Summary
Teleporting a player to a position and making them face the correct direction should be a basic, reliable operation. Currently, every method I’ve tested has a different problem. Switching methods just trades one bug for another.
1. Teleporter devices: players briefly become invisible to other players
After teleporting, a player can appear visible, disappear briefly, then become visible again. The teleported player’s own view looks normal, while other players see the issue.
In my tests, the player is visible for approximately 0.5 seconds, invisible for approximately 0.3 seconds, then visible again. It happens intermittently. See video. Also in a third clip you can see the builds are also invisible for the first second and then suddenly appear. This bug is specific to one of my projects and was introduced recently, I am still trying to get more info on this. It does not happen on launch session but it does happen on a playtest code.
2. fort_character.TeleportTo: unwanted “Relocating…” screen
Direct character teleporting triggers a “Relocating…” screen over longer distances. This interrupts gameplay and takes control of the visual transition away from the creator—even when we already have our own transition screen.
3. Scene Graph: movement works without relocation, but facing does not
I tested getting the character’s entity and moving it with SetGlobalTransform. In my tests, this avoids the “Relocating…” screen. However, setting the destination rotation does not reliably make players face the intended direction. Players appear to face one direction despite different destination rotations.
4. Intermittent incorrect facing after teleporting
There is also an intermittent rotation issue with teleporting: I supply the intended pitch, yaw and roll, but the player sometimes appears to face the wrong direction to other players.
Taking one small step corrects the facing. The player should not need to move for other clients to see the correct orientation.
Please select what you are reporting on:
Unreal Editor for Fortnite
What Type of Bug are you experiencing?
Verse
Steps to Reproduce
1 Start a multiplayer session with at least two players.
2 Teleport players between distant locations using a teleporter device, with a specified destination rotation.
3 Have another player observe their visibility and facing immediately after arrival. Repeat, since the issue is intermittent.
4 When facing is incorrect, move the affected player one small step and observe the correction.
5 Repeat the long-distance teleport using fort_character.TeleportTo and observe the “Relocating…” screen.
6 Repeat using fort_character.GetEntity and SetGlobalTransform, supplying the destination position and rotation. Observe that relocation is avoided in this test, but facing is incorrect.
Expected Result
Players arrive at the requested position, face the requested direction, and remain visible to other players. Teleporting should not insert an unavoidable screen into a creator-controlled transition.
Observed Result
Players sometimes become briefly invisible to other players after using a teleporter device. Their facing direction can also be incorrect despite supplying the intended rotation; taking one small step corrects it.
Using fort_character.TeleportTo over longer distances triggers an unwanted “Relocating…” screen.
Using Scene Graph’s SetGlobalTransform avoids that screen in my tests, but players do not reliably face the supplied direction.
Platform(s)
Any
Island Code
6570-5231-1418