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

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/med-mist-smoke-grenade-appears-transparent-from-inside-the-smoke-cloud/2848767>\
**Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\
**Tags:** Reso-WontFix, Status-Closed, fortnite-creative, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, fortnite\
**Created:** [November 2, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/med-mist-smoke-grenade-appears-transparent-from-inside-the-smoke-cloud/2848767 "2026-11-02T07:07:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoramaps](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@zoramaps](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/zoramaps)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/med-mist-smoke-grenade-appears-transparent-from-inside-the-smoke-cloud/2848767/1 "2026-11-02T07:07:37Z")

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### 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.

### Please select what you are reporting on:

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

### Upload an image

 ![Fortnite Screenshot 2026.11.02 - 01.59.00.43.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/a/1/c/a1c3cdf81ec897284952e144d0b6ef2d0e1e1fa7.png)

### Video

[![](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/1/4/0/140f1199e69ae71d0fdb36b5406495c59a1d3cf8.jpeg "Med-Mist Smoke Grenade bug v43.0") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD8fkzX5dEE)

### 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

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**Author:** ![Bug-Reporter](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bug-reporter/32/997076_2.png) [@Bug-Reporter](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Bug-Reporter)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/med-mist-smoke-grenade-appears-transparent-from-inside-the-smoke-cloud/2848767/4 "2026-11-03T22:00:24Z")

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