Fortnite Update 2.48 (v11.30) Now Up, Here’s What Got Fixed

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Epic Games has released yet another new Fortnite update today, and it touches on stuff from Battle Royale, Creative, and Save the World. Called the Fortnite patch v11.30, console players will see this as Fortnite update 2.48. It’s at 3GB on PS4, and again there are no official patch notes other than what’s been shared by Epic via its community board.

Fortnite update 2.48 changes:

General:

Description
A player’s Safe Zone setting on Xbox One may return to 1.00 each time they log in on the platform.

Discussion Thread
Internal

Platforms
Xbox One

Battle Royale:

Magma Wrap looks different than intended on the Bandage Bazooka and Pistol.

Description
The Magma Wrap looks different than intended on the Bandage Bazooka and Pistol.

Discussion Thread
Internal

Platforms
All

Work Around
None

Some Twin Turntables items appearing grainy and pixelated.

Description
Some items from the Twin Turntables set may appear grainy and pixelated.

Discussion Thread
Reddit thread

Platforms
All

Work Around
None

Bandolette Outfit may appear to have two hairstyles merged together.

Description
The Bandolette Outfit may appear to have two hairstyles merged together.

Discussion Thread
Reddit thread

Platforms
All

Work Around
None

Some trees and metal fences in Arena not granting the correct material increase.

Description
Some trees and metal fences in Arena only grant a slight material increase instead of the mode’s correct material increase.

Discussion Thread
Reddit discussion

Platforms
All

Work Around
None

Creative:

Empty chests can be spawned in Creative Mode with invisible collision

Description
Empty chests can be spawned in Creative Mode with invisible collision

Platforms
All

**Discussion
Internal

Workaround
After leaving creative mode and returning to the Island, the chests become visible and can be deleted

Unable to interact with Beacon Rift after landing on a player island

Description
Player is unable to interact with Beacon Rift after landing on a player island.

Platforms
All

Discussion
Internal

Workaround
If the player jumps or goes into fly mode, this should fix the issue

Quickbar: Some translucent props and devices do not generate proper icons

Description
– Certain translucent props (eg. Holoscreens) and devices (eg. Ball Spawner) do not generate the proper icons.

Discussion Thread
Internal

Platforms
All

Work Around
See description above for workarounds

Most trucks from the ‘Neo Tilted Car Gallery’ are the same shade of blue

Description
The majority of the trucks and cabs in the ‘Neo Tilted Car Gallery’ are exact same color and appear to be the same asset.

Platforms
All

Discussion
Reddit
Reddit

Workaround
None at this time

Billboards show default texture after pasting them and immediately closing the phone tool

Description
Players will encounter billboards with default texture shown if they close the phone tool immediately after pasting the billboard. When players copy and paste the billboard, they can also see a brief flicker of the default texture as well.

Platforms
All

Discussion
Reddit

Workaround
Player should avoid closing the phone tool and switching to the pickaxe right after pasting a billboard.

Save the World:

In-Zone Private Parties can not be joined by invitation.

Description
In progress missions cannot be joined by invitation if party settings are set to Friends Only or Private.

Discussion Thread

Platform
All

Workaround
Create full party before entering a zone.

Mobile:

Social menu Friends List auto-scrolling to the top on mobile devices.

Description
We’re aware of an issue involving the Social menu Friends List on mobile devices auto-scrolling to the top when players try to scroll down.

Discussion Thread
Internal

Platform
Mobile

Workaround
Touch the small white scrolling bar to go down the menu.

Mobile Tutorial playlist.  (The Tutorial playlist on mobile devices will be re-enabled shortly.)

Description
We’re aware of players not being able to access the Tutorial playlist on mobile devices.

UPDATE:

The Tutorial playlist on mobile devices will be re-enabled shortly.

Discussion Thread
Internal

Platforms
iOS, Android

Work Around
None Known

Quick Bar inadvertently defaulted off on mobile devices.

Description
We’re aware of an issue involving players’ Quick Bar being inadvertently defaulted off on mobile devices.

Discussion Thread
https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteMobile/comments/e2b7zv/epic_explain_where_are_my_weapon_slots/

Platforms
iOS, Android

Work Around
https://twitter.com/FNMNews/status/1199834546310701059?s=20

Both the “Spectate” and “Return to Lobby” options display “B” button on Nintendo Switch.

Description
In the menu after a match on Nintendo Switch, both the “Spectate” and “Return to Lobby” options display the “B” button.

Discussion Thread
Internal

Platforms
Nintendo Switch

Work Around
None

FPS drops and hitching on Mobile.

Description
Players may experience FPS drops and hitching. Lower to mid-end devices are more affected, but this issue has been noticed on all devices.

UPDATE:
While we have made improvements in patch v11.20, we are continuing to look into reports of hitching and FPS drops for all mobile devices.

UPDATE 2:

In patch v11.21, we have further addressed reports of hitching and FPS drops on mobile devices. We plan to include more improvements in our next release.

UPDATE 3:

We’ve continued to address this issue with v11.30, but we plan for more significant improvements to come in our subsequent releases.

Discussion Thread
Internal

Platform
All

Work Around
None.

As you can see, Epic has continued to refrain from posting traditional patch notes in favor of what we see above. Hopefully, this will be enough for players.

Source: Fortnite Trello

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