Third Person Controls device causes ~1s game stall

Summary

The Third Person Controls device causes a noticeable game freeze or hitch lasting approximately one second whenever it is disabled or removed from a player.

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Devices

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Place a Third Person Controls device.
  2. Configure the device to be added to players on start.
  3. During gameplay, disable the device or remove it from the player.

Expected Result

The device should be disabled or removed immediately without interrupting gameplay or causing a noticeable performance hitch.

Observed Result

The game stalls for approximately one second when the Third Person Controls device is disabled or removed from the player.

Platform(s)

PC

Additional Notes

Facing direction should have an additional “aim” option, the default one used by Fortnite.

FORT-1174248 has been ‘Closed’ as a duplicate of an existing known issue. Origin Issue: FORT-1034895, Origin Topic: Third Person Controls causes fps drops + ping spikes when adding and removing multiple times