Getting kicked out of creator games after four hours

Please select what you are reporting on:

Creative

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Other

Summary

Creator games are impacted by the server lifetime refresh. If I play creator games not created by myself, I am kicked out after four hours. This is really frustrating because I am still making progress in the game. This was reported on Reddit by other users also: Reddit - Dive into anything.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Play a creator game for four hours.
  2. After 3 hours 50 minutes, a server lifetime message will appear informing you that the server will refresh in 9 mins 59 secs.
  3. At 4 hours, the Fortnite home screen appears and the game is lost.

Expected Result

I should be able to play as long as I want. Or at least have the option to save my progress. Even if there are initial limitations like games are only saved for 24 hours or no more than four games can be stored at one time.

Observed Result

I was kicked out of the game.

Platform(s)

PS5

Additional Notes

This is my FOURTH time reporting this in 2-3 days! I first did it on the EPIC forum. Then they asked me to create a bug - which asked me all of these same questions. Then they told me to create a discussion board post AND create another bug. If you really want feedback, you should not ask customers to give a full days work to report one bug!

This Is not a bug. Session work as Is by design from several years. Every 4 hours VM session are closed

If it’s not a bug, then it’s an issue. It should be updated. Why have games that you can’t complete? I haven’t played either game since I realized this cutoff because there is no point in starting something I can’t finish. Like the Reddit poster said, it feels like you wasted four hours of your life for nothing.