Fortnite Creator Fireside Chat w/ DolphinDom

When: September 5th at 3PM ET.

Event Info: A special, live event where we bring in Fortnite Creators for a cozy fireside chat about their journeys, experiences, and to answer questions you have about their favorite topics! This event will be held on our official Fortnite Create Discord, in the #creator-fireside-chat channel – where you can chat along with the conversation! If you're unable to view there, you can catch it on the FNCreate Youtube and Twitch!

We’re grabbing some warm coffee, starting up the fire, and having a chat with DolphinDom on 9/5 at 3PM ET on the Official Fortnite Creative and UEFN Discord.

Have questions about how to connect with content creators and bring awareness to your islands? Wondering what the best practices are for leading a project? Curious how to improve your skills around ideation and development? DolphinDom would lov...

Hi all, We’re happy to report that the Accolade Device is now available in UEFN. You can now design unique gameplay loops and take control of how your players earn XP, encouraging them to return to your island.

If you’re used to the Fortnite Creative toolset, you may already be familiar with the Accolade device. Now, the same feature set is available within UEFN.

Want to know more? Check out the documentation [here](https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/uefn/using-accolade-devices-in-unreal-editor-for-fortnite)

With the release of 26.00, the ability to expose assets from UEFN to Verse is enabled by default for all newly created UEFN projects. For any of your projects created before 26.00, you will need to enable this feature by following these steps:

1. Close your project in UEFN.
2. Locate the .uplugin file in the project directory.
3. Open the .uplugin file in a text editor.
4. Find the property EnableVerseAssetReflection and set it to true.
5. If no such property is present, add the following line under VersePath:
   a. “EnableVerseAssetReflection” : true,
6. Save the .uplugin file.
7. Re-open your project in UEFN.

We have resolved the issue where Mutator Zones, Skydive Volumes, and Damage Volumes were not working as intended in Fortnite Creative and UEFN islands.

We have deployed an update that resolves the issue with interaction devices.

Creators will need re-save their devices in their project level and republish for the fix to take effect.

We are aware ziplines do not have an instant interact time when players use them in UEFN islands. We are working on a fix and we will let you know when we have an update.

We are aware of an issue where interaction devices stop functioning in UEFN islands when a player joins a game in progress.

We are working on a fix and we will let you know when we have an update.

To anyone experiencing the issue where parties are unable to queue into some Creative matchmaking islands if their party size exceeds the island's max player size.
We’ve had some reports of success with the following workaround:
> Go into your Island Settings
> Set Team Size To “Dynamic:
> Go to Team Settings and Inventory Device
> Set the Max Team Size to your desired number
Please note, this is a temporary workaround until a fix is deployed and may cause issues in your game depending on how you’ve built it. We recommend testing your map prior to publishing.

We're aware of an issue where Mutator Zones, Skydive Volumes and Damage Volumes may not work as intended. We are working on a fix, and we will let you know when we have an update.

With the release of v26.00, the warnings you receive when you fail to compile a material will now be considered errors. This means the author of the material will now need to correct the issue(s) before publishing.

Previously, when publishing an island, these materials would silently fail. (On mobile, the materials would show up as a checkerboard pattern. Islands that are already published will continue showing this pattern on mobile, until the materials are fixed.) Going forward, these warnings will not be silent and the island will fail to publish until the materials are corrected.

Players and creators,

We’re aware of an issue where parties are unable to queue into some Creative matchmaking islands if their party size exceeds the island’s max player size. As a workaround, the party leader can load the island alone and then have other players join.

We’re working to resolve the issue and will post an update when we have more information.

Hey all!

In the v26.00 release, we’ve introduced a new “Max Used” bar on the memory thermometer located at the top of your screen in Create mode. Now, no matter where you are on the island when you place a device, the Max Used bar will show the effects of adding that newly placed device. We’ve also added some new weapons, Prefabs, and Galleries!Click the links below for more information:

Read:

26.00 Release Notes

Creator Portal Patch Notes

NOTE: The Release Notes on the documentation site will be available later today. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Hi Creators!

Our documentation team working on UEFN wants to know what snippets of Verse you wish existed on the Epic Developer Community. Feel free to drop requests here so we can take a look!

That looks so great! This really opens up for a ton of possibilities!

I love it so much! This is awesome for so many styles of experiences!

Hey all, we've added another guest to the AMA this week. 🙂 Jon Lauf, Lead Technical Artist will also be joining us. Jon was involved with the new time of day system and lighting in Chapter 4. Get those questions ready and posted!

https://twitter.com/FNCreate/status/1693639211402801428