Fortnite has been instructed to disable hurdling again as a result of bug that's resulting in the mechanic to fling players to their death.
Epic Games originally disabled hurdling last month, after reports the brand new mechanic was causing players to teleport across the map. It was reinstated earlier this week.
However it's already been disabled from the game once more, as a result of bug that turns the gentle leap right into a gravity-defying toss that often leads to death.
One Reddit user claims the glitch sent them hurdling for 18 minutes while another clip sees a player transported over the map, then killed.
“Due to issues, we've temporarily disabled Hurdling,” announced Epic Games. “Players continue to be able to Mantle over taller obstacles. Fixes are coming soon and we’ll offer an update when the issues are resolved.
However, some players are sharing difficulties with the mechanic itself. “I’d rather they ensure that it stays out until they add a choice to disable it, or at least hold another button to activate it,” said one Reddit user. “99 per cent of times, I’d rather just normal jump over [something]. To often [hurdling] sends me where I don’t want to go and i’m not really talking about the teleporting.”
“I found it a completely pointless addition that actively made movements worse, bugged or not,” added another.
It comes as Fortnite faces a troubled launch of season 4, after season 3 ended early recently. The 2009 week, the entire game was removed for unscheduled maintenance carrying out a number of bugs, including one which saw the shockwave hammer skip its cooldown period entirely.
Last month, it had been announced that Epic Games will need to spend the money for Ftc (FTC) over half a billion dollars, following allegations that the Fortnite developer violated the kids Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and utilised “dark practices” to trick users into spending cash.
