How do i possess a pawn with playercontroller?

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I am new to the engine and fairly new to C++ and I have been trying to find out how to do this but I cannot figure it out or find any tutorials on it so I thought I’d try asking here.

2

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Gameplay/HowTo/PossessPawns/Blueprints/index.html

This might be useful.

3

Thanks for the reply.
I have looked at this, but I want to do it in C++.

4

Code:

AController *MyPlayerController;
// It can be your character too. Since the ACharacter class inherits from APawn
APawn *MyPawn; 
MyPlayerController->Possess(MyPawn);

Wiki page link:

I hope it helps!
Cheers! :slight_smile:

5

Thanks for the reply.

Where would you call this? (In the gamemode?)
And what if you eg. wanted to make a custom character or pawn class and a custom playercontroller class and then use them?

6

You can call this anywhere where you need it. Its useful when you want to make a simple respawn logic or so.
I am not sure about your second question what you’re asking exactly but you definitely should make your own Character / Pawn classes for your pawns. Inhertied from the ACharacter or from the APawn. The difference is that, if you use the ACharacter you get a MovementComponent for your Character.

7

I mean if you add code to project and then click playercontroller or pawn/character would you just do it like this?

AMyCustomController *MyPlayerController;
AMyCustomPawn *MyPawn;

MyPlayerController->Possess(MyPawn);

Also I tried:

H:

// Fill out your copyright notice in the Description page of Project Settings.

#pragma once

#include "GameFramework/GameMode.h"
#include "ControllerTestGameMode.generated.h"

/**
 * 
 */
UCLASS()
class CONTROLLERTEST_API AControllerTestGameMode : public AGameMode
{
	GENERATED_BODY()

		AControllerTestGameMode(const class FObjectInitializer & ObjectInitializer);

	virtual void BeginPlay() override;

public:
	AController *MyPlayerController;
	APawn *MyPawn;
};

CPP:

 // Fill out your copyright notice in the Description page of Project Settings.

#include "ControllerTest.h"
#include "ControllerTestGameMode.h"

AControllerTestGameMode::AControllerTestGameMode(const class FObjectInitializer & ObjectInitializer)
	:Super(ObjectInitializer)
{

}

void AControllerTestGameMode::BeginPlay()
{
	Super::BeginPlay();

	MyPlayerController->Possess(MyPawn);
}

And it crashed when i started playing.

8

The problem is that you’re not setting the

 AMyCustomController *MyPlayerController;
 AMyCustomPawn *MyPawn;

variables, i just put them into my code so you know their types.

If you’re new to C++ i recommend to try this first:

Then step by step learn the language

9

What would you set them to?

10

You need to get an instance of your Controller and Pawn

11

How would you do that?