# Fortnite Crashing when loading into Creative Map **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\ **Tags:** fortnite-creative, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, crash, fortnite\ **Created:** [February 21, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813 "2025-02-21T15:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blzn](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/blzn/32/1078435_2.png) [@Blzn](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Blzn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/1 "2025-02-21T15:49:31Z")
### Summary After today’s update (2025-02-21) players are crashing after attempting to connect to the creative map “Miner Tycoon”, I have received multiple report of older/weaker systems no longer being able to connect to the map, specifically Switch & PS4 It doesn’t seem to occur for every creative map, these players were able to connect to other creative maps and Battle Royale, but every time they go back to Miner Tycoon it crashes them without fail. Prior to today’s update players were able to load in without issue. ### Please select what you are reporting on: Creative ### What Type of Bug are you experiencing? Stability ### Steps to Reproduce - Use an older device (Switch & PS4 confirmed to have this issue) - Attempt to join the map “Miner Tycoon” (4781-1197-6847) - Wait for the “Updating…” loading bar, then the game crashes ### Expected Result Fortnite loads into the creative map “Miner Tycoon” ### Observed Result Fortnite Crashes Error Code (CE-34878-0) ### Platform(s) Switch, PS4 ### Island Code 4781-1197-6847 ### Upload an image ![image_2025-02-21_104822429.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/8/8/3/883b99ceb9deee82bb4a1a04c657ba107c9b8dce.png) ### Additional Notes Prior to the update these consoles were able to play the map without issue, newer gen consoles such as PS5 and PCs don’t experience this issue. ---
**Author:** ![Jimbohalo10](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jimbohalo10/32/961440_2.png) [@Jimbohalo10](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Jimbohalo10)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/2 "2025-02-21T16:55:01Z")
hi @Blzn , On the Switch Hydra (25th Sept 2024) the updating message occurs at 100% and waits eventually crashing with the Software crashed then Fornite itself crashes and is taken back to the main Nintendo Switch screen mine is Fortnite 34.00,0 . Space available 6.0 GB standard 17.7GB used for Fortnite. New load from scratch, The only thing I can find for PS 4 is [PS4 Error Code CE-34878-0 – Help & Support | PlayStation](https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/error-codes/ps4/ce-34878-0/) run on Windows 11 Fortnite 34.00 reports a very slow network connection but gets there in the end. In fact, my network is quick at 67MB/s The Xbox One X is very slow and went back to the lobby 3 times before the game loaded, had to click a yellow Join button twice?. Never seen that before, eventually loaded but very slow to play The quickest and smoothest is the Samsung Galaxy S10e, three years old, so very low end but the fastest to load Fortnite 34.00 . A really useful message may be “Preparing Shaders” , This does not appear on Switch, just crashes with the error message Seen this a lot on UE 5, but not UEFN/Fortnite ---
**Author:** ![Flak](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/flak/32/769441_2.png) [@Flak](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Flak)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/3 "2025-02-21T17:04:55Z")
Thanks, Jimbo; we’re looking at this. ---
**Author:** ![Flak](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/flak/32/769441_2.png) [@Flak](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Flak)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/5 "2025-02-21T18:39:18Z")
> [@Fortnite Ecosystem v34.00 with Known Issues](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-ecosystem-v34-00-with-known-issues/2348204/4): > > We’re aware of an issue that may cause crashing when attempting to play UEFN islands on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. We are investigating and we will let you know when we have a fix. FYI! ---
**Author:** ![Chrislk1986](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Chrislk1986](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Chrislk1986)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/6 "2025-02-24T03:39:57Z")
In the 2 creative games I play (Havoc Hotel 3 and Miner Tycoon) I notice the game temporarily locks up for roughly 20-30 seconds after I hit “Updating 100%”. My system is Windows 11 Home (10.0.26100), i9-14900KF, 4070TS (driver 32.0.15.7242), 32gb RAM. Fortnite is running in DX11 mode and is installed on a MX500 2TB SSD. Issue started 02/21/25, after the latest Fortnite update. ---
**Author:** ![Jimbohalo10](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jimbohalo10/32/961440_2.png) [@Jimbohalo10](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Jimbohalo10)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/7 "2025-02-24T07:19:17Z")
> [@Chrislk1986](#): > > Havoc Hotel 3 Hi, Tried on Windows 11 for the above. Constant MatchMaking error one Just coming up with Join ![HavocHotel3MatchmakingError](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/4/6/24629ddd958defaf7e9071047f49ff338d7db5b4.jpeg) Sometimes getting updating 100%, Fortnite log says matchmaking and Connecting Beacon errors Here is the logs [FortniteGameHavocHotel3.log](https://forums.unrealengine.com/uploads/short-url/pbBYBIs0sAkYCKtSqiTAnDRKsuu.log) (6.4 MB) [FortniteGame.log](https://forums.unrealengine.com/uploads/short-url/6VPilj7bsBbUOivAdqbYcXchhdm.log) (3.5 MB) ---
**Author:** ![RickAtyam](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@RickAtyam](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/RickAtyam)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/9 "2025-02-25T14:25:00Z")
My creative map also crashes, the portal won’t let me in and the game suddenly stops! ![Screenshot_2025-02-25-17-40-44-140_com.epicgames.fortnite](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/3/2/d/32d0518390252e28cf489fd0920aa369e59238a6.jpeg) ![Screenshot_2025-02-25-17-28-21-689_com.epicgames.fortnite](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/f/4/7f4ca7dda42e5d2142c930a2d58240015bac5587.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bug-Reporter](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bug-reporter/32/997076_2.png) [@Bug-Reporter](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Bug-Reporter)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/10 "2025-03-07T19:11:37Z")
FORT-864209 has been ‘Closed’ as a duplicate of an existing known issue. ---
**Author:** ![Jimbohalo10](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jimbohalo10/32/961440_2.png) [@Jimbohalo10](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Jimbohalo10)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/11 "2025-03-08T15:32:28Z")
hi All. Just retested Fortnite on Nintendo Switch, Samsung Android Xbox One X, Windows 11 PC. Havoc Hotel 3, Manic Miner, 1 vs. 1 Always, FN Creative and numerous other UEFN/FN Creative programs are all working. In all cases the Updating… gets to 100% very quickly on any Network The consoles/phones all say Checking for Updates and install them silently This is for version 34.00 and Nintendo 34.00.01 can be seen is software status page The FN Creative to UEFN corruption bug appears to have been fixed as well So thanks for fixing all that, lot of work, but worth it. ---
**Author:** ![x\_gamesyt](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@x\_gamesyt](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/x_gamesyt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/12 "2025-03-13T19:09:31Z")
my game keeps crashing when i play any creative map but not when i play battle royale or reload e.c.t. ---
**Author:** ![DipolarMoon5429](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@DipolarMoon5429](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/DipolarMoon5429)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/13 "2025-04-24T13:07:40Z")
Same issue is happening to me, I am on Xbox though so I hope it gets fixed when the Star wars season comes out since I had alot of good props in that my ---
**Author:** ![Jimbohalo10](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jimbohalo10/32/961440_2.png) [@Jimbohalo10](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Jimbohalo10)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/14 "2025-04-24T14:08:21Z")
> [@DipolarMoon5429](#): > > I am on Xbox though so I hope it gets fixed when the Star wars season comes o Hi Please read [Solved: Fortnite crashing while loading Creative map on Xbox - General / Issues and Bug Reporting - Epic Developer Community Forums](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-while-loading-creative-map-on-xbox/2473983) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-when-loading-into-creative-map/2348813/15 "2025-08-20T15:49:43Z")
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