I have no idea where to start with characters, please help me.

Development Character & Animation
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So, as the title says I am new to Unreal Engine 5. I am making a project where you run a convenience store. Now, I just want to make the basics. I want to have the character pick up a mop, which I have the code that would do it, just I need to get the character part down.

I see all these videos on YouTube where people have these mannequins they use, and have sockets on the skeletal mesh etc. I don’t even have a character. I bought a convenience store from the market place, and it already has a first person thing coded in.

That is the model I am using.

I have no idea where to start, and I want to learn, by making this game as my little project but all the tutorials are nothing near what I need.

On top of explaining where to start to get the character and mannequin to be the same thing, ie; when you run you can see legs and arms. But is there a Discord, or some community I can join that would be able to give 1 on 1 for this kind of thing?

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Add this content to a third person starter project, and update the GameMode for the map to select the ThirdPerson player controller and default pawn.

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I suggest looking at some tutorials or importing the third or first person template. Double click on the blueprints to open them up and view the events, etc.