# How to change the view to third person?

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**Category:** Programming & Scripting\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [April 16, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-change-the-view-to-third-person/315259 "2015-04-16T13:57:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omar\_Vector](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Omar\_Vector](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Omar_Vector)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-change-the-view-to-third-person/315259/3 "2015-04-17T05:41:49Z")

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in this tutorial, Zack will work through step by step for how you can setup a third person character from scratch and adding controls for game play

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