My Character starts flying when aiming down

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Hi all,

I have a small issue I noticed, and was wondering what may be the cause of it:
I have a fully-animated 3rd person character; it wields a weapon, can walk, run, sprint, crouch & jump, and it can aim & shoot the weapon in all stances & positions.
Its sole UI element is currently a crosshair.
When I test this character - whenever I point its weapon straight down (looking at the floor) - my character gets launched into the air quite quickly; when I aim elsewhere, it starts dropping out of the sky:

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So, what could make my character go flying when I look straight down?
I have a feeling this may has something to do with either the weapon the character is holding, or with the CharacterMovement component, but I couldn’t see any option there that was clearly the cause of this phenomenon.
So, any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks in advance!

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It’s hard to say anything without seeing blueprints.

But I assume that the weapon and character collisions are making each other move? Or maybe the cursor? First one is most likely.

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Right you are!
The weapon’s collision preset was actually setup correctly - but it had a small ‘fireFrom’ cube I placed inside the barrel, causing this whole flying thing.
Solved now, much obliged! :slight_smile: