# Im not able to control my character after switching from a 'Menu Level' to my 'Game Level'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Character & Animation\ **Tags:** main-menu, load-game, level-load, unreal-engine, question\ **Created:** [February 19, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455 "2015-02-19T18:37:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_37695c43)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/1 "2015-02-19T18:37:46Z")
When i go from my start menu for my game which has its own level and load my main gameplay level i find im able to control my character. If i load the Game play level first i don’t have this problem and it works fine. Its only when im going from one level to the next. Can anybody shed some light on this please? Thankyou ---
**Author:** ![eXi](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/exi/32/906583_2.png) [@eXi](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/eXi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/2 "2015-02-19T18:43:45Z")
I would say you need to posses the character again. But i can’t remember this needs to be necessary. Is this a single PlayerGame? Try to get the “PlayerCharacter” inside your PlayerController and use “Posses” on it combined with the “Begin Play” Node. ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_37695c43)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/3 "2015-02-19T19:36:59Z")
I just tried that for player 1 but no luck, its a 4 player game. it seems to not acknowledge the player controller i have set for some reason? Thanks for the answer. Regards ---
**Author:** ![eXi](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/exi/32/906583_2.png) [@eXi](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/eXi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/4 "2015-02-20T00:27:37Z")
Uff, a multiplayer game. The characters need to be possed through the server. You need to have a replicated event/function that tells the server to reposses the characters. A client has no rights for that. ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_37695c43)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/5 "2015-02-22T22:03:40Z")
its a local mulitiplayer game, can you explain more on what the server and client are please? im new to all this ---
**Author:** ![eXi](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/exi/32/906583_2.png) [@eXi](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/eXi)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/6 "2015-02-22T22:15:49Z")
Ah! So you play it on one screen? Then you don’t have clients and servers. All your 4 characters are spawned but you can’t controll them? Can you show me how you spawned them? Normaly you would do it similar to this: [http://puu.sh/g8r8U/f94511f27b.png](http://puu.sh/g8r8U/f94511f27b.png) Could you show me how you are doing this? ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_37695c43)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/7 "2015-02-23T13:11:20Z")
![30802-screenshot+2015-02-22+23.17.13.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/5/6/9/569e85c5cc970f004e85d591a4d92537493e0ad6.jpeg) this is how i spawn my characters. i can control them fine if i load the playing level first its only a problem when i go from the menu level to the playing level ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![nynjardin](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@nynjardin](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/nynjardin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/8 "2015-09-21T07:45:22Z")
Hi, I have excaly the same problem… Did you found a solution? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![GabeOrlandelli](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@GabeOrlandelli](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/GabeOrlandelli)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/9 "2015-09-30T16:40:19Z")
I’m having the same issue, and mine is an offline single-player game. Anyone figured it out? ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_37695c43)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/10 "2015-09-30T17:04:25Z")
Make sure you have set the input mode when opening a level in the script. There is a node called “set input…”. use this after the open level node in the blueprint. ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_37695c43)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/11 "2015-09-30T17:04:32Z")
Make sure you have set the input mode when opening a level in the script. There is a node called “set input…”. use this after the open level node in the blueprint. ---
**Author:** ![GabeOrlandelli](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@GabeOrlandelli](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/GabeOrlandelli)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/12 "2015-09-30T18:00:38Z")
Thanks Gamebreaker84, it worked! I added a ‘Set Input Mode Game Only’, and connected the ‘Event BeginPlay’ and a ‘Get Player Controller’ to each of my levels. Really appreciate it! ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_37695c43](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_37695c43)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/13 "2015-09-30T18:02:40Z")
no problem mate, im glad it worked ---
**Author:** ![nynjardin](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@nynjardin](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/nynjardin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/14 "2015-10-07T08:53:50Z")
Work fine, Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_a55357751](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_a55357751](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_a55357751)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/15 "2017-03-04T11:49:19Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![JungleTides](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@JungleTides](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JungleTides)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/im-not-able-to-control-my-character-after-switching-from-a-menu-level-to-my-game-level/307455/16 "2024-04-28T20:09:17Z")
I had the exact same issue when creating a MainMenu Level so that my game would not launch without pressing Play. I searched here and everywhere else My inputs were correct and nothing worked… THIS WORKED… I went into the character BP, I opened “Class Settings” and changed the parent to an Actor, and then back to a Character Class. The issue with movement is a bug within your character BP where it is no longer registering it as a Character even though it claims to be one. So it appears that everything is fine when in reality to your project there is no existing character.