if interested in some actual code view, the pre-made 3rd person template character class looks like this (nothing sexy, the capital lettered U... thingies are engine macros you have to know, only the first few lines are auto generated when adding a new class via the editor wizard):
.h
Code:
// Copyright 1998-2014 Epic Games, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
#pragma once

#include "GameFramework/SpringArmComponent.h"
#include "thirdpersontestCharacter.generated.h"

UCLASS(config=Game)
class AthirdpersontestCharacter : public ACharacter
{
	GENERATED_UCLASS_BODY()

	/** Camera boom positioning the camera behind the character */
	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category=Camera)
	TSubobjectPtr<class USpringArmComponent> CameraBoom;

	/** Follow camera */
	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category=Camera)
	TSubobjectPtr<class UCameraComponent> FollowCamera;

	/** Base turn rate, in deg/sec. Other scaling may affect final turn rate. */
	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category=Camera)
	float BaseTurnRate;

	/** Base look up/down rate, in deg/sec. Other scaling may affect final rate. */
	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category=Camera)
	float BaseLookUpRate;

protected:

	/** Called for forwards/backward input */
	void MoveForward(float Value);

	/** Called for side to side input */
	void MoveRight(float Value);

	/** 
	 * Called via input to turn at a given rate. 
	 * @param Rate	This is a normalized rate, i.e. 1.0 means 100% of desired turn rate
	 */
	void TurnAtRate(float Rate);

	/**
	 * Called via input to turn look up/down at a given rate. 
	 * @param Rate	This is a normalized rate, i.e. 1.0 means 100% of desired turn rate
	 */
	void LookUpAtRate(float Rate);

	/** Handler for when a touch input begins. */
	void TouchStarted(ETouchIndex::Type FingerIndex, FVector Location);

protected:
	// APawn interface
	virtual void SetupPlayerInputComponent(class UInputComponent* InputComponent) OVERRIDE;
	// End of APawn interface
};



.cpp
Code:
// Copyright 1998-2014 Epic Games, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

#include "thirdpersontest.h"
#include "thirdpersontestCharacter.h"

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// AthirdpersontestCharacter

AthirdpersontestCharacter::AthirdpersontestCharacter(const class FPostConstructInitializeProperties& PCIP)
	: Super(PCIP)
{
	// Set size for collision capsule
	CapsuleComponent->InitCapsuleSize(42.f, 96.0f);

	// set our turn rates for input
	BaseTurnRate = 45.f;
	BaseLookUpRate = 45.f;

	// Don't rotate when the controller rotates. Let that just affect the camera.
	bUseControllerRotationPitch = false;
	bUseControllerRotationYaw = false;
	bUseControllerRotationRoll = false;

	// Configure character movement
	CharacterMovement->bOrientRotationToMovement = true; // Character moves in the direction of input...	
	CharacterMovement->RotationRate = FRotator(0.0f, 540.0f, 0.0f); // ...at this rotation rate
	CharacterMovement->JumpZVelocity = 600.f;
	CharacterMovement->AirControl = 0.2f;

	// Create a camera boom (pulls in towards the player if there is a collision)
	CameraBoom = PCIP.CreateDefaultSubobject<USpringArmComponent>(this, TEXT("CameraBoom"));
	CameraBoom->AttachTo(RootComponent);
	CameraBoom->TargetArmLength = 300.0f; // The camera follows at this distance behind the character	
	CameraBoom->bUseControllerViewRotation = true; // Rotate the arm based on the controller

	// Create a follow camera
	FollowCamera = PCIP.CreateDefaultSubobject<UCameraComponent>(this, TEXT("FollowCamera"));
	FollowCamera->AttachTo(CameraBoom, USpringArmComponent::SocketName); // Attach the camera to the end of the boom and let the boom adjust to match the controller orientation
	FollowCamera->bUseControllerViewRotation = false; // Camera does not rotate relative to arm

	// Note: The skeletal mesh and anim blueprint references on the Mesh component (inherited from Character) 
	// are set in the derived blueprint asset named MyCharacter (to avoid direct content references in C++)
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Input

void AthirdpersontestCharacter::SetupPlayerInputComponent(class UInputComponent* InputComponent)
{
	// Set up gameplay key bindings
	check(InputComponent);
	InputComponent->BindAction("Jump", IE_Pressed, this, &ACharacter::Jump);

	InputComponent->BindAxis("MoveForward", this, &AthirdpersontestCharacter::MoveForward);
	InputComponent->BindAxis("MoveRight", this, &AthirdpersontestCharacter::MoveRight);

	// We have 2 versions of the rotation bindings to handle different kinds of devices differently
	// "turn" handles devices that provide an absolute delta, such as a mouse.
	// "turnrate" is for devices that we choose to treat as a rate of change, such as an analog joystick
	InputComponent->BindAxis("Turn", this, &APawn::AddControllerYawInput);
	InputComponent->BindAxis("TurnRate", this, &AthirdpersontestCharacter::TurnAtRate);
	InputComponent->BindAxis("LookUp", this, &APawn::AddControllerPitchInput);
	InputComponent->BindAxis("LookUpRate", this, &AthirdpersontestCharacter::LookUpAtRate);

	// handle touch devices
	InputComponent->BindTouch(EInputEvent::IE_Pressed, this, &AthirdpersontestCharacter::TouchStarted);
}


void AthirdpersontestCharacter::TouchStarted(ETouchIndex::Type FingerIndex, FVector Location)
{
	// jump, but only on the first touch
	if (FingerIndex == ETouchIndex::Touch1)
	{
		Jump();
	}
}

void AthirdpersontestCharacter::TurnAtRate(float Rate)
{
	// calculate delta for this frame from the rate information
	AddControllerYawInput(Rate * BaseTurnRate * GetWorld()->GetDeltaSeconds());
}

void AthirdpersontestCharacter::LookUpAtRate(float Rate)
{
	// calculate delta for this frame from the rate information
	AddControllerPitchInput(Rate * BaseLookUpRate * GetWorld()->GetDeltaSeconds());
}

void AthirdpersontestCharacter::MoveForward(float Value)
{
	if ((Controller != NULL) && (Value != 0.0f))
	{
		// find out which way is forward
		const FRotator Rotation = Controller->GetControlRotation();
		const FRotator YawRotation(0, Rotation.Yaw, 0);

		// get forward vector
		const FVector Direction = FRotationMatrix(Rotation).GetUnitAxis(EAxis::X);
		AddMovementInput(Direction, Value);
	}
}

void AthirdpersontestCharacter::MoveRight(float Value)
{
	if ( (Controller != NULL) && (Value != 0.0f) )
	{
		// find out which way is right
		const FRotator Rotation = Controller->GetControlRotation();
		const FRotator YawRotation(0, Rotation.Yaw, 0);
	
		// get right vector 
		const FVector Direction = FRotationMatrix(YawRotation).GetUnitAxis(EAxis::Y);
		// add movement in that direction
		AddMovementInput(Direction, Value);
	}
}



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