# Moving the character in the direction he is facing

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/moving-the-character-in-the-direction-he-is-facing/315794>\
**Category:** Character & Animation\
**Tags:** turn, unreal-engine, rotate, question\
**Created:** [April 21, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/moving-the-character-in-the-direction-he-is-facing/315794 "2015-04-21T06:45:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Primest](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Primest](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Primest)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/moving-the-character-in-the-direction-he-is-facing/315794/1 "2015-04-21T06:45:30Z")

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Im trying to move my character in the direction he is facing vs the direction the camera is facing. I used a tick/gate so i can rotate the character freely right or left by holding down ‘A’ and/or ‘D’ vs the build in 3rd person run right or left so i want the camera to still follow him but i want him to move in the direction he is facing not the direction the camera is facing so the camera follows and not leads

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**Author:** ![Co](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Co](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Co)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/moving-the-character-in-the-direction-he-is-facing/315794/2 "2015-04-21T07:34:52Z")

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You can add movement input based on your character GetActorForwardVector instead of using anything based on the Controller.

It should look like this (assuming this is the Character Blueprint Graph)

 ![39516-moveforward.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/6/6/f/66f8f37d15e22ba46e1129e31b7e105b8ec272d9.png)

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_5364031b](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_5364031b](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_5364031b)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/moving-the-character-in-the-direction-he-is-facing/315794/3 "2018-12-17T14:53:33Z")

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Works perfectly!