[SW] When custom items and inventory is enabled, Heroes will switch items every time they fire

EsmeeSays
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:24:52 +0000
Issues and Bug Reporting

Summary

When having custom items and inventory enabled, and when transformed into Leia Organa with the Hero device. The player is unable to fire their weapon without their held item being switched out.

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Devices

Steps to Reproduce

Enabled Custom items and inventory in the project settings

Place a hero device and hook it up to a button to be able to transform into the hero

Select Leia Organa in the Hero device

Launch a session

Start the game

Interact with the button to apply the hero device to the player

Try shooting with the granted weapons

Observe when shooting the gun, your held item get switched out

Expected Result

Being able to fire a gun without it automatically switching to a different item in the players inventory

Observed Result

When shooting, your held item get switched out with a different item in your inventory

Platform(s)

PC / ALL

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