# Is there a way to lock the axis on a Pawn/Character BP? **URL:** \ **Category:** World Creation\ **Tags:** axis, unreal-engine, constraint, Physics, Blueprint, question\ **Created:** [June 21, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442 "2014-06-21T12:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CardDeath](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@CardDeath](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/CardDeath)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442/1 "2014-06-21T12:43:40Z")
Hi all, my main problem at the moment is I am making a pong style game to test my understanding within the engine. The ball currently fires with a set velocity and then keep the same velocity as it hits every paddle however it sometimes knocks the paddle backwards. I tried to set the actor location to the default Y axis using a bool to make it snap back to the correct location but it looks too jaunting. ![8913-capture.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/b/5/7/b57d1fd2ec11c6a9c5c9cb33bd6d48efd5301489.png) I was hoping that there was a simple button like Unity where you could lock constraints on particular rotation and location axis so it could never move on the Y axis however I have been unable to find anything like that. I might just be missing something and if so a simple solution would be great, if not is there a way in blueprint to stop it from moving? Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![kylawl](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@kylawl](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/kylawl)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442/2 "2014-07-30T22:29:19Z")
I was looking for this as well. Haven’t found anything yet. ---
**Author:** ![kylawl](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@kylawl](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/kylawl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442/3 "2014-07-31T05:54:35Z")
So all you need to do to make this work is: - Attach a PhysicsConstraintComponent - Set Constraint Component 1 to be the name of the root component of your actor. - Leaving Constraint Component 2 empty will constrain the actor to the world - Lock/Free the particular axis set to get the plane you want. for example Free X,Y Lock Z will give you an actor that can move freely only on the xy plane and will not move up and down. Rotations work in revers Swing Angle 1 is Z, Swing Angle 2 is Y and Twist Angle is X. If XY is your 2d plane, then you want to set Swing Angle 1 to free, Swing Angle 2 and Twist to Locked. ---
**Author:** ![Josh\_S](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Josh\_S](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Josh_S)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442/4 "2014-10-26T04:17:14Z")
Worked great for me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mewbits](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/mewbits/32/1194714_2.png) [@Mewbits](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Mewbits)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442/5 "2016-05-08T16:20:10Z")
On our 3D Side scroller game, we Constrained movement to the YZ axis, however, my character’s attacks are still able to throw the enemy along the x axis. How do I prevent this? ---
**Author:** ![VinnyBlood](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@VinnyBlood](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/VinnyBlood)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442/6 "2019-02-17T18:07:30Z")
I think you have “constrain to plane” option in Character Movement component ---
**Author:** ![Brandozer1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Brandozer1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Brandozer1)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442/7 "2020-10-22T03:56:15Z")
I was able to figure it out by using the “SetActorLocation”. You can set the number value of your locked axis, then connect the other 2 axes to “GetWorldLocation” of the same object. ---
**Author:** ![Brandozer1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Brandozer1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Brandozer1)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442/8 "2020-10-22T03:58:00Z")
Also don’t forget you can split the individual axis on those commands via right click and split. ---
**Author:** ![MaxBotvinev](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/maxbotvinev/32/975035_2.png) [@MaxBotvinev](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/MaxBotvinev)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442/9 "2021-03-14T17:37:23Z")
The most clean way. ---
**Author:** ![Roblesliemedia](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/roblesliemedia/32/587970_2.png) [@Roblesliemedia](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Roblesliemedia)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442/10 "2021-05-12T05:49:34Z")
This is exactly what I needed to find and it worked perfectly. Was quite stumped and I am vey thankful. The bonus reply that is the most clean way was nice as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jase2111](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jase2111/32/1194612_2.png) [@Jase2111](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Jase2111)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-lock-the-axis-on-a-pawn-character-bp/286442/11 "2022-06-10T21:24:02Z")
Didn’t work for me.