Should `AutoPossessPlayer = EAutoReceiveInput::Player0` in constructor override default value?

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I created class in c++ derived from APawn. In its constructor I have:

AutoPossessPlayer = EAutoReceiveInput::Player0;

It seems intuitive that it should override my Pawns default Auto Possess Player value (Disabled). But it doesn’t. Is this correct?

Thank you in advance for any help.

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I also ran into the same question, having it made a difference in my 2D side scroller.

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Please check your gamemode set in your world setting.

If you set default pawn class your own class, and add it in your level, it should work.

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Thank you for your reply.

As I had this issue month ago I’m not sure if I remember correctly, but I think it eventually worked (Player was possesed), but there was no change in GUI of Pawn properties (property in gui remained Disabled).

I will try to refresh my memory in some spare time.

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I was finding this problem to be the case with the “Player Input and Pawns” tutorial. I put breakpoints in the MyPawn constructor so I could see that AutoPossessPlayer was correctly being changed from 0 to 1. But another breakpoint in APawn::PreInitializeComponents() showed that when it gets there AutoPossessPlayer was already been reset to 0. I searched the entire solution and did not find anywhere that it would be setting it to 0, so I did’t know why or where it is being cleared.

Finally, I deleted the MyPawn that was in the level and dragged the class into the viewport to create a new one. After that it worked, so somehow the instance that was in the level got messed up.