Why my camera isnt been placed where i coded?

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Hi guys, i am a bit confused at this stage. i am trying to do simple stuff. in this case spawn ACamereaActor in some
location i said, fixed. Then using APlayerController, look at my player. (Arkanoid game).
i tried A LOT of codes, searched Google, and the forum and called Mister unreal Engine Junior, but i cant figure out how to do it. The camera simply stays at (0,0,0), no matter what, and i know its becouse of his mobility, but i tried to configure the mobility almost in every place reasonable. Here is my code , sorry the mess :frowning: i am a bit tired.

A- i dont know how to spawn my custom “AMyCustomPlayerController”, i saw no example or Doc about it :frowning: . i just spawn the default PlayerController.
B- i dont know how to fix the problem of not being able to set the location of my camera.
C- i dont know how to say to the default PlayerController to use ACameraComponent, it simply doesnt wanna work(check the code).
5Hs+ working on this, i quit, till tomorrow. :smiley:
i checked a lot of possible solutions to those 3 questions but i couldnt fix one.

void AMyGameMode::StartPlay()
{
Super::StartPlay();

StartMatch();
APlayerController* playerController = UGameplayStatics::GetPlayerController(this, 0);
playerController->bAutoManageActiveCameraTarget = false;
UWorld* const World = GetWorld();
if (World){
	ACameraActor* camaraPrincipal = World->SpawnActor<ACameraActor>(GetClass(), FVector(-90.0f, 20.0f, 170.0f), FRotator());
	camaraPrincipal->CameraComponent->SetMobility(EComponentMobility::Movable);
	camaraPrincipal->SetActorLocation(FVector(-90.0f, 20.0f, 170.0f), false);	
	playerController->SetViewTarget(camaraPrincipal);
}

if (GEngine)
{
	GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 5.f, FColor::Yellow, TEXT("HELLO WORLD"));
}

}

PD: i have no compile errors nor nothing similar. i add code and then i check if it works.

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It may be that the camera actor part is working fine, but the playercontroller is resetting the viewtarget to something else after your code is called. I’d try having a look in the editor during the game to see where the camera actor is as a first step. I’d also try calling that code somewhere else, rather than from AMyGameMode::StartPlay(). Try calling it from the playercontroller and see if that helps.

Also try putting:

 PlayerController->bAutoManageActiveCameraTarget = false;

After you set the viewtarget to stop it being reset.