'Fortnite' Rushes Hotfix for Major Crashing Issues, Live Now

Fortnite Season 6 received a nice little update earlier this week that came bearing a new Chiller [...]

By Liana 'LiLi' Ruppert

Fortnite Season 6 received a nice little update earlier this week that came bearing a new Chiller Trap and some interesting changes to Playground Mode. Unfortunately, it didn't launch without a hitch but luckily the team over at Epic Games managed to rush a significant hot fix out to save it.

"We've pushed our v6.01.1 update live containing fixes for a major crash and general stability. Drop in and put the enemy on ice," said the team over on their official Twitter.

This hotfix comes after many players were reporting issues with the Playground Mode options functioning correctly, issues with the in-game party systems, and a few other oddities that made the overall gameplay experience less enjoyable. Fortunately, it seems that most of the issues have been resolved successfully and players can get back into the action!

Interested in what's new? Check out a small portion of the patch notes below:

  • Added more options to Playground. Allowing you to change settings such as starting health, time of day, gravity, and more!

This comes after the inclusion of the new Chiller trap, which is way better than giving an enemy player the cold shoulder:

"Don't get cold feet! Freeze your foes and slide around for a quick getaway," boasts Epic Games alongside how the new item will actually work:

  • Chiller added.
    • Common Trap.
    • Can be placed on floors, walls, or ceilings.
    • Drops in stacks of 3 in Treasure Chests, Supply Drops, Vending Machines, Supply Llamas, and floor loot.
    • Applies icy feet to friends or foes, causing them to slide around with low friction.

The latest patch also included a few key bug fixes and game tweaks, all of which you can see below:

  • Made improvements to the motion controls for the Switch to make it feel more accurate and responsive.

Bug Fixes

  • Pets are now hidden along with your character when the camera is too close to you.
  • Toys now respect the streamer mode setting for player names in minigame messages.
  • Slightly increased the hitbox size on the Fancy Tomato to match its visual size.
  • The following adjustments have been made to Glider audio tells:
    • Muffled the audio if there isn't a clear line of sight between you other gliding players.
  • Fixed an issue where incorrect audio would play when a teammate was eliminated.
  • Added star ratings to the UI elements of all trap items.

Even mobile saw a little work:

  • Fixed an issue where players occasionally couldn't interact with items.

Fortnite is now available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS, and select Android players.

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