v42.40 Known Issues and Pre-Release Updates

rhyan.smith · October 13, 2026, 2:50pm

Hello Fortnite developers,

Here’s what to know ahead of v42.40. We’re tracking one known issue.

v42.40 Known Issues

Player Reference device displays default outfit after respawning

On some islands, after a player respawns, the Player Reference device shows them in the default outfit instead of their equipped one. Equipped Kicks still display correctly.
- Fix targeted for v43.00 (November 1)

v42.40 Top Community Fixes
These fixes come from issues you reported on the forums. Thanks for flagging them.

Fixed an issue that caused Shock Rocks to destroy structures on islands with Environmental Damage turned off.
- Forum Post Shock Rocks are Destroying the Environment even with Environmental Damage turned off
Fixed an issue that caused the vehicle exit key to display as unbound on keyboard and mouse, preventing players from exiting vehicles.
- Forum Post Unable to exit any vehicle
Fixed an issue that prevented fort_template_ability.Use() from activating an ability when the instigator in the provided context was a player.
- Forum Post Manually calling fort_template_ability.Use() while providing a instigator that is a player it will not work
Fixed an issue that caused the Guard Spawner device to remove weapons assigned to it in the editor.
- Forum Post Guard spawner removes weapons automatically in UEFN
Fixed an issue that caused audio to stay spatialized around a player’s original camera when a Scene Graph Camera was active on their camera_director.
- Forum Post [Experimental - Scene Graph Cameras] Audio remains tied to the player’s original camera
Fixed an issue that caused the Epic and Legendary Seven Cluster Cannon to display 77 damage in the inventory instead of their actual values.
- Forum Post Seven Cluster Cannon Displays Incorrect Damage Stats
Fixed an issue that caused Ctrl + B on a static mesh to open the Bumpy Bay Prop Gallery and select FortStaticMeshActor instead of the mesh’s own folder.
- Forum Post Ctrl + B broke again (for static meshes)