How to control a camera directly from the player controller?

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I want to override the CalcCamera() method in my custom player controller class, so that I can set the camera’s location and rotation directly from my code.
Code:

void ATycoonPlayerController::BeginPlay()
{
    SetViewTarget(this);
}

void ATycoonPlayerController::CalcCamera(float DeltaTime, FMinimalViewInfo& OutResult)
{
    const FVector camLoc(-270.0f, 270.0f, 400.0f);
    const FRotator camRot(0.0f, -70.0f, 0.0f);

    OutResult.Location = camLoc;
    OutResult.Rotation = camRot;
    OutResult.FOV = 90.0f;
}

However, that does not change the camera’s location nor rotation.
Am I missing something?

For the records, when I create a custom Blueprint class deriving from PlayerCameraManager and do the following in the “Blueprint Update Camera” function, then it works:

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But how can I achieve exactly that in C++ with the player controller?

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Hello Haimat,

Can you please provide me with your full class ATycoonPlayerController.cpp, and .h file?

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Thanks!