Altered NPC Character Definitions do not work with NPC Spawners without resetting UEFN/FN

General Issues and Bug Reporting
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Summary

Altered NPC Character Definitions do not work with NPC Spawners without resetting UEFN/FN

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Devices

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Create an NPC Character Definition
  2. Create an NPC Spawner device
  3. Set the NPC Spawner device to use that NPC Character Definition
  4. Adjust several properties of the NPC Character Definition to not be default properties
  5. Push Changes
  6. Enter Session mode, start a game
  7. Observe the NPC will not spawn
  8. Restart UEFN + Fortnite completely
  9. Enter Session mode, start a game
  10. Observe the NPC will spawn

Expected Result

Changed NPC Character Definitions spawn with the NPC Spawner Device without requiring a full reset of Fortnite + UEFN.

Observed Result

Changed NPC Character Definitions do not work with the NPC Spawner Device until you fully reset Fortnite + UEFN.

Platform(s)

Windows PC

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As an update, although restarting UEFN does solve this, leaving the session in FN and starting a new one appears to fix it as well.