{"id":183109,"date":"2023-01-11T00:51:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T00:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fortnite-deploys-urgent-bug-fix-patch-as-fans-despair-at-array-of-issues\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T00:51:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T00:51:07","slug":"fortnite-deploys-urgent-bug-fix-patch-as-fans-despair-at-array-of-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fortnite-deploys-urgent-bug-fix-patch-as-fans-despair-at-array-of-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite deploys urgent bug fix patch as fans despair at array of issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Fortnite has today seen a brief period of downtime, as developer Epic Games rushed out a much-needed maintenance patch to fix a major issue with one of the game&#8217;s most-used items.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Shockwave Hammer, introduced last month alongside the game&#8217;s bumper Chapter 4 revamp, was disabled yesterday in several of Fortnite&#8217;s competitive modes as a glitch which allowed players to repeatedly spam the item became rampant.\n<\/p>\n<p>Players have taken to social media over the past week to brand the game as &#8220;unplayable&#8221; after the glitch&#8217;s use spread &#8211; allowing players to jump around the map non-stop, without the item&#8217;s usual cooldown.\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Digital Foundry examines Fortnite Chapter 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fortnite&#8217;s Chapter 4 update delivered Epic Games&#8217; fancy new Unreal Engine 5.1 visuals to the game, alongside a new Island map and a game-changing augment system.  But fans have criticised the number of issues which have cropped up since launch that have forced Epic to pull items and functionality until a fix is \u200b\u200bfound.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&#8217;ll be undergoing a brief downtime starting at 4 AM ET to deploy a patch addressing several issues including bouncing with the Shockwave Hammer more often than intended.  Downtime is expected to last about one hour. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6aF8BWImky\">pic.twitter.com\/6aF8BWImky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortniteStatus\/status\/1612535308503121920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\" id=\"ot-sdk-btn\">Manage cookie settings<\/button><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alongside issues with the hammer, Fortnite was forced to remove the game&#8217;s new vaulting mechanic which let you automatically hurdle low objects.\n<\/p>\n<p>Epic Games also had to pull the game&#8217;s Deku Smash ability &#8211; a scenary-demolishing anime-style energy attack that formed a major part of the game&#8217;s recent My Hero Academia crossover event.\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.redditmedia.com\/r\/FortNiteBR\/comments\/107bzt2\/i_sure_am_loving_this_new_chapter_of_fortnite\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share&amp;embed=true\" height=\"374\" id=\"reddit-embed\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\" id=\"ot-sdk-btn\">Manage cookie settings<\/button><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fortnite&#8217;s next regularly scheduled content update, v23.20, is expected to arrive next week.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n    function appendFacebookPixels() {\n      if (window.facebookPixelsDone) return;\n      !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n      {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>        fbq('init', '560747571485047');\n        fbq('init', '738979179819818');<\/p>\n<p>      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      window.facebookPixelsDone = true;<\/p>\n<p>      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('BrockmanFacebookPixelsEnabled'));\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    window.addEventListener('BrockmanTargetingCookiesAllowed', appendFacebookPixels);\n  <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fortnite has today seen a brief period of downtime, as developer Epic Games rushed out a much-needed maintenance patch to fix a major issue with one of the game&#8217;s most-used items. 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