# Game Crashing during Edit Sessions, Playtest Codes, and Private codes **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\ **Tags:** fortnite-creative, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, crash, bug-report, fortnite\ **Created:** [September 9, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/game-crashing-during-edit-sessions-playtest-codes-and-private-codes/2013788 "2024-09-09T21:32:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EDMIRE](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/edmire/32/975867_2.png) [@EDMIRE](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/EDMIRE)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/game-crashing-during-edit-sessions-playtest-codes-and-private-codes/2013788/1 "2024-09-09T21:32:26Z")
### Summary Hello, I work with SypherPK and SuperJoy Studios as a landscape artist for their Reboot 2 map and am in charge of memory calculations and code creation. Ever since 31.10, new and existing codes for our playtest teams have been crashing clients, seemingly on all platforms. Given errors involve something cook related. And I’ve observed from another forum post that it may be some issue with an asset or material, however none of the logs or errors are giving pointers. I also saw someone was able to provide information for what asset was causing issues. Sometimes reverting to earlier revisions fixes it temporarily, only for it to return on its own. The public release works fine (was published before update), but if I revert our playtesters to said version the public release is on, the crashing is present as well. We have dozens of custom assets, trees, materials that were non-problematic prior to the update and I’m willing to bet it’s a single asset that is causing the issue, but we would rather consult here before tearing the map apart trying to find it. Willing to provide any additional info regarding the issue. ### Please select what you are reporting on: Unreal Editor for Fortnite ### What Type of Bug are you experiencing? Stability ### Steps to Reproduce Loading into unpublished island code and playing for 3-10 minutes waiting for a crash ### Expected Result playing for 3-10 minutes on any recent private code will result in an eventual crash of the entire client ### Observed Result Client crashes 3-10 minutes into each session ### Platform(s) All ### Island Code 1520-6092-2838 ### Additional Notes Removing all custom assets stops the crashing, but it would be nice to know which specific one is causing the issue to fix hours of cherry picking to find it. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/game-crashing-during-edit-sessions-playtest-codes-and-private-codes/2013788/2 "2024-09-10T14:13:19Z")
hi You could try the thread [Asset Validation Issues - Issues and Bug Reporting / UEFN Validation - Epic Developer Community Forums (unrealengine.com)](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/asset-validation-issues/817504) Some personal experience here [Asset Validation Issues - Issues and Bug Reporting / UEFN Validation - Epic Developer Community Forums (unrealengine.com)](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/asset-validation-issues/817504) The only way generally is to use the [Project Size Tool | Unreal Editor for Fortnite Documentation](https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/uefn/project-size-tool-in-unreal-editor-for-fortnite) ---
**Author:** ![latunda](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/latunda/32/1047041_2.png) [@latunda](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/latunda)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/game-crashing-during-edit-sessions-playtest-codes-and-private-codes/2013788/3 "2024-09-10T18:54:12Z")
Might be related to server garage collection, we reported [Server crashes several minutes after using Verse to create a temporary instance of material with a parameter](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/server-crashes-several-minutes-after-using-verse-to-create-a-temporary-instance-of-material-with-a-parameter/1997990) (workaround included for our issue)