# How do i possess a pawn with playercontroller?

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**Category:** Character & Animation\
**Tags:** playercontroller, possess, how-do-i, unreal-engine, pawn, CPP, question\
**Created:** [May 5, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-possess-a-pawn-with-playercontroller/317555 "2015-05-05T19:47:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-possess-a-pawn-with-playercontroller/317555/8 "2015-05-06T16:13:50Z")

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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.

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