GASP How do I make a character walk to an object?

[danamaloma]

@Anlag

I need to take control away from the Mover character in the GAS project and make it move to a specific point, and I’ve tried using loads of different ‘Move To’ variations, but none of them work.

Perhaps someone knows how to do this I thought it should be dead simple, so I must be missing something.

You’re likely missing that MoveTo only works with an AIController + NavMesh, not a player-controlled pawn.

• If your character is still possessed by a PlayerController → MoveTo won’t work properly

• MoveTo / AIMoveTo is designed for AI, not direct player control (Epic Developer Community Forums)

Fix:

1. Give your character an AIController

2. Set Auto Possess AI (or manually switch controller during ability)

3. Make sure you have a NavMeshBoundsVolume

4. Then call AI MoveTo / MoveToLocationOrActor

If you’re using GAS:

• Don’t rely on regular movement input during the ability

• Either:

  • temporarily let AIController control movement, or

  • use root motion (e.g. ApplyRootMotionMoveToForce)

TL;DR:
MoveTo doesn’t work because your character is still player-controlled — switch to AIController (or use root motion).