# PlayerController vs Character: Are the Template projects actually doing it wrong?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/playercontroller-vs-character-are-the-template-projects-actually-doing-it-wrong/9507>\
**Category:** C++\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [August 16, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/playercontroller-vs-character-are-the-template-projects-actually-doing-it-wrong/9507 "2014-08-16T14:23:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rama](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/rama/32/882413_2.png) [@Rama](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Rama)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/playercontroller-vs-character-are-the-template-projects-actually-doing-it-wrong/9507/4 "2014-08-16T15:46:59Z")

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Here’s my wiki tutorial on how to add a player controller to a C++ project 🙂

> **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)**
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> 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 — ue4community.wiki! You will be able to find content from the official...

Enjoy!

Rama

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