Fortnite Consistently Crashes In Live Edit... And Any Other Mode

[starlighthay]

Summary

I have been crashing consistently since this season, Chapter 6 Season 3 (Super), started, but recently Windows has been showing me the pictured error every time the game shuts down, Anti-Cheat Error 0xEAC02009. I have verified files, completely uninstalled and reinstalled both UEFN and Fortnite, and done a few other things within the files themselves as shown in this tweet: https://x.com/shawkab/status/1951751526088929538 . Nothing has fixed the issue for me.

My PC Specs are:
Processor Intel(R) Core™ i9-14900KF (3.20 GHz)
Installed RAM 64.0 GB (63.8 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Live Edit

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start Fortnite
2. Stay in the lobby for a short period of time or load into a session.
3. Crash on the loading screen or crash shortly after loading in.

Expected Result

1. Start Fortnite.
2. Play Fortnite or Live Edit as normal.

Observed Result

1. Start Fortnite
2. Crash within 5 minutes of starting the game.

Platform(s)

PC

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[Bug-Reporter]

FORT-946992 has been created and its status is ‘Unconfirmed’. This is now in a queue to be reproduced and confirmed.

[PixelandPoly]

I started getting this same error during UEFN / FN sessions. It never happened before today and did not happen if I was playing FN with UEFN not open. Happened twice to me while working in UEFN with FN running. FN would close out and I would see this error window. UEFN stayed open and FN showed as still running in the Epic launcher. I would need to exit out of UEFN and then relaunch both FN and UEFN to get back to work.

[COLD_UNBAN]

I’ve been experiencing the same issue with Easy Anti-Cheat (error 0xEAC02009). Here’s everything I’ve tried to fix it so far — unfortunately, nothing has worked.

Goal:

Fix the Internal anti-cheat error (0xEAC02009) when launching Fortnite.

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Actions taken:

1. Updated PowerShell to version 7.5.2.
2. Ran SFC scan: no integrity violations detected.
3. Ran DISM restore health: completed successfully.
4. Deleted the EasyAntiCheat_EOS service via sc delete.
5. Manually deleted leftover directories:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\EasyAntiCheat_EOS
• C:\Program Files\Epic Games\Fortnite\FortniteGame\Binaries\Win64\EasyAntiCheat

6. Cleaned up the registry by removing the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EasyAntiCheat_EOS key.
7. Manually reinstalled EasyAntiCheat:

• Attempted via EasyAntiCheat_EOS_Setup.exe
• Attempted via sc create using the correct binPath.

8. Created the service manually with proper syntax.
9. Tried to start the service, but it always returned STOPPED, with error code 87 (0x57) or “file not found”.
10. Verified Fortnite via Epic Games Launcher.

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Result:

All steps completed successfully, but the error 0xEAC02009 still occurs when launching Fortnite.

[Ososick]

same here! i even went as far as factory resetting my pc and taking it to the shop! nothing works fortnite still crashes just 2 seconds sitting in the lobby

[starlighthay]

At this point, I can no longer start Fortnite at all…

Since my original post I have tried clearing the launcher cache, reinstalling the EG Launcher, reinstalling Fortnite AGAIN, deleting the anti-cheat folders in the files and repairing Fortnite, and more. Still no fixes.

[starlighthay]

We have found a solution that has been working well so far.

Those with 13th and 14th generation Intel Core processors need to reboot their PC and press F2 during the startup process to bring up the BIOS menu. There, they should go into Baseline Power Mode and disable Hyper Threading. The crashing issues should be fixed after booting up with these changes.

[starlighthay]

Try this! Fortnite Consistently Crashes In Live Edit... And Any Other Mode - #7 by starlighthay

[starlighthay]

Give this a try: Fortnite Consistently Crashes In Live Edit... And Any Other Mode - #7 by starlighthay

[swany-fn]

FIXED IT FOR ME

[Gege2]

didnt fix for me