How to set a C++ side scroller Characters rotation

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I amcreating a 3D side scroller and I have a character set up. Right now the character can move side to side but I can’t seem to set the characters rotation. What I’m trying to do is set the players rotation to Z axis to 90 when the player press the A key and then set the Z axis to 270 when they press the D key. I’ve tried
Player->SetActorRotation(0.0f, 90.0f, 0.0f); but it doesn’t seem to do anything. Any help would be great thanks

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have you played around with SetRelativeRotation? Perhaps AddMovementInput in the player class could help

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Okay, would you be able to give me an example?

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Sure, try doing something like:

Player->SetActorRelativeRotation(FRotator(0, 90, 0));

Or you can try:

UPrimitiveComponent* playerComp = Cast<UPrimitiveComponent>(Player->GetRootComponent());
playerComp->SetRelativeRotation(FQuat(FVector(0, 1, 0), 90));

Or for the input possibility:

this->AddMovementInput(FVector(something), 90);
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Awesome thank you! I will give that a try