Med-Mist Smoke Grenade appears transparent from inside the smoke cloud

Summary

When standing in a Med-Mist Smoke grenade cloud, the smoke appears transparent. Viewing it from outside is opaque (standard behavior).
Players inside the smoke have a one-way view of enemies on the outside, which gives a major advantage.

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Assets

Steps to Reproduce

  1. In the editor, add a Med-Mist Smoke Grenade to an Item Granter
  2. Launch the game and equip the item
  3. Throw the item to create a smoke cloud
  4. Stand inside the smoke cloud

Expected Result

The smoke cloud should be opaque, and players should not be able to see outside the smoke

Observed Result

The smoke cloud is transparent, and players can see outside the smoke

Platform(s)

Tested on PC
Reported on all platforms

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Additional Notes

This would happen very rarely prior to v43.0 when too many effects were on screen, but now it happens 100% of the time

FORT-1185770 has been ‘Closed’. This issue won’t be fixed—please see examples of why this may be the case.