fab and UEFN not working

TheGoldMacaw · October 25, 2024, 1:49am

Summary

Fab will not open keep taking me and others to error and will not start or load

Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Other

Steps to Reproduce

the Open fab

fab will not open keep taking me and others to error

Expected Result

error

Observed Result

does not work

Platform(s)

windows

Island Code

do not have one yet

Jimbohalo10 · October 25, 2024, 2:16am

Hi All,
If you go into Epic Games Launcher and update to version 17.0 when you click “Unreal Engine”
The “Fab” tab has replaced the Marketplace tab.

In Unreal Engine Fortnite, the tab marked Fab was for the Alpha version of Fab and will be fixed later in UEFN update.

dflipb · October 25, 2024, 2:28am

So you are saying that there is a 17.1? that will have the FAB not be alpha that will connect with UEFN. If so any word on when that is?

TheGoldMacaw · October 25, 2024, 3:05am

so basic UEFN will be updated with a fix right for the fab bit?

Jimbohalo10 · October 25, 2024, 5:06am

hi @dflipb @TheGoldMacaw
When Fortnite/UEFN is updated probably at 32.00 onward, the FAB ALPHA link will be FAB’s final page.

Epic Games Launcher version 17.0 is the latest support FAB without the need to run UEFN.
If you have Automatic Update enabled in the Epic Games Launcher then open the Launcher and restart after the update.

D3d · October 25, 2024, 7:57am

Yes, I understand what you’re saying, but now if I open FAB from the EpicGames launcher, when I want to add a “pack” that I bought in editable FAB (Alpha), for UEFN, it ends up telling me to go to the UEFN FAB to install… and the UEFN Alpha FAB does NOT connect.

TheGoldMacaw · October 25, 2024, 1:52pm

same if it let us download it from the web and import it

it would be easy but they wanna make things soo hard for no reason

Bug-Reporter · October 26, 2024, 6:53pm

The status of EMP-14033 incident has been moved from ‘Needs Triage’ to ‘Need More Info’.

Jimbohalo10 · October 28, 2024, 4:57am

from the Fab documentation

The Fab integration in UEFN is undergoing maintenance and will be back online shortly, and the Fab integration in the Unreal Engine 5 Editor is coming soon.

Fab, Epic’s New Unified Content Marketplace, Launches Today! - Sketchfab Community Blog

For UE 5.5 Engine Developers
ue5main source still contains Pre Release Fab Plugin source

Jimbohalo10 · October 28, 2024, 1:01pm

hi
@D3d ALL

In an attempt to find out why References this was failing in UEFN 31.41.

I started the Metahuman Importer from File Menu - > Window at the bottom panel of Metahuman Importer.

** Leave the Metahuman Importer RUNNING at all times Click Minimize**

There was a lot of screen flickering and eventually, the Metahuman importer started.

Next, Exit UEFN from the Menu, leaving Metahuman RUNNING.
Start UEFN again when the Project Menu Browse and find your project.uefnproject.

The “Downloading Reference Content”
In Windows Task Manager click on Wifi/Network and watch for network traffic

Eventually, the normal screen now opens

In Content Browser look for the previous Reference content

Metahuman Import must be running/working minimized

This is a POSSIBLE WORKAROUND; it’s not a fix and ONLY works on References made after 30 May 2024.

This WONT work with old versions of Refences the project before June 2024

KomalOffice · November 5, 2024, 6:49am

@D3d and @TheGoldMacaw are you still experiencing issues accessing Fab in UEFN? Would you be able to share screenshots of what you see?