Laravel 5.4 $redirectTo not working - php

Question

I am stuck with getting the redirectTo() function override in my LoginController.php as shown in the Laravel docs here.
My controller contains:
/**
* URI where we redirect to after login
*
* #var string
*/
protected $redirectTo = 'player/home';
/**
* Set route redirect
*
* #return mixed
*/
protected function redirectTo()
{
dd("STOP"); <-- does not trigger
if (session()->has('game.details')) {
return route(session()->get('game.details.setup_route'));
} else {
return 'player/home';
}
}
Why would the dd never trigger and the page always redirects to player/home? Thanks

Answer 1

If you comment
$this->middleware("guest")
in the constructor of Auth\RegisterController or change the line about guest middleware in the Kernel.php it will be worked.

Answer 2

Although I did not get the method override working, I solved it by changing these lines in the login method:
if ($this->attemptLogin($request)) {
session()->put('game.details', Game::findByUUIDOrFail($uuid));
$this->redirectTo = route(session()->get('game.details.setup_route'));
return $this->sendLoginResponse($request);
}

Answer 3

If you have run php artisan auth
change the RedirectIfAuthenticated Middleware like so
class RedirectIfAuthenticated
{
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #param string|null $guard
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
return redirect('/home');//change the redirect here
}
return $next($request);
}
}