v42.40 Known Issues and Pre-Release Updates

[rhyan.smith (Rhyan)]

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)

For a full list of all scheduled fixes for v42.40, see this search on the Epic Developer Community Forums Search results for ''Closed' as 'Fixed'. The issue will be addressed in 42.40 order:votes' - Epic Developer Community Forums

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UEFN may crash after updating on the new Epic Games Launcher.

• We are investigating an issue where the 42.40 UEFN update may crash with errors at launch.
• We will let you know when we have more information or a fix.

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UEFN Session Launch Fails at the Versioning Stage

• We are investigating an issue in which the UEFN session launch fails at the versioning stage, preventing the session from connecting.
• We are working on a fix for a future update.
• Until the fix is live, we have a workaround:

Delete the following:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\UnrealEditorFortnite\Intermediate\ValkyrieUploadTemp

Restart UEFN and then try uploading again

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Possible validation errors related to redirectors when publishing islands after the v42.40 update.
Temporary workaround:

1. Close UEFN.
2. Delete this folder: %LOCALAPPDATA%\UnrealEditorFortnite\Intermediate\ValkyrieUploadTemp

A fix is planned for v43.00. Thanks for your patience!

[Flak]

Hi folks! This has been resolved. Thank you so much for your patience!