# Pawn Movement through vectors(Steering Behavior) **URL:** \ **Category:** AI\ **Tags:** unreal-engine, vector, Blueprint, question\ **Created:** [January 31, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pawn-movement-through-vectors-steering-behavior/305532 "2015-01-31T02:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MajinKen\_1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@MajinKen\_1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/MajinKen_1)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pawn-movement-through-vectors-steering-behavior/305532/1 "2015-01-31T02:43:19Z")
I’m still struggling to learn how to get characters to move with vector forces. I’ve watched videos of AI using AIController, Blackboard, and Behavior Trees. I wanna know if it is possible for AI to move simply through vector calculation similar to Craig Reynolds Steering Behaviors. Where would movement code like this go if possible? Within the Pawn Blueprint or Level Blueprint? Is it possible to get the character to move in a direction with a given velocity starting from rest? Just getting it to move would be a nice first step for me. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![MieszkoZ](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@MieszkoZ](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/MieszkoZ)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pawn-movement-through-vectors-steering-behavior/305532/2 "2015-02-02T14:06:24Z")
If you really wanted to do this via blueprint (even though a C++ movement component would be the recommended way to go) then it definitely needs to go into the pawn’s BP. It should actually be pretty easy to implement a vector-driven movement (via `AddMovementInput`), but it will not go along with AI movement (unless you make a movement component of your own). But that will be a start! 🙂 –mieszko ---
**Author:** ![MajinKen\_1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@MajinKen\_1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/MajinKen_1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pawn-movement-through-vectors-steering-behavior/305532/3 "2015-02-02T22:37:18Z")
Interesting. I’ve been researching more on my end. Also, following this short tutorial: > **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)** > > After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — https://unrealcommunity.wiki/! You will be able to find content from... would using an ACharacter and overriding the default CharacterMovementComponent that comes with it work as well? The CharacterMovementComponent doesn’t work with force vector movements does it? If one were to continue with the Pawn setup in this question, would making a PawnMovementComponent suffice? What class does it derive from? ---
**Author:** ![MieszkoZ](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@MieszkoZ](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/MieszkoZ)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pawn-movement-through-vectors-steering-behavior/305532/4 "2015-02-03T09:38:23Z")
Custom `CharacterMovementComponent` would be the nicest approach (even if not most optimal one). Using `PawnMovementComponent` as a base should work as well - let me know if you try using it and encounter any issues. Regarding class hierarchy - it’s all in the code and editor’s class viewer 🙂 –mieszko