Summary
I am creating this based on the previous discussion (thread ID 1518314) with a call to create new thread about it and because of something that happened to my biggest map yesterday (thread ID 2329714) from which it seems that sometimes there could be some process that will fail and not work properly for a reason that is not clear why.
I don’t think that the issue of some new maps not being tested in Discover (I am not talking about additional tabs) is tied only to duplicated maps, because I experienced it too with my maps and none of them was a duplicate, all were made from scratch. I have 4 maps and soon after I set them as “Listed”, it was 50/50 if the map was tested or not. The first map (FFA, Open World) was in Discover after few hours, the second map (Friendly Party Game) after 6 weeks and many updates and the third map (Team Deathmatch, Red vs Blue) was tested again only after few hours.
My 4th and newest map (TMNT, Gun Game, PVP & PVE, 0159-3576-4769) was “Listed” on 24th January 2025 and so far after 3 weeks it was not tested in Discover for even 1 minute even though it is not a duplicate and I did not migrated anything to it from my other maps (it is also my first Gun Game and my first TMNT map). Based on the earlier experience with my 2nd map (I thought that it was not tested right away because it was too simple when it was listed) I made my 4th map to be more robust and polished right from the start, I also learned some new things in Verse for functions that I created in it for the first time.
From what I can tell the map is working fine and I already did few updates to improve it even further without a single rejection in reviewing process. I was also playing it with 2 friends since its launch (and with few other players that entered it via Portals in my other maps) and we had a lot of fun.
I put a lot of time and effort into my maps and I am trying to learn and improve my skills in UEFN all the time. And then I am looking at my newest project being ignored for weeks while at the same time some of the maps that are in “New and Updated” in Discover are just quick copy and paste without too much effort to make something different or polished.
This algo in Discover is ruining whole thesis of doing Fortnite maps in UEFN for me, because no matter how much effort I put into new project, I can’t rule out that it could be ignored again. I wanted to build a portfolio of different projects in UEFN over time that I would be satisfied with in regards of their concept and quality (and to provide fun gameplay, but that should be told by my players), but at this point it is looking more and more just as a wishful thinking.
It was said in an official presentation from Epic that new projects should have initial test of around 50000 impressions in Discover soon after they are set to be listed. I am asking only for this to be true (if the map is not just some quick copy/paste, is not breaking any rules and don’t have some technical issues).
I was so hyped when TMNT collaboration was announced and I also wanted to do a Gun Game for some time already, so I decided to do it with Turtles and cool Prefabs that can be used with them. I also added PVE to make it more interesting. And this is the result, after 3 weeks it was not even tested for 1 minute in Discover like it would be some worthless quick copy & paste.
If my newest map really does not meet some requirement, please tell me what is it, because at this point I have no idea when I compare this map to some other new maps that are normally tested in Discover (and again, I am not talking about additional tabs).
Please select what you are reporting on:
Unreal Editor for Fortnite
What Type of Bug are you experiencing?
Other
Steps to Reproduce
Create new map from scratch and spend a lot of time on it to make it interesting and working properly
Expected Result
It will be tested in Discover with around 50000 impressions in a few hours after it is set to be “Listed”
Observed Result
It was not tested in Discover even for 1 minute after 3 weeks since it was set as “Listed”
Platform(s)
PC
Island Code
0159-3576-4769