PlayerController::InputComponent is not an UEnhancedInputComponent

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Hi,

using UE5.6, i´m trying to setup the enhanced input system for my player controller. I have added the dependency in my Build.CS

PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "Core", "CoreUObject", "Engine", "InputCore", "EnhancedInput" });

My Player Controller header looks like this

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, Category = "EnhancedInput")
    UInputMappingContext* InputMappingContext;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, Category = "EnhancedInput", meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
    UInputAction* YawInputAction;
public:
    void virtual BeginPlay() override;
    
protected:
    void virtual SetupInputComponent() override;

with these implementations

void ASpacePlayerController::BeginPlay()
{
    if (UEnhancedInputLocalPlayerSubsystem* Subsystem = ULocalPlayer::GetSubsystem<UEnhancedInputLocalPlayerSubsystem>(GetLocalPlayer()))
    {
       GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 1.5f, FColor::Green, TEXT("EnhancedInputMapped"));
       Subsystem->AddMappingContext(InputMappingContext, 0);
    }
}

void ASpacePlayerController::SetupInputComponent()  
{
    if (UEnhancedInputComponent* EnhancedInputComponent = Cast<UEnhancedInputComponent>(InputComponent))
    {
       GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 1.5f, FColor::Yellow, TEXT("EnhancedInputBind"));
       EnhancedInputComponent->BindAction(YawInputAction, ETriggerEvent::Started, this, &ASpacePlayerController::OnYawInput); 
    }
    else
    {
       GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 1.5f, FColor::Yellow, TEXT("Cast Failed"));
    }
}

I can properly set the MappingContext in BeginPlay() (so the Enhanced Input Subsystem is valid), however, in SetupInputComponent(), the PlayerController::InputComponent is not an UEnhancedInputComponent (the respective Cast fails).

I´m wondering if this is the correct way to set things up and why my InputComponent does not seem to be an UEnhancedInputComponent.

Any suggestions?