NPCs fail to be removed from stage for a short time after elimination (regression)

General Issues and Bug Reporting
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Summary

Since last update, after a player eliminates an NPC, they remain static after elimination for a short time, before disappearing without an animation.

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

AI

Steps to Reproduce

Play code 5772-2894-6429
Eliminate an NPC

Expected Result

NPC plays the custom elimination VFX then disappears after death

Observed Result

NPC plays the vustom elimination VFX, then remains static for a few seconds, then disappears without an animation

Platform(s)

PC

Island Code

5772-2894-6429

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This is caused by elimination VFX and SFX. If have a custom one playing, it will cause the issue seen in the video below

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FORT-956375 has been ‘Closed’ as a duplicate of an existing known issue. Origin Issue: FORT-950773

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FORT-950773 has been added to our ‘To Do’ list. Someone’s been assigned this task.

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This started happening to me after v37.10 too Hope they get this one fixed soon :crossed_fingers:

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It has been more than 3 months and the issue still exits, is there any known workaround for it?

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Nope. We initially thought rmoving the custom elim vfx would fix, but a recent update made that not work either.