	if ((Controller != NULL) && (Value != 0.0f))
	{
		FRotator Rotation = Controller->GetControlRotation();

		

		const FVector Direction = FRotationMatrix(Rotation).GetScaledAxis(EAxis::Y);
		AddMovementInput(Direction, Value);
	}
}

void AFPSCharacter::OnStartJump()
{
	bPressedJump = true;
}

void AFPSCharacter::OnStopJump()
{
	bPressedJump = false;
}

Associated header file

#pragma once

#include "GameFramework/Character.h"
#include "FPSCharacter.generated.h"

UCLASS()
class FPSPROJECT_API AFPSCharacter : public ACharacter
{
	GENERATED_BODY()

public:
	// Sets default values for this character's properties
	AFPSCharacter(const FObjectInitializer& ObjectInitializer);

	// Called when the game starts or when spawned
	virtual void BeginPlay() override;
	
	// Called every frame
	virtual void Tick( float DeltaSeconds ) override;

	// Called to bind functionality to input
	virtual void SetupPlayerInputComponent(class UInputComponent* InputComponent) override;

	UFUNCTION()
	void MoveForward(float Val);

	UFUNCTION()
	void MoveRight(float Val);

	UFUNCTION()
	void OnStartJump();

	UFUNCTION()
	void OnStopJump();

	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = Camera)
	UCameraComponent* FirstPersonCameraComponent;

	
	
};

I’ve searched and searched for similar issues but haven’t come across any so far. The only thing I have found that might be related is the fact a random camera is spawned on play start - but how to remove that I don’t know.

Note that I’ve already had to make tweaks to the code to work with the latest version of the engine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

Jonny