Why adding inputs in Controller doesn't work?

[Viniccius007]

I have noticed that when using Add Yaw Input inside the controller it does nothing, while when putting it inside the Pawn itself it works normally:

Controller:

Pawn:

[ClockworkOcean]

You’re driving the tank, not the controller

[Viniccius007]

Well, but in both cases the tank’s yaw, pitch and roll is controlled by the controller rotation, also they are the same node (Target is Player Controller, it shouldn’t behave different depending from where it’s called

[ClockworkOcean]

Ahh, see what you mean…

[Viniccius007]

So… should I report a bug or something like that?

[ClockworkOcean]

I assume it’s something to do with possession. Maybe a bright spark will come along and explain…

[Viniccius007]

Well, the GameMode has the Pawn and Controller configured. The Controller Tick is running correctly and the controlled pawn is the tank on the scene

[Majj_1089]

maybe it’s the problem of Tick

Add Input on Tick not working, why?

This doesn’t seem possible via the Tick at this time. If you need to do rotation via the Tick instead of via input events, use SetActorRotation (or SetControlRotation on the Controller) with an FRotator. I’m not sure why UE4 Staff haven’t given a specific answer as to why it doesn’t work on the Tick after years of people complaining about the issue but I think it could possibly be that input data is being cleaned up at the beginning of each frame (before the tick) and then populated (as the in…

[ClockworkOcean]

Do you know why this is, @Everynone?..

[Metaberse]

I still have this same issue it works in the editor but not in the packaged game.