No ThirdPersonCharacter in new project

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Hi!
Very new this so sorry for noob question but cant seem to find the answer anywhere.
When im opening a new ThirdPerson Project I dont seem to have a Third Peson character available in the viewport or the outliner. I do however have a Player Start but no character seem to be attached to it. So my question is how do I go about placing a character there instead of the controller icon?

Reason this question comes up is cause im following along to a tutorial on youtube but this person seem to be runing an older version where the thirdperson character is there from the getgo. And this person is pressing that character in the viewport/outliner to make blueprint edits but I cant do that since my thirdpersoncharacter isnt there, and every character ive tried to place in the viewport I cant seem to be able to play from either, a new character instead spawns on the Player Start when I press play, and the character I placed is just a static object.

Thanks in advance for any answers! <3

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If it’s a third person project, chances are the character is in there.

Just search for ‘thirdpersonchar’ in the content browser, and drag it into your level.

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Yeah there is a third person character when I search in the Content Browser, its the same one ive been struggling with. But atleast now I know ive been using the right one, thank you! What I cant seem to do is to connect it to my Player Start however.

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You either

  1. Put it in the map and set posses to player0, in the details

or

  1. Change your game mode to use this character

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Great that worked! Thank you so much <3 I owe you one!

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