Summary
Would like te re-open a new thread for this issue (Tracker device UI doens't show for players who join in progress)
It’s about the UI of tracker devices not always being visible for late joiners to the game. It was supposed to be fixed in December 2024. However, I’m still facing this issue. For the past weeks, I’ve experimented with several work around without success.
Please select what you are reporting on:
Unreal Editor for Fortnite
What Type of Bug are you experiencing?
Devices
Steps to Reproduce
- Add a tracker device with a UI
- Start a session
- Wait a couple of minutes, let another player late join that session
- UI sometimes isn’t visible
Expected Result
- UI should be visible consistent
Observed Result
I’ve seen that the tracker UI isn’t always visible to late joiners to the game.
The past days/weeks I’ve tried several work arrounds.
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Workaround 1
Instead of using the checkboxes on the tracker device itself “Assign on Game Start” and “Assign when joining in Progress”, I decided to assign them through Verse when a player spawns.
=> No difference -
Workaround 2
I add a Sleep(X.0) of a couple of seconds after the player joined and then assign the tracker. I was reasoning that the delay might ensure everything is correctly loaded in. Didn’t notice a decent enough difference. -
Workaround 3
I followed a tip I found somewhere on the forum or Reddit which changes the code like this:
Tracker.Reset(Agent)
Tracker.Assign(Agent)
Tracker.Remove(Agent)
Tracker.Assign(Agent)
By first assigning the tracker, removing it, and assigning it again, the behavior became a lot more stable for late-joining players. However, it’s still not bulletproof. It feels like the longer the game is running, the more frequently/guaranteed this issue will happen. This last method almost always works when I do this with a fresh session. However, if I joined a live game that was already going on a while (someone already had 50+ eliminations in my FFA game), it was consistently broken.
Platform(s)
PC, Console
Island Code
6791-1326-8912
