# The lighting is broken.

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-lighting-is-broken/2679417>\
**Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\
**Tags:** Xbox-One, fortnite-creative, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, fixed, creative, bug-report, Lighting, fortnite\
**Created:** [November 27, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-lighting-is-broken/2679417 "2025-11-27T15:08:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AlphaZeroOneX96](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@AlphaZeroOneX96](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlphaZeroOneX96)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-lighting-is-broken/2679417/1 "2025-11-27T15:08:11Z")

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### Summary

The lighting doesn’t work. The map almost appears all black.

### Please select what you are reporting on:

Creative

### What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Other

### Steps to Reproduce

Get into a game.

### Expected Result

Well I would think that the game would work fine.

### Observed Result

The map doesn’t look as it should. It’s almost completely pitch black. I could barely see much of my surroundings.

### Platform(s)

Xbox One S

### Island Code

2744-8110-9962

### Upload an image

 ![199b041c-fb05-490b-9140-4e3f13289ad0.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/0/1/2/012ac1b362daa509785076328de2d441f4f5b9a2.png)

### Additional Notes

I think that the Simpsons update broke the game’s lighting. It’s not just this game that was affected, but certain others too.

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**Author:** ![AlphaZeroOneX96](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@AlphaZeroOneX96](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlphaZeroOneX96)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-lighting-is-broken/2679417/4 "2025-11-29T01:59:12Z")

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When I said that it wasn’t just this game that was affected, I meant to say island. It’s not just that island, but others were affected too.

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**Author:** ![Flak](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/flak/32/769441_2.png) [@Flak](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Flak)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-lighting-is-broken/2679417/6 "2025-12-03T17:17:54Z")

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We’re checking into this!

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**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-lighting-is-broken/2679417/9 "2026-05-26T15:08:38Z")

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**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:** [September 1, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-lighting-is-broken/2679417/10 "2026-09-01T20:00:18Z")

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FORT-1025519 is ‘Closed’ as ‘Fixed’. The issue will be addressed in 39.10.