Summary
Since v40.00, the interactable_component does not work outside a “round running” phase. This includes the Pre-Game / Wait for Players of published maps, and the Edit Mode of an connected Edit Session.
This change affects and break edit sessions, private codes, playtest codes and even already published maps that uses pre-game phase.
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Unreal Editor for Fortnite
What Type of Bug are you experiencing?
Verse
Steps to Reproduce
- Add
interactable_component(or any of its subclasses) to an entity - Ensure that the entity has a mesh with valid collision
- Try to interact with it during Edit Mode or during Pre-Game phase
Expected Result
Interaction UI should appear and the interaction itself should work fine without any issues.
Observed Result
Interaction UI does not show, and pressing interaction keybind does nothing.
Platform(s)
All
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Additional Notes
When I made additional tests, I noted that the “player pawn” entity (the one that includes the fort_character) does not exist during the edit mode / pre game phases. It is created when game round phase start, and destroyed/removed from scene when game round phase ends.
I am not sure, but I believe that this may be the reason why it does not work anymore? On past versions before v40.00, the player pawn entity existed fine during edit mode / pre-game, and we could interact fine without issues.