Summary
When a player begins matchmaking from the lobby, this causes a server wide hitch for about 1 - 5 seconds before that player joins into the game. This results in major rubber banding and a generally frustrating and unplayable experience, as players are constantly joining and leaving the game.
- We believe this is related to persistable devices, such as the timer, switch, and/or save point devices.
- It’s possible that only player with existing persistence in the island code are causing the lag spike, whereas new players may not (unconfirmed).
- We were previously able to resolve this in another project by TURNING OFF auto-load on a timer device that had persistence enabled, and manually loading it after the player joins.
- We have tried turning off auto-save and auto-load on all persistable devices.
- We have tried DELETING all persistable devices and the issue still occurs.
- We are using 6 timers, 17 switches, 2 save point devices.
- We are using Verse persistence alongside these devices.
Please select what you are reporting on:
Unreal Editor for Fortnite
What Type of Bug are you experiencing?
Matchmaking
Steps to Reproduce
Play 4774-0712-6629 and wait for another player to join the game. Some players will join without issue, but in many cases you will notice a major server lag spike / rubber banding for 1 - 5 seconds before seeing “Player joined the game” in the message feed.
Expected Result
The player joins the server without causing a major hitch for all players in the lobby.
Observed Result
When a player matchmakes into the game, the server they are connecting to has a major server hitch and rubber bands for 1 - 5 seconds before seeing “player has joined the game” in the message feed.
Platform(s)
PC
Island Code
4774-0712-6629
