Air vent with skydive issue

denis_post
Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:25:27 +0000
Issues and Bug Reporting

Summary

Air vent + skydive breaks player actions after being eliminated

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Devices

Steps to Reproduce

1. In an empty island place item granter (set a weapon), air vent (with Skydive after Launch checked) and damage volume (with damage type = Elimination)

2. Start the game and grab the weapon

3. Use the air vent, then land on the ground

4. Run into the damage volume

5. When respawned try to use the gun, build, crouch, etc

Expected Result

All the player actions work as usual, player can shoot, aim, build, crouch, etc

Observed Result

Most of the player actions are unusable (e.g. shoot, aim, build, crouch), players moves very slow.

Platform(s)

PC

Video

onedrive.live.com

Microsoft OneDrive

Additional Notes

If you use the air vent again (or are eliminated w/o using the air vent) the issue is being fixed. I can reproduce the issue like 75% of the times.