Free Fall mechanic breaks movement items like the Typhoon Blade and Killswitch Revolvers

Summary

Free Fall setting will break certain movement mechanics regarding items like the Typhoon Blade and Killswitch Revolvers, rendering them impossible to use for those purposes.

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Character

Steps to Reproduce

With the freefall settings ON, attempt to use the Typhoon Blade and Killswitch Revolvers’ extra jump mechanics incorporated into them

Expected Result

Both of these items’ movement functions should allow the player to move when hitting jump.

Observed Result

Instead, these mechanics do not work at all, in interference with the free fall bind.

Platform(s)

All

Video

Additional Notes

This works in all islands containing the setting and similar fortnite items shown above.

This bug also brings back the issues caused with Jules’ Glider gun and being able to use it without deploying the glider

FORT-1115262 has been created and its status is ‘Unconfirmed’. This is now in a queue to be reproduced and confirmed.