Bug report: Guard device not working properly

[GWBlueberry]

Summary

Guards never hit their shots when fighting each other.

Please select what you are reporting on:

Creative

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

AI

Steps to Reproduce

Step 1: Set two guard spawners on different teams nearby each other.
Step 2: Start the game & let them fight.

Expected Result

The guards will fight, & eventually one will be eliminated

Observed Result

The guards will fight, but they will miss every single shot even when accuracy is set to very high.

Platform(s)

PC, X-Box, Ps5.

Additional Notes

The guards can hit players just fine, but cannot hit enemy guards.

[JunkyardMcGraw]

I’m having the same issue. It’s been a game breaker. Here’s another post made on the topic. Up voting in both places in hopes it’s fixed soon.

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Summary Since the last update (37.50) our NPC guards shooting accuracy has dropped to maybe 1%. It was probably 75% before. The guards are spawned from an NPC device and character behaviour setting’s Accuracy parameter is set to ‘VERY HIGH’. Our game is a tower defence setup, the NPCs are on top of each tower, and this change means enemies are very rarely killed by towers and the game is now un-winnable. Was there an intensional change to how accurate guards are? Please select what you are re…

[JunkyardMcGraw]

To anyone using NPCs in this way.. you might want to know about this other bug.. it totally broke my simulation.. give it a vote if you don’t mind.. it’s almost 6 months old..

Guards are not responding to patrol paths or navigating the map depending on player distance from spawner.

Summary The guards are not navigating the map or patrol paths like they did before update to 36.0 or possibly 36.10. Please select what you are reporting on: Unreal Editor for Fortnite What Type of Bug are you experiencing? Devices Steps to Reproduce Set the game mode to teams, with at least 2 teams. Set up a guard spawner in one corner of a blank template, about five small squares from the edge. Set the option to spawn multiple guards. Set a patrol path to the center of the map. Add a playe…

[Bug-Reporter]

FORT-1013470 has been ‘Closed’ as a duplicate of an existing known issue. Origin Issue: FORT-991928, Origin Topic: Guard NPCs have no shooting accuracy since update