# Player cannot join a game due to "999 ?" hp bug **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\ **Tags:** closed, fortnite-creative, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, bug-report, question, fortnite\ **Created:** [September 2, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/player-cannot-join-a-game-due-to-999-hp-bug/2002214 "2024-09-02T15:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twicekk](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@twicekk](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/twicekk)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/player-cannot-join-a-game-due-to-999-hp-bug/2002214/1 "2024-09-02T15:11:07Z")
### Summary Joining a game leads to be stuck in a frozen screen. My guess is that it only applies to game allowing join in progress since it only happened on my map since I allowed it. I call it 999 ? hp bug because when you have the bug you will have 999 ? hp/shield so it’s easy to remember. ### Please select what you are reporting on: Creative ### What Type of Bug are you experiencing? Assets ### Steps to Reproduce Join any map that has several lobbies currently running and that allows join in progress. Trying 10 times should generate one instance of the issue, but this may vary depending on the game. In my experience it happended 1/3 times on my map. ### Expected Result After joining the game the player can wait for a player to join. (If a player join a game with 1 player and the player in the game leave at the same time, the joining player should either be able to join and be alone or join another lobby until there is one with players not leaving at the same time that he joins) ### Observed Result After joining the game the player is stuck in a frozen state with 999 ? hp/shield and has no choice but to leave. ### Platform(s) Any ### Island Code 2159-9887-1737 ### Additional Notes This bugs has been present since the beggining of creative. Others maps like the 1v1 map of raider464 (1832-0431-4852) also had this issue the last time I played. Video of the bug: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnBVKkwDJGE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnBVKkwDJGE) ---
**Author:** ![FinestCreative](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/finestcreative/32/1034971_2.png) [@FinestCreative](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/FinestCreative)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/player-cannot-join-a-game-due-to-999-hp-bug/2002214/2 "2024-09-23T16:45:07Z")
Some more info on this bug: - Happens since the release of creative 1.0 like 6 years ago. - All maps that have players joining and leaving during runtime are affected, so almost all maps. - It is also very common. It is most common in 1v1 maps where it is very likely the running game will have 0 players in it and someone joins My affected map: 7950-6306-4857 Video of the bug: [https://youtu.be/ZGkj1Liv8Zs](https://youtu.be/ZGkj1Liv8Zs) ---
**Author:** ![FinestCreative](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/finestcreative/32/1034971_2.png) [@FinestCreative](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/FinestCreative)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/player-cannot-join-a-game-due-to-999-hp-bug/2002214/4 "2024-11-08T15:59:40Z")
Still a major issue, here is a screenshot of what the bug looks like ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/d/b/c/dbc5811e896cc7660837439423fa4cbe33239ce4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![AtAshTag](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/atashtag/32/997253_2.png) [@AtAshTag](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AtAshTag)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/player-cannot-join-a-game-due-to-999-hp-bug/2002214/6 "2024-12-12T08:33:28Z")
I hope it works for you I can honestly say in the yrs ive been on the game ive never seen this ---
**Author:** ![FinestCreative](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/finestcreative/32/1034971_2.png) [@FinestCreative](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/FinestCreative)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/player-cannot-join-a-game-due-to-999-hp-bug/2002214/8 "2025-02-25T14:38:18Z")
Still happening, what is the status ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/player-cannot-join-a-game-due-to-999-hp-bug/2002214/11 "2025-07-14T19:24:42Z")
FORT-794937 has been ‘Closed’. We’re unable to reproduce this issue.