Is it possible to rotate APlayerStart in code or blueprints?

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Is it possible to programmatically rotate APlayerStart? I have one in the world, but when I try to rotate the actor in c++ or blueprints, it doesn’t actually rotate. I’ve tried to change its location as well, but that has the same result.
Is this just not possible with APlayerStart?

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You will probably have to do some work in order to get it working the way you wish. I get this error when I try to rotate the Player Start using blueprints:

Mobility of /Game/ThirdPerson/Maps/UEDPIE_0_ThirdPersonMap.ThirdPersonMap:PersistentLevel.PlayerStart_0 : CollisionCapsule has to be 'Movable' if you'd like to move.

Since the capsule is created in C++, you need to modify the source in order to be able to rotate it. As the error suggests, set it to be Movable:
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There is perhaps a reason for why you can’t move the Player Start during runtime. So an alternative solution without changing the C++; is to spawn in a new PlayerStart with the proper rotation, and remove the old one.

I hope this helps! :slight_smile:

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You could make a new blueprint of PlayerStart, and set it Movable.

There may be other reasons not to, but at least that’s the easy way. :slight_smile:

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Thanks. I completely missed that in the logs.
I was able to add this to the constructor of my PlayerStart class:
GetCapsuleComponent()->Mobility = EComponentMobility::Movable;