Shadow Bombs Cause Players to Respawn Invisible

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

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Summary

Players that are eliminated while the Shadow Bomb effect is active respawn invisible to themselves and other players

Steps to Reproduce

Have a player activate the Shadow Bomb item
Eliminate that player while the Shadow Bomb effect is active

Expected Result

The player respawns normally, visible and without the double jump ability of the Shadow Bomb effect.

Observed Result

The player respawns invisible to themselves and other players (except for held items such as weapons) and retains the double jump ability of the Shadow Bomb effect.

Platform(s)

Demonstrated on PC and Xbox

Additional Notes

Players that are eliminated with the Shadow Bomb effect active remain invisible and retain the double jump ability of the Shadow Bomb with no time limit, even after subsequent eliminations. Players affected by this respawn completely invisible (other than held items), without the shadowy outline that is present when the Shadow Bomb effect is active normally. The invisibility and double jump are only removed from the player if 1.) they use another Shadow Bomb and the effect is allowed to expire without them being eliminated or 2.) the round ends.

FORT-791064 incident has been created. Status is ‘Unconfirmed’.

This is still a bug as of Sept 13, 2024; makes the item unusable in any game with respawns.

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