# Touch interface (virtual joystick) is not working

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/touch-interface-virtual-joystick-is-not-working/459193>\
**Category:** UI\
**Tags:** Input, virtual-joystick, unreal-engine, Android, Widget, Blueprint, question\
**Created:** [December 6, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/touch-interface-virtual-joystick-is-not-working/459193 "2019-12-06T09:05:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![shofio](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@shofio](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/shofio)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/touch-interface-virtual-joystick-is-not-working/459193/1 "2019-12-06T09:05:01Z")

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Hi everyone

Hard to describe by words so I made a video.

As you can see virtual joysticks don’t work when i open level through main menu. But they are working when i launch only this level. How can i fix this?

[- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt3cDEnitk0)

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**Author:** ![ppchavan001](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ppchavan001](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ppchavan001)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/touch-interface-virtual-joystick-is-not-working/459193/2 "2019-12-07T15:47:30Z")

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i dont think thats a problem with the joystick, i think you forgot to posses the character somehow either by not setting up the gamemode or forgot to set the level’s gamemode in the world settings for that level, or something like that

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**Author:** ![shofio](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@shofio](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/shofio)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/touch-interface-virtual-joystick-is-not-working/459193/3 "2019-12-07T20:16:52Z")

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Yes, i also think it’s something with gamemode but i checked it many times and didn’t notice anything wrong ☹

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**Author:** ![ppchavan001](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ppchavan001](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ppchavan001)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/touch-interface-virtual-joystick-is-not-working/459193/4 "2019-12-07T22:13:24Z")

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What did u do to posses the player? Make sure you posses the player, check getController-\>getcontrolledpawn. If your controller and your pawn is right, then try enable input and/or set input mode to game

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**Author:** ![shofio](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@shofio](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/shofio)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/touch-interface-virtual-joystick-is-not-working/459193/5 "2019-12-08T12:03:23Z")

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where can i check this?

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_776011b61](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_776011b61](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_776011b61)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/touch-interface-virtual-joystick-is-not-working/459193/6 "2019-12-13T09:31:06Z")

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Can you show your code where you launch through the main menu?

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**Author:** ![shofio](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@shofio](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/shofio)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/touch-interface-virtual-joystick-is-not-working/459193/7 "2019-12-13T13:52:29Z")

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there is only “open level” node in widget blueprint

 ![293887-111.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/3/6/c/36c02926651fc4e61939b25201e8fe772518e5f7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![bikeshtri](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@bikeshtri](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/bikeshtri)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/touch-interface-virtual-joystick-is-not-working/459193/8 "2023-02-25T23:19:14Z")

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> [@ppchavan001](#):
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> > getcontrolledpawn.

I just added the bellow in my level begin play and it is working for me thanks.  
 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/9/6/0/96033fa43eab5f663e3245c0196d586ad64e1bb2.png)