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Hey everyone,
Welcome to today’s Fortnite Creative AMA! We’re looking forward to answering all your questions, but first we’ll introduce who we have joining today.
- Zookeeperzak - Creative Development Director
- Curu_FN - Senior Designer
- BrownFort - Developer Relations
- Slevin_009 - Gameplay Designer
We asked you to provide some questions for us to kick off, and here are some of those answers:
Q: Will we get a POI namer in Creative? u/Spizda
A: Saw a design for this in reddit. Looks awesome. We’ll add it to the list of devices to build.
Q: Will we get an advanced terrain editor?
A: We have terrain editing on the list of tools we want to build. Ahead of it are better content browsing and undo/redo. It’s going to be some time before we get to it.
Q: Will we get bigger islands?
A: We are always working to provide ‘MORE’. We are working on some backend tech that will enable bigger islands, still in the prototype stage right now though.
Q: Will we get in-game cosmetic / locker selector? u/bagel8point0
A: We’d love to add this. We are still figuring out how widely this feature could be used and figuring out how to work around technical restrictions we have on mobile.
Q: Is it possible to add place able rifts to islands that could lead to other islands? This way people can create games that span multiple levels/islands. u/BobNoshIMNOTSURE
A: YES, we are working on this, we need to allow players to travel between servers to allow this to work for real so it’s taking extra time.
Q: Is there a way to allow us to save the placement of the free camera so that when we leave a map and then return it would still be in the same spot? If not that, is it possible for it to list coordinates of camera placements and zooms so that we can recreate exact scenes? u/BobNoshIMNOTSURE
A: We have a few designs for different camera devices and screenshot tools. Generally yes this is something we’re thinking about. Could you explain more about how you would use it and what the player experience would be?
Q: Are there plans to add any sort of matchmaking for something like the Featured maps — similar to LTMs? Currently the best way to get players is to go in Playground but typically those players will just load a Storm Wars.
An option to choose between: queue for a game with others or play on your server with those you’ve invited when viewing the Featured Rift information, perhaps? u/CCruzFight
A: Yes this is work we’re doing as part of adding the ability to link islands through portals.
Q: Have you ever thought about revamping the creative menu as a whole? It's a mess and it's hard to find the particular prefab and gallery you want. Better organization with collapsible categories. u/Kitteh6660
A: Yes this is work we’re working on currently as part of improving content browsing.
Q: Are there any plans for increasing the maximum island and block entry memory? u/NovaTheLoneHunter
A: Yes we’re working on more precise tools for performance and those will allow us to make the memory budgets more accurate which should result in some increased memory and likely the ability to have zoned memory like we do on the Battle Royle map. This is a long term plan so it’s going to take a while to see those changes.
Q: Could we get an in-game menu to browse for published maps instead of relying on finding games via social media platforms or just playing featured maps? u/BENZ4DUCKS
A: Yes, we’re working towards improving discovery of games.
Q: Will a different method of publishing maps ever be introduced? There are tons of great maps out there, but cannot be published because people don't/can't have a support a creator code for various reasons, myself included! u/JakeBoycometh
A:Yes, we’re working towards opening publishing to more developers. This is still a longer term plan though so the best solution right now is to reach out to us directly with your amazing creation and we’ll often get you setup with SAC.
Q: Will we get the option to change island settings on someone else’s island when given permission from the owner of the island? u/ramon_221
A: Saw this request recently in reddit. This will require more refactoring. Currently the plan is to move those settings on to setting devices that you place in the world and set there. We’d break these into more logical groups. And then only use My Island for the administration tools and starting / stopping the game.
Q: What are your favorite creations so far? Or are there any that have surprised you? u/ll-FooFighter-ll
A: Pimit’s u/THCommandBlocks Gravity Swap Deathrun is pretty amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3KWX6vi46g His use of the barriers to teleport the player is pretty ingenious, although not recommended since it’s fairly buggy :).