# How would you get an input, and make it affect something?

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How do you control the speed of your constant loop right now? You can change it by clicking a button or something after adding some input actions in your project settings.

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After that you can use virtual function `SetupPlayerInputComponent` to bind specific function in your code to specific button in your keyboard.

In the following tutorial you can see a step-by-step guide how to add `WASD` movement in a project.

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