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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Epic Games}}
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|People Can Fly|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/11/02/epics-fortnite-still-exists-now-at-bulletstorm-dev/|title=Epic’s Fortnite Still Exists, Now At Bulletstorm Dev - Rock, Paper, Shotgun|date=2017-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/17/17365934/people-can-fly-new-shooter-square-enix-bulletstorm-gears-of-war-judgement|title=Polygon - How did the studio behind Bulletstorm end up making a shooter with Square Enix?|date=2020-06-30|snippet=Since 2015, the team has continued to work closely with Epic Games and has contributed to projects such as Fortnite and Spyjinx.}}</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Lego Software|LEGO® Fortnite|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/introducing-lego-fortnite-rocket-racing-and-fortnite-festival-new-epic-games-launching-this-week-in-fortnite|title=Introducing LEGO® Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival: New Epic Games Launching This Week in Fortnite!|date=2023-12-03}}</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Psyonix|Rocket Racing|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/introducing-lego-fortnite-rocket-racing-and-fortnite-festival-new-epic-games-launching-this-week-in-fortnite|title=Introducing LEGO® Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival: New Epic Games Launching This Week in Fortnite!|date=2023-12-03}}</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Harmonix Music Systems|Fortnite Festival|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/introducing-lego-fortnite-rocket-racing-and-fortnite-festival-new-epic-games-launching-this-week-in-fortnite|title=Introducing LEGO® Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival: New Epic Games Launching This Week in Fortnite!|date=2023-12-03}}</ref>}}
  
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{{Infobox game/row/engine|Unreal Engine 4|2017-2021 / Save the World}}
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Fortnite
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|July 21, 2017|ref=<ref name="ea-over">{{Refurl|url=https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/fortnite-save-the-world-update-state-of-development|title=Epic Games - Fortnite Save the World Update - State of Development|date=2020-06-30}}</ref>}}
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Genre(s) Survival, battle royale
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{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|July 21, 2017|ref=<ref name="ea-over"/>}}
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Developer(s) Epic Games
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|fortnite|81}}
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Platform(s) Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android
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Fortnite is an online video game first released in 2017 and developed by Epic Games. It is available as separate software packages having different game modes that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine. The game modes include Fortnite: Save the World, a cooperative shooter-survival game for up to four players to fight off zombie-like creatures and defend objects with fortifications they can build, Fortnite Battle Royale, a free-to-play battle royale game where up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing, and Fortnite Creative, where players are given complete freedom to create worlds and battle arenas. The first two game modes were released in 2017 as early access titles and Creative was released on December 6, 2018. Save the World is available only for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, while Battle Royale has been released for those platforms in addition for Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android devices.
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | Currency, Cosmetic }}
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While the first two games have been successful for Epic Games, Fortnite Battle Royale became a resounding success, drawing in more than 125 million players in less than a year and earning hundreds of millions of dollars per month, and since has been a cultural phenomenon.
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{{Introduction
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|release history  = It was released in early access on July 21, 2017, before the full release three years later on June 29, 2020.
  
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|current state    = The Chapter 4 Season 1 update added support for [[Engine:Unreal Engine 5|Unreal Engine 5.1]], which brought support for Nanite, Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps and Temporal Super Resolution to the game. As of Chapter 2 Season 4 (August 27, 2020) the game is no longer being developed for macOS.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/free-fortnite-faq|title=Free Fortnite FAQ|date=2023-09-18}}</ref> The last supported version is 13.40.<ref name="SysReqs">{{refurl|url=https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/fortnite-c5719335176219/technical-support-c5719372265755/what-are-the-system-requirements-for-fortnite-on-pc-and-mac-a5720377103003|title=What are the system requirements for Fortnite on PC and Mac?|date=2023-09-18}}</ref>
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1 Game modes
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2 Development
 
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2.1 Fortnite: Save the World
 
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2.2 Fortnite Battle Royale
 
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2.3 Fortnite Creative
 
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3 Reception
 
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3.1 Awards
 
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4 References
 
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5 External links
 
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Game modes
 
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Currently, Fortnite is distributed as three different game modes, using the same engine and has similar graphics, art assets, and game mechanics.
 
  
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Fortnite: Save the World is designed as player-versus-environment game, with four players cooperating towards a common objective on various missions. The game is set after a fluke storm appears across Earth, causing 98% of the population to disappear, and the survivors to be attacked by zombie-like "husks". The players take the role of commanders of home base shelters, collecting resources, saving survivors, and defending equipment that help to either collect data on the storm or to push back the storm. From missions, players are awarded a number of in-game items, which include hero characters, weapon and trap schematics, and survivors, all of which can be leveled up through gained experience to improve their attributes.
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'''General information'''
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Fortnite Battle Royale is a player-versus-player battle royale game for up to 100 players, allowing one to play alone, in a duo, or in a squad (usually consisting of three or four players). Weaponless players airdrop from a "Battle Bus" that crosses the game's map. When they land, they must scavenge for weapons, items, and resources while trying to stay alive and attack other players, eliminating them. Over the course of a round, the safe area of the map shrinks down in size due to an incoming storm; players outside that safe area take damage and can be eliminated if they fail to quickly evacuate. This forces remaining players into tighter spaces and encourages player encounters. The last player, duo, or squad remaining is the winner.
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{{mm}} [https://fortnitehelp.epicgames.com/ Official support]
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Fortnite Creative is a sandbox game mode where players are given complete freedom to create anything they want on an island, such as battle arenas, race courses, platforming challenges and more. Epic Games plans to review some of the most popular creations from Creative and rotate these into the Battle Royale map in an area called "The Block".[1]
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{{mm}} [https://discordapp.com/invite/fortnite Official Discord server]
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In the first two modes, players can use a pickaxe to knock down existing structures on the map to collect basic resources that are wood, brick, and metal. Subsequently, in all modes, the player can use these materials to build fortifications with, such as walls, floors, and stairs. Such fortification pieces can be edited to add things like windows or doors. The materials used have different durability properties and can be updated to stronger variants using more materials of the same type. Within Save the World this enables players to create defensive fortifications around an objective or trap-filled tunnels to lure husks through. In Battle Royale, this provides the means to quickly traverse the map, protect oneself from enemy fire, or to delay an advancing foe. Players are encouraged to be very creative in designing their fortifications in Creative.
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{{mm}} [https://gamohol.com/en/category/games/fortnite/ Fortnite News on Gamohol]
  
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All game modes are set to be free-to-play titles, though, as of 2018, Save the World is in early access and requires purchase to play. The first two games are monetized through the use of V-Bucks, in-game currency that can be purchased with real-world funds, but also earned through completing missions and other achievements in Save the World. V-Bucks in Save the World can be used to buy pinatas shaped like llamas to gain a random selection of items. In "Battle Royale", V-Bucks can be used to buy cosmetic items like character models or the like, or can also be used to purchase the game's Battle Pass, a tiered progression of customization rewards for gaining experience and completing certain objectives during the course of a "Battle Royale" season.[2][3]
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==Availability==
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{{Availability/row| official | https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/save-the-world | Epic Games Store, Online | | | Windows }}
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{{ii}} All versions require {{DRM|Epic Games Launcher}} and {{DRM|offline=no}}.
  
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Development
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===Version differences===
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Fortnite: Save the World
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====Fortnite Battle Royale====
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Main article: Fortnite: Save the World § Development
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{{ii}} The popular free-to-play 100-player PvP mode of the game.
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Fortnite began from an internal game jam at Epic Games following the publishing of Gears of War 3 around 2011. Though it was not initially one of the developed titles during the jam, the concept of merging the construction game genre, representing games like Minecraft and Terraria, and shooter games arose, leading to the foundation of Fortnite.[4][5] Development of Fortnite slowed due to several issues, including switching from the Unreal Engine 3 to Unreal Engine 4, a deeper role-playing game approach to extend the life of the game, and a switch of art style from a dark theme to a more cartoonish style. Further, Epic was looking to get into the games as a service model, and brought in Chinese publisher Tencent to help; Tencent took a large stake in Epic as part of this, leading to the departure of several executives, including Cliff Bleszinski, who had been a key part of Fortnite's development. Fortnite's approach was changed to be Epic's testbed for games as a service, and further slowed the development.[6][5][7]
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{{mm}} This mode was originally in paid Early Access for two weeks before it was released as a free-to-play mode on September 26, 2017.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/announcing-fortnite-battle-royale?sessionInvalidated=true|title=Epic Game's Fortnite - Announcing Fortnite Battle Royale|date=2018-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/fortnite-battle-royale-goes-free|title=Epic Game's Fortnite - Fortnite Battle Royale goes free for everyone on Sept. 26|date=2018-07-15}}</ref>
  
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Ultimately, Epic was able to prepare to release Fortnite as a paid early access title in July 2017, with plans to release it as free-to-play sometime in 2019 while gaining feedback from players to improve the game.[8][9][10][11] With the release of Fortnite Battle Royale, the player-versus-environment mode was distinguished as "Save the World".
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====Fortnite Save The World / Standard Edition====
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{{ii}} The original mode of the game; a PvE co-op campaign that was released to Early Access on July 25, 2017 and remained as such up until June 30, 2020.<ref name="ea-over"/> While Epic originally mentioned that the intention was to make the mode free-to-play when was released,<ref>{{Refsnip|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/913962/Fortnite-UPDATE-Save-The-World-free-release-date-2018-PS4-Xbox-One|title=Fortnite UPDATE - When is Save The World free? Epic Games gives PS4, Xbox One latest|date=2018-07-14|snippet=We’re still looking at a 2018 free release for ‘Save the World.’ Epic tried to be really generous with the content in Early Access packs, and there have been events and items that exclusive to this Early Access period already!}}</ref> during the 2020 release announcement they stated that the mode would remain a premium experience rather than going free-to-play.<ref name="ea-over"/>
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{{ii}} The '''Standard Edition''' includes the PvE co-op campaign, 7 pinata packs, and 4 in-game icons.
  
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Fortnite Battle Royale
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====Deluxe Edition====
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{{ii}} Includes everything the [[#Fortnite Save The World / Standard Edition|Standard Edition]] includes, along with the Starter Hero Pack and additional in-game items, consumables, and cosmetics; some of which are exclusive.
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Near the same time that Epic released Fortnite into early access, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds had become a worldwide phenomenon, having sold over 5 million copies three months from its March 2017 release, and drawing strong interest in the battle royale genre. Epic recognized that with the Fortnite base game, they could also do a battle royale mode, and rapidly developed their own version atop Fortnite in about two months.[12] By September 2017, Epic was ready to release this as a second mode from "Save the World" in the paid-for earlier access, but then later decided to release it as a free game, Fortnite Battle Royale, supported with microtransactions. This version quickly gained players, with over 10 million players during its first two weeks of release, and leading Epic to create separate teams to continue the Fortnite Battle Royale development apart from the "Save the World" mode, outside of common engine elements and art assets.[13][14] This allowed Fortnite Battle Royale to expand to other platforms otherwise not supported by the "Save the World" mode, including iOS and Android mobile devices and the Nintendo Switch.[15][16]
 
  
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Fortnite Creative
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==Monetization==
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A creative mode launched on December 6, 2018, coincident with the start of Season 7 of Fortnite Battle Royale. Here, each player has access to a private, persistent island which they construct buildings and add and manipulate objects as desired. Players are able to invite friends to this island, and participate in unofficial games such as race tracks or jumping courses.[17] Currently, only players who bought the Battle Pass can get their own private island, but players who didn't purchase it would get this game mode for free on December 13.
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|sponsored          = Nike clothes are featured in the game.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.polygon.com/fortnite/2019/5/22/18634329/fortnite-jumpman-air-jordan-skins-hang-time-nike|title=Air Jordans come to Fortnite in Nike partnership|date=2021-04-10}}</ref>
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Reception
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==Essential improvements==
  
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The Fortnite Pro-Am event at E3 2018
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==Game data==
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See also: Fortnite: Save the World § Reception, and Fortnite Battle Royale § Reception
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===Configuration file(s) location===
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With all modes of Fortnite still considered to be early access, journalists have yet to provide comprehensive reviews of any mode.
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{{Game data|
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The Save the World mode achieved over one million players by August 2017, just prior to the release of Battle Royale.[18]
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===Save game data location===
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Fortnite Battle Royale, on the other hand, became a significant financial success for Epic Games, leading them to separate the teams between Save the World and Battle Royale to provide better support for both modes. Within two weeks of release, over 10 million players had played the mode,[19] and by June 2018, just after the Nintendo Switch release, had reached 125 million players.[20] Revenue from Fortnite Battle Royale during the first half of 2018 had been estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars per month.[21][22]
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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
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Fortnite Battle Royale has also become a cultural online phenomenon, with several celebrities reporting they play the game, and athletes using Fortnite emotes as victory celebrations.[23] A notable streaming event in March 2018, with streamer Ninja playing Fortnite Battle Royale alongside Drake, Travis Scott, Kim DotCom, and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, broke viewership records for Twitch to date, and led to Epic arranging a Fortnite Battle Royale pro–am with 50 pairs of streamers and professional players matched with celebrities at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018 in June 2018.[24][25][26] Epic Games is working to develop organized eSports competitions around Fortnite Battle Royale, including a Fortnite World Cup tournament in 2019.[27]
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==Video==
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{{Image|Fortnite advanced video options.png|Video options}}
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{{Video
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|ray tracing notes          = Ray traced reflections, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination.<ref name="rtx">{{Refurl|url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-au/geforce/news/fortnite-rtx-on-ray-tracing-nvidia-dlss-reflex/|title=Nvidia - Fortnite is Now RTX ON! World’s Most Popular Battle Royale Adds Ray Tracing, DLSS and Reflex|date=2020-11-28}}</ref><br> '''Nanite Virtualized Geometry''' must be enabled for RT. '''Global Illumination''' and '''Reflections''' must be set to "Lumen High" or "Lumen Epic".<br> '''Lumen Global Illumination''' and '''Lumen Reflections''' can be accelerated in hardware when '''Hardware Ray Tracing''' is enabled, otherwise software ray tracing will be utilized.<ref name="UE5.1update">{{Refurl|url=https://www.fortnite.com/news/drop-into-the-next-generation-of-fortnite-battle-royale-powered-by-unreal-engine-5-1|title=Drop into the Next Generation of Fortnite Battle Royale, Powered by Unreal Engine 5.1|date=2023-09-15}}</ref>
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There has also been growing concern over Fortnite Battle Royale's draw toward young children, emphasized with the release of the mobile client. Parents and teachers had expressed concern that students are being distracted and drawn away from school work due to playing Fortnite.[28] Concerns have also been raised about the impact that playing a game involving repeated depictions of gun violence may have on young children.[29][30]
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The game was nominated for "Best Co-op Game" by PC Gamer,[31] and for "Best Spectator Game" by IGN.[32] In 2018, the game won the award for Best Ongoing Game by PC Gamer[33] and IGN,[34] the latter of which nominated it for "Best Nintendo Switch Game", "Best Mobile Game", and "Best Action Game".[35][36][37]
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{{ii}} DX12 Shaders and Pre-download Streamed Assets are available to download from options, however the stutter will still persist through out the game.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Faust8|date=2024-02-05|comment=Checked with RTSS by clicking on every battlepass item which resulted in stutter.}}</ref>
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|linux arm app          = unknown
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|linux executable notes =
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}}
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===Middleware===
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{{Middleware
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|physics          =
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|physics notes    =
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|audio            = Resonance Audio
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|audio notes      = Vivox for voice chat
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|interface        =
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|interface notes  =
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|input            =
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|input notes      =
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|cutscenes        =
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|cutscenes notes  =
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|multiplayer      = Epic Online Services
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|multiplayer notes=
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|anticheat        = BattlEye, Easy Anti-Cheat
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|anticheat notes  = Fortnite uses both of them (not simultaneously).<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.easy.ac/en-us/partners/|title=Easy Anti-Cheat|date=May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/al8mo5/so_is_fortnite_using_easyanticheat_or_battleeye/efbsjts/|title=Beneva_ comments on So is Fortnite using EasyAntiCheat or BattleEye now?|date=2022-03-15|snippet=Some players will be run through Easy Anti Cheat and some will be run through BattlEye.}}</ref>
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}}
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==System requirements==
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{{System requirements
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|OSfamily = Windows
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|minOS    = 10
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|minCPU  = Intel Core i3-3225 3.3 GHz
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|minRAM  = 8 GB
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|minHD    =
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|minGPU  = Intel HD Graphics 4000
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|minGPU2  = AMD Radeon Vega 8
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|minDX    = 11
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|recOS    = 11
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|recCPU  = Intel Core i5-7300U 2.6 GHz
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|recCPU2 =  AMD Ryzen 3 3300U 2.1 GHz
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|recRAM  = 16 GB
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|recHD    = NVMe SSD
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|recGPU  = Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
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|recGPU2  = AMD Radeon R9 280
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|recVRAM  = 2 GB
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|recDX    =
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|notes    = {{ii}} '''Nanite Virtualized Geometry''' setting requires an Nvidia GeForce Maxwell generation or an AMD Radeon GCN 1 generation video card. GeForce RTX 2080 or Radeon RX 5700 are recommended.<ref name="UE5.1update"/> {{ii}} For '''Epic''' quality presets the recommendations are Intel Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, and an NVMe SSD.<ref name="SysReqs"/> {{ii}} Starting with Chapter 4 Season 2 (March 10, 2023) the game requires Windows 10 or higher. Support for Windows 7 and 8 has been retired.<ref>{{refurl|url=https://www.fortnite.com/news/whats-new-in-fortnite-battle-royale-chapter-4-season-2-mega|title=Legacy operating system support changes|date=2023-09-15}}</ref>
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}}
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{{System requirements
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|OSfamily = OS X
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|minOS    = 10.14.6 (Mojave)
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|minCPU  = Intel Core i3-3225 3.3 GHz
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|minRAM  = 8 GB
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|minHD    =
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|minGPU  = Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
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|minGPU2  = Metal compatible
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 +
|recOS    =
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|recCPU  = Intel Core i5-7300U 2.6 GHz
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|recRAM  = 16 GB
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|recHD    = NVMe SSD
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|recGPU  = AMD Radeon R9 280
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|recVRAM  = 2 GB
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}}
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{{References}}

Latest revision as of 02:47, 24 April 2024

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Fortnite
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Developers
Epic Games
People Can Fly[1][2]
LEGO® Fortnite Lego Software[3]
Rocket Racing Psyonix[4]
Fortnite Festival Harmonix Music Systems[5]
Publishers
Epic Games
Engines
Unreal Engine 5[Note 1]
2017-2021 / Save the World Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows July 21, 2017[6]
macOS (OS X) July 21, 2017[6]
Reception
Metacritic 81
OpenCritic 84
IGDB 83
Taxonomy
Monetization Sponsored, Subscription[7]
Microtransactions Currency, Cosmetic
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Battle royale, TPS
Art styles Stylized
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Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Fortnite is a multiplayer battle royale and TPS game primary developed and published by Epic Games

It was released in early access on July 21, 2017, before the full release three years later on June 29, 2020.

The Chapter 4 Season 1 update added support for Unreal Engine 5.1, which brought support for Nanite, Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps and Temporal Super Resolution to the game. As of Chapter 2 Season 4 (August 27, 2020) the game is no longer being developed for macOS.[8] The last supported version is 13.40.[9]

General information

Official support
Official Discord server
Fortnite News on Gamohol

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Epic Games Launcher
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
Official website
Epic Games Launcher
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
Epic Games Store
Epic Games Launcher
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
All versions require Epic Games Launcher DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Version differences

Fortnite Battle Royale

The popular free-to-play 100-player PvP mode of the game.
This mode was originally in paid Early Access for two weeks before it was released as a free-to-play mode on September 26, 2017.[10][11]

Fortnite Save The World / Standard Edition

The original mode of the game; a PvE co-op campaign that was released to Early Access on July 25, 2017 and remained as such up until June 30, 2020.[6] While Epic originally mentioned that the intention was to make the mode free-to-play when was released,[12] during the 2020 release announcement they stated that the mode would remain a premium experience rather than going free-to-play.[6]
The Standard Edition includes the PvE co-op campaign, 7 pinata packs, and 4 in-game icons.

Deluxe Edition

Includes everything the Standard Edition includes, along with the Starter Hero Pack and additional in-game items, consumables, and cosmetics; some of which are exclusive.

Monetization

Type Notes
Sponsored Nike clothes are featured in the game.[13]

Essential improvements

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\FortniteGame\Saved\Config\WindowsClient
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\FortniteGame\Saved\SaveGames\
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher

Video

Video options
Video options

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
FOV Settings added in 28.10 Update via Settings Game
FOV Minimum: 60-75
FOV Maximum: 85-105
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA, TAA, TSR
High-fidelity upscaling
TSR, DLSS 2.2
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Specific frame rate limit can be selected, or set to unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Ray traced reflections, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination.[14]
Nanite Virtualized Geometry must be enabled for RT. Global Illumination and Reflections must be set to "Lumen High" or "Lumen Epic".
Lumen Global Illumination and Lumen Reflections can be accelerated in hardware when Hardware Ray Tracing is enabled, otherwise software ray tracing will be utilized.[15]
Color blind mode
Deuteranopia, protanopia, and tritanopia.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

  • Game UI options

  • Game options

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Disabled by default.[16]
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Under 'Game' settings, below 'Extra Game Options' called 'Invert View' and 'Invert Airborne Controls'.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Choose between four presets: Combat Pro, Builder Pro, Old School, Quick Builder, or custom mappings.[17]
Controller sensitivity
Adjustable for both Combat & Building
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
DualShock 4, DualSense, DualSense Edge
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Use Aurora
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)
Only DualSense and DualSense Edge can be supported wirelessly.
Generic/other controllers
Xbox versions of RIFFMASTER Wireless Guitar, RockBand 4 Rivals Wireless Fender Jaguar Guitar and RockBand 4 Wireless Fender Stratocaster Guitar are compatible in Fortnite Festival mode.[18]
Button prompts
Input settings icon - Generic Controller.svg		 Game features an option to change the displayed prompts. Colored button prompts are limited to guitar controllers in Fortnite Festival mode.[18][19]
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Button prompts flicker between KB/M and controller

  • Mouse and keyboard options

  • Controller options

  • Touch and motion options

  • Default key bindings

Audio

Audio options
Audio options
Subtitles options
Subtitles options

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Automatically configured. Confirmed up to 7.1 output.[20]
Subtitles
Appearance can be customized.
Closed captions
Enabled alongside subtitles.
Mute on focus lost
Can be set to on, off or notifications only.
EAX support
3D Headphones HRTF in options.[21] (Resonance Audio.)[22]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
100 Versus, Co-op
Battle Royale: 100-players PvP mode.
Save The World: 4-players PvE co-op campaign.
Creative: Up to 50 players.
LEGO Fortnite: up to 8-players PvE mode.
Rocket Racing : 12-players.
Fortnite Festival : 4-players each band.
'Supports crossplay with Nintendo Switch, Xbox One & Series S & X, PS4,PS5 and Android.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

Shader compilation stutter

DX12 Shaders and Pre-download Streamed Assets are available to download from options, however the stutter will still persist through out the game.[23]
The game suffers from severe shader compilation related stutters during gameplay, this occurs whenever a new effect is displayed and thus whenever a new shader has to be compiled.[24][25]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 Support for DirectX 9 and 10 was removed in patch v10.00.[26]
Beta support for DirectX 12 was added in patch v11.20.[27] DirectX 12 became default renderer on higher-end hardware as of the Chapter 4 Season 1 update. DirectX 11 does not support Lumen and Nanite.[15]
Metal support
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Resonance Audio Vivox for voice chat
Multiplayer Epic Online Services
Anti-cheat BattlEye, Easy Anti-Cheat Fortnite uses both of them (not simultaneously).[28][29]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10 11
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-3225 3.3 GHz Intel Core i5-7300U 2.6 GHz
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U 2.1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB 16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) NVMe SSD
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics 4000
AMD Radeon Vega 8
DirectX 11 compatible 		Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon R9 280
2 GB of VRAM
Nanite Virtualized Geometry setting requires an Nvidia GeForce Maxwell generation or an AMD Radeon GCN 1 generation video card. GeForce RTX 2080 or Radeon RX 5700 are recommended.[15]
For Epic quality presets the recommendations are Intel Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, and an NVMe SSD.[9]
Starting with Chapter 4 Season 2 (March 10, 2023) the game requires Windows 10 or higher. Support for Windows 7 and 8 has been retired.[30]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.14.6 (Mojave)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-3225 3.3 GHz Intel Core i5-7300U 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB 16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) NVMe SSD
Video card (GPU) Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
Metal compatible 		AMD Radeon R9 280
2 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. ↑ Unreal Engine 5 engine build: 5.4 (As Chapter 4 Season OG)

References

  1. ↑ Epic’s Fortnite Still Exists, Now At Bulletstorm Dev - Rock, Paper, Shotgun - last accessed on 2017-11-30
  2. ↑ Polygon - How did the studio behind Bulletstorm end up making a shooter with Square Enix? - last accessed on 2020-06-30
    "Since 2015, the team has continued to work closely with Epic Games and has contributed to projects such as Fortnite and Spyjinx."
  3. ↑ Introducing LEGO® Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival: New Epic Games Launching This Week in Fortnite! - last accessed on 2023-12-03
  4. ↑ Introducing LEGO® Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival: New Epic Games Launching This Week in Fortnite! - last accessed on 2023-12-03
  5. ↑ Introducing LEGO® Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival: New Epic Games Launching This Week in Fortnite! - last accessed on 2023-12-03
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Epic Games - Fortnite Save the World Update - State of Development - last accessed on 2020-06-30
  7. ↑ [1] - last accessed on 2020-12-19
  8. ↑ Free Fortnite FAQ - last accessed on 2023-09-18
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 What are the system requirements for Fortnite on PC and Mac? - last accessed on 2023-09-18
  10. ↑ Epic Game's Fortnite - Announcing Fortnite Battle Royale - last accessed on 2018-07-15
  11. ↑ Epic Game's Fortnite - Fortnite Battle Royale goes free for everyone on Sept. 26 - last accessed on 2018-07-15
  12. ↑ Fortnite UPDATE - When is Save The World free? Epic Games gives PS4, Xbox One latest - last accessed on 2018-07-14
    "We’re still looking at a 2018 free release for ‘Save the World.’ Epic tried to be really generous with the content in Early Access packs, and there have been events and items that exclusive to this Early Access period already!"
  13. ↑ Air Jordans come to Fortnite in Nike partnership - last accessed on 2021-04-10
  14. ↑ Nvidia - Fortnite is Now RTX ON! World’s Most Popular Battle Royale Adds Ray Tracing, DLSS and Reflex - last accessed on 2020-11-28
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Drop into the Next Generation of Fortnite Battle Royale, Powered by Unreal Engine 5.1 - last accessed on 2023-09-15
  16. ↑ Reddit - /r/FortNiteBR/ - Is mouse acceleration actually on in FNBR? - MichaelNoland's comment - last accessed on 2017-12-16
    "There is no mouse acceleration or smoothing in FNBR."
  17. ↑ Epic Games - v6-00 Patch adds Custom Controller Bindings - last accessed on 2017-8-27
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 FORTNITE FESTIVAL SEASON 3 FEATURES BILLIE EILISH! - last accessed on 2024-4-24
  19. ↑ Bust A Move - Young MC Expert Pro Bass FC (Fortnite Festival) HD Gameplay (PC) - Youtube - last accessed on 2024-4-24
  20. ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023
  21. ↑ Fortnite Dev Update - 3D Audio - last accessed on May 2023
  22. ↑ Cannot save settings due to: Easy Anti-Cheat: Untrusted system file ... vraudio dll - last accessed on May 2023
  23. ↑ Verified by User:Faust8 on 2024-02-05
    Checked with RTSS by clicking on every battlepass item which resulted in stutter.
  24. ↑ Stutter in Reddit search - last accessed on 2024-02-05
  25. ↑ Verified by User:Faust8 on 2024-02-05
    Stutter while waiting on island for the match to begin and when moving around the map.
  26. ↑ - GRAPHICS CARD SUPPORT CHANGING FOR PC [missing title] - last accessed on 2019-08-10
  27. ↑ Microsoft DirectX 12 coming to Fortnite - last accessed on 2019-11-18
  28. ↑ Easy Anti-Cheat - last accessed on May 2023
  29. ↑ Beneva_ comments on So is Fortnite using EasyAntiCheat or BattleEye now? - last accessed on 2022-03-15
    "Some players will be run through Easy Anti Cheat and some will be run through BattlEye."
  30. ↑ Legacy operating system support changes - last accessed on 2023-09-15