Exiting Prop-O-Matic Breaks Player Collision

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Summary

When a player exits a Prop-O-Matic disguise they gain incorrect collision which breaks collision with other objects, movement, mantling, and causes excessive screen shake.

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Devices

Steps to Reproduce

Transform into a prop using the Prop-O-Matic. Exit the disguise and attempt to interact with obstacles and models.

Expected Result

The player’s collision should not be altered after exiting a Prop-O-Matic disguise.

Observed Result

The player gains glitched / broken collision after exiting a Prop-O-Matic disguise.

Platform(s)

All platforms.

Video

2025-09-04 Prop-O-Matic Collision Bug

Additional Notes

This issue has been reported numerous times before. The most recent example I could find was back in February as listed in issue #1 for this post:

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Summary Hello, I have several problems with prop-o-matic pistol and prop-o-matic manager device: When a player exits disguise, the player gains collision (even if it is disabled in the island settings). This collision breaks player movement, causing the character to get stuck, slide, shake, and be unable to climb ledges or move properly. When manually pinging a prop via the function “PingPlayerProp” or “PingPlayerProps” in editor/verse, only the player being pinged can hear the ping sound…

[Bug-Reporter]

FORT-969362 has been created and its status is ‘Unconfirmed’. This is now in a queue to be reproduced and confirmed.