Creative Games Not Starting

General Issues and Bug Reporting
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Summary

When the Pre-Game Timer ends, games do not start properly.

Please select what you are reporting on:

Creative

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Matchmaking

Steps to Reproduce

Jump into a Public creative game. The game will not start most of the time.

Expected Result

The Game starts properly

Observed Result

The Game does not start properly

Platform(s)

All

Island Code

ex. 0148-0322-5437 (happening to most if not all maps)

Video

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happening in Murder Mystery as well

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FORT-929204 has been created and its status is ‘Unconfirmed’. This is now in a queue to be reproduced and confirmed.

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This is happening in every experience for JOGO games across the board

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A possible workaround is to set the countdown to zero, as the “Red vs. Blue” mode has it set to zero and appears normal.

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@PeterGGs , @Paperly , could you guys check your games to see if the release we put out fixed this issue?

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Hello,
Thank you for your work.

Since the June 24, 2025 update, all of my UEFN islands are affected by a critical bug: the game does not start automatically after the countdown ends. Regardless of the island (even newly published or completely empty ones), the timer reaches zero but the match never starts, leaving all players stuck in the pre-game phase.

I am a creator using the code DANXOMEVI, and this issue is severely impacting my player retention – many users leave the island assuming it’s broken.

Here’s what I’ve tested so far:

  • Different countdown durations (30s, 60s, etc.)
  • Automatic and manual game start triggers
  • Islands with no Verse scripts at all
  • Completely blank test islands with just a spawner
    :right_arrow: The issue occurs every single time.
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Could you reboot Fortnite and try to boot your game in a private session to see if you can repro this?

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This should be fixed. Please note - sessions that are still ongoing from before we deployed the fix may still experience this issue. When those sessions end, the issue should be completely resolved.