Unreal Engine 4 Tutorial - Level Travelling Part 1: Player Starts

In this 2 part episode we are going through to do a transition between levels using the player start tag and some cool effects.
In Part 1 we show how to use the Player Start Actor's start tag to set where the player spawns when entering a level.
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[@josephlongoria136]

been 5 years and still dont understand why i dont start with you first im always trying to figure stuff out the hard way. THANKS MAN!

[@Karlettto89]

Thank you Ryan!!! I have been looking for the an event like "Handle Starting New Player" to trigger a loading screen in a multiplayer game. Super thankful for your tutorials!

[@stevenkent5351]

holy hell thats easier than CopyPaste transforms into open level and saving variables in the game instance. Thank you for this, that saves a little bit of a headache from now on.

[@hellstriker5084]

thanks man i was looking for an easy solution to this and gotta say this is the best. really simple to follow tutorial

[@PatrickTheDM]

Very nice. This had been stumping me for a long time.

[@philsadler6665]

OMG. After 2-3 days searching and trying how to get this right, landed on your (this) vid. And in the first 'paragraph you define exactly my problem statement!!!!! As josephlongoria says....why did I not come to your channel in the first place?? Duh stooopid me is why!!!! Thanks for covering this....just hope I can get it working...

[@TheRealJackArthur]

Just what I was looking for! Thanks!

[@Reppnek]

This was a great solution, thank you. Other I've looked up were waaaaay to complicated and prone to bugs.

[@jaydesu]

I was just thinking about how would I do this. Its like the youtube gods just knew... thanks for posting, just what I needed.

[@TheRealJackArthur]

Same here!!

[@KarmaChoedakAcharya]

Thank You, Still Rocks!

[@leogillff]

Thank You so Much

[@RiverFox_YT]

nice tutorial thank you. i have a question, it seems to take a while loading from one map to another, im guessing ebcause of the size of my main level. is there a way to speed that up? or have some sort of transition screen while waiting for it to load? currently its like a frozen screen untill it loads in

[@Eletreeon27]

I have a problem,i put 3 Player start at 1 map ,everytime i started the game it automatic spawn random between 3 player start How to fix this? Sorry about my bad english

[@KillerDudeT19]

im having the same issue, did you fix it?

[@lefrog3851]

​@@KillerDudeT19im having the same issue did you also fix it?

[@argentiignis]

You're my hero

[@ajsGuitar1979]

For those that were having trouble with the initial player start not being set - i.e. it starting at a random one of the multiple player starts in the level - I was able to solve this and retain the ability to travel to another level and return back to the correct player start point. I did it by overriding Choose Player Start function inside the GameMode blueprint instead of using the event that Ryan uses. I then used a select node to select the value of a variable as the player start name if the length of the options string variable is zero or the options string variable minus the first character if the options string contains the player start name.

[@ajsGuitar1979]

ok so when I packaged the game and run it the playerstart was broken again. After a bit of digging I figured out two problems. Overriding the Choose Player Start function is the wrong approach so I returned to Ryan's method of using the event. The second problem is more interesting - the options string when the game is running as packaged has ?name=player in it. Turns out the options string is actually a ? separated list of key=value pairs so instead of just setting the options string in the transition blueprint to the playerstart tag destination I replaced it with playerStart=. It's then possible to use the HasOption and ParseOption functions to check if the playerStart option is present and get it's value if it is.

[@Speed74LP]

Thank you! That works like a charm for me. Didn't even know you can parse options like that.

[@chapacubraelderscrollsonli3491]

SO MANY people saying its not working (no, its not working, player randomly spawns in different player starts when loading level) and Ryan doesn't give a crap to answer...meanwhile he wants more Patreons!

[@YouWillDoAsYouAreTold]

thanks :D

[@arankasih1162]

hello ryan! what an amazing video! but i have a problem where my player wont spawn correctly, it doesnt spawn in the player starts of the door. can you help?

[@Emarketsarts]

Something wonky with this in 5.0. It was working good in standalone , then when i packaged it , it didn't work , i come through a level transition and it just sets me in a random place on the level.

[@jonzcrypto]

Why the hell does it sometimes randomly put me at the entirely wrong player start when there is more than one in a level? I have rechecked my code multiple times and can verify it's exactly what the tutorial shows. I honestly believe it's a bug that needs to be resolved.

[@SirPanda47]

same issue here as well

[@VRZockerDE]

Same problem here. Did someone found a solution?

[@metalcrow705]

same issue here

[@VRZockerDE]

@@metalcrow705 please tell me if you find a solution. Couldn't find a fix and dev's Discord couldn't help.

[@metalcrow705]

@@VRZockerDE will do,trying to find a solution but nothing seems to work

[@pressuremakesus]

Hi! --- Please HELP --- how do I set my player start when I start my game? it keeps ignoring my "start game" player start and spawns my character right up my first door transition player start.

[@BelfrostStudios]

How would you set this up to have it be a door you interact with, and that cues up an animation of door opening before level loads?

[@spectrathegame]

How would one adapt this for use with the stream level node? The open level approach in this video is not viable for large or complex levels

[@dreamcreateinspire]

amazing but one thing! when i teleport into the next map...its unplayable! what do i do to transgfer and run around in the map. thanks

[@m3dia_offline]

Incase anyone is struggling @9:37 with the minus node in UE5, using "Function Subtract" is the same. However the "Function int - int" doesn't show up like in the tutorial. Cheers

[@kyoo5877]

I have a question how can i do this if i create a widgetHUD nammed " other map " on the screen , and i click on it to change the level

[@michaelkukula5926]

Does it restart the level when you go back to it? Like if an NPC is at wall 1 at start and walks over to wall 2. Then player goes to level 2 and returns to level 1, would the NPC return to its original location at wall 1, or would it still be at wall 2?

[@roark4441]

Followed the instructions exactly, but I run into a problem: When I try to go back to the first level, it always starts me right at the original player start location, rather than the doorway I tell it to.

[@patstreater]

I have the same issur

[@OriNebebe]

Not sure if you're still looking for an answer, but maybe it comes down to your Pawn. If you manually placed it the level, then there's a high chance that the Player Start is ignored. I tried removing it, and it worked like a charm! There's also the matter of Game Mode and setting your character as a default pawn. Hope that helps!

[@josephlongoria136]

need to make and save new game MODE in project settings then restart for me at least

[@ziadfeteha762]

Ryan When i choose the specific starting point my vr pawn disappear

[@RatoBombaGamesTM]

If I want to create a confirmation button? For example, when I get close to the box, I press "E" and a confirmation window appears, confirming if I want to change the level, yes or no, what should I do?

[@prasannak1999]

Use the key node to match the key required ...

[@WayWayAwesomecooks]

When I load into the next level my character is gone and I float like when you first start a project in unreal

[@washynator]

Great video, but the audio is so messed up :(

[@magegames6202]

sometimes i enter into my cave changing levels and it works and sometimes i come out and im where i should be other times its picking a different start point any idea what i did wrong followed the tutorial exact all destination points are names correct and playing in stand alone mode

[@magegames6202]

i figured it out anyone with a similar problem make sure you change your game modes in the levels you use

[@RAYS1911]

thnx man:) but its not working for me in ue 5.2 :(

[@KensireGames]

This works in the editor but crashes when i export the game

[@CrySevastopol]

In 5.3 its work correctly

[@godofvideoss]

Hi Ryan, I'm using UE 5.x but the "handle starting new player" override function is not available, only 10 are shown. What can I do now?

[@RyanLaley]

Make sure you are using the correct parent game mode class. There are two. One has more options than the other

[@godofvideoss]

@@RyanLaley Yes, then I tried this logic, but after the first time it randomly returns the character even if set correctly

[@AlexLusth]

Is this method still working for anyone?

[@t3hpwninat0r]

[@fivefive9638]

this doesn't work anymore

[@Fourzifer]

It works just fine!

[@stormr]

Works fine still, at least in UE5

[@mansegamestudios]

@@stormr I'm seeing it fail when I build the project and launch it.n

[@stormr]

@Manse Game Studios i havent tried it in a built project. Only in editor. Maybe it doesnt work correctly anymore