VFX Powerup Device doesn't attach to Custom Effect Sockets correctly when First Person Camera is used.

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Summary

When the player has the First Person Camera device added any applied VFX Powerups using a Custom Effect Socket are not attached correctly.

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Devices

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Apply First Person Camera Device to player
  2. Pickup VFX Powerup that uses a ‘Custom Effect’ Visual Effect and has the Custom Effect Socket set to ‘RightHand’

Expected Result

The VFX Powerup is correctly attach to the Player’s RightHand when using the FIrst Person Camera device the same way it is attached to the player when not using the First Person Camera device.

Observed Result

The VFX Powerup is incorrectly attached to the player when using the First Person Camera Device.

Platform(s)

all

Video

Additional Notes

There is another post referencing this issue from last year here:

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FORT-1086645 has been ‘Closed’ as a duplicate of an existing known issue. Origin Issue: FORT-866003, Origin Topic: VFX Powerup Device doesn't attach to first-person viewmodel.

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The post referenced by the Bug-Reporter bot says this issue was fixed in v36.00, but I’m still experiencing the bug as of today. Since there aren’t any other recent reports on this, I believe this post should remain open. @Flak