"Top Bounce" for Pinball Bumper Device broken since update

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Summary

Today’s update has broken my game/island.

The “Top Bounce” for the pinball bouncer device no longer works.

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Devices

Steps to Reproduce

  • Place a pinball bumper device in the level
  • Keep all default settings (which should include “Enabled at Start” and “Allow Top Bounce” as True
  • Play game and jump on top of the pinball bumper device

Expected Result

The player should be launched upwards by the “UpTrigger” part of the device.

Observed Result

The player is not launched upwards, even though the device animates to suggest that it is being triggered by the player.

Platform(s)

Tested on PC & Playstation 5 Pro

Island Code

6114-4527-0669

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Additional Notes

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After more testing, it turns out this is a simpler issue. The “Top Bounce” no longer works on the pinball bumper devices.

Placing a brand new pinball bumper device that is already enabled by default (including the Top Bounce) will not bounce the player from the top.

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Yes the pinball bumper is not bounces a player even if you put the power setting on the maximum.. it just shows that gets activated but its actualy not bounce you.

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Thanks both, we have a repro here, and the team will take a look.

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Thanks Flak! Will we need to wait for another major Fortnite update for the fix?

My island is broken because of this issue, so I’m wondering if I need to build a workaround for it (which isn’t ideal) or wait until the core issue is fixed (if it can be quickly hotfixed).

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FORT-971008’s status has changed to ’Needs Peer Review’. A fix has been submitted, and is awaiting review by another team member.

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Hi, is it possible to get an update on this issue please?

My level is still broken, but yesterday it was shown on discovery which massively boosted the player numbers. None of the players could progress and quickly left which I’m sure will have damaged its reputation and likely affect the algorithm displaying it on discovery again in future.

I was just on the level and watched as a player spent 5 minutes trying so hard to work around the issue before giving up and leaving the game. I feel so bad that I can’t help them and just fix it myself.