How can I make the first person character spawn at set locations in C++?

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I want to spawn a character at random positions in the world. I have a function in C++ that generates the x,y,z coordinates randomly which sets the spawning location. I am using the First Person template provided by unreal engine in C++. How can I make the first person character to spawn at set locations?

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Override this function in you GameMode, it is reponcible for spawning default pawn:

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/API/Runtime/Engine/GameFramework/AGameMode/SpawnDefaultPawnFor/index.html

In it spawn pawn in it and return it, use GetDefaultPawnClassForController (https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/API/Runtime/Engine/GameFramework/AGameMode/GetDefaultPawnClassForController/index.html), to get default pawn class, or else you want pawn class to be hardcoded. As it BlueprintNativeEvent you need to override this function with _Implementation surfix. Look up how default code of this function looks like:

https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/blob/dff3c48be101bb9f84633a733ef79c91c38d9542/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Private/GameMode.cpp#L1278

You can also disable default spawn system by setting DefaultPawnClass in game mode to null and in BeginPlay of GameMode spawn pawn and make player controller possess it.

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Thanks for you answer. Sorry I’m new to Unreal and still figuring out what you mean, and the third link you gave is broken. Can you explain how I can spawn the default pawn in BeginPlay of GameMode and make player controller possess it?