Item Remover ignores Chainsaw when set to remove weapons.

Summary

Item Remover with the “Affected Objects” property set to “Weapons” doesn’t remove the new Chainsaw weapon.

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Devices

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Place an Item Remover device
  2. Set the properties “Affected Objects” to “Weapons,” “Amount to Remove” to “Percentage,” and “Percentage to Remove” to “100.0”
  3. Give the player the Chainsaw weapon.
  4. Call the “Remove” function on the player with the Chainsaw

Expected Result

The Chainsaw should be removed from the player’s inventory

Observed Result

The Chainsaw stays in the player’s inventory

Platform(s)

PC

Island Code

8552-0760-0833

Additional Notes

If the “Affected Objects” property is set to “Weapons and Items,” the Chainsaw is removed. However, if it is set to “Items,” the Chainsaw isn’t removed. So, it’s unclear whether it’s regarded as a weapon or an item, but it should be considered a weapon.

The map for the island code implements a system where weapons are “cycled” randomly. Each time a weapon is cycled, it is granted using the Item Gratner device, and then, after a 0.07-second delay, it is removed using the Item Remover device. Whenever the weapon is the chainsaw, it stays in the player’s inventory and doesn’t get removed. Because a player can only hold one chainsaw at any given time, if the next weapon in the cycle is the chainsaw, again, it will be dropped on the floor, which is not the intended design.