How can i toggle between characters during play?

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Can you not simply let them have a variable called otherCharacter that you use?

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Hi all. I’m trying to figure out how to switch between characters during a game.

The idea is the one character follows the other and you can press a button to switch to the other character which is normally following.

I know i can possess and unpossess, but i cant figure out how to find the character in the level.

Any hints or clues would be very much appreciated.

Thanks all!

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You could use a “Get all actors of Class” function to find your other character, to then Possess them

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I thought i would set it up in the game mode. The game mode will always be there.

But i just cabt figure this out.

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Here’s some easy to follow documentation: https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Gameplay/HowTo/PossessPawns/Blueprints/

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/images/Gameplay/HowTo/PossessPawns/Blueprints/Pawns9.jpg

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Trust me, I’ve read the documentation. Yes this works, but its anything but perfect.

If i did it in the level blueprint, i would have to redoit in every singke level. Hence why i wanted it either in the gamemode. The gamemode always exists.

I intend to eventually add sone form of camera effects, (fade to black etc.) So doing it in the level blueprint just isnt practical.

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Then why dont you do it as as I said?

You said between two characters, which means that you can make two characters, give each a variable to the other character and simply swap between them using the player controller.