Help: Touch on/ off controls with the Gear VR

Hello, I’m looking to start movement in my level when it receives touch and then on release stop all movement. This should be achievable on all axis. I have manged to get this working but only on the ground. When I attempt to look up to move the player upwards it does not react. Any help to how I would get this working would be appreciated. I have set the gravity settings correctly as far as I am aware and I think it is down to blueprints.
I need the character to interact with trigger volumes which is why i haven’t tried using spectate modes yet.