Sidekick NPCs are not appearing in any game

General Issues and Bug Reporting
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Summary

Sidekick NPCs are not showing up in game. I have tried several different maps on PC and Switch 2 and none of them show any Sidekicks that are supposed to spawn in world.

Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Character

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open up a game with Sidekick NPCs
  2. Sidekicks do not spawn visually.

Expected Result

Sidekicks should show their meshes in game.

Observed Result

Sidekick NPC meshes do not show in game. The devices they’re tied to do show up, but the Sidekicks themselves do not.

Platform(s)

All platforms.

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Invisible sidekicks
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Community reports are showing the same things on PS5.

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Thanks, getting the team to take a look.

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Small add on they have collision also despawn effects but next to no visibility also no sound

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They do not spawn in UEFN live sessions, either

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Thanks for reporting. This has been added to the known issues list, and the team is investigating.

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FORT-1164558’s status has changed to ’Needs Peer Review’. A fix has been submitted, and is awaiting review by another team member.