Skilled Interaction Devices | Fortnite Creative Documentation

Use the Skilled Interaction device to create skill-based interactions as minigames for your players. Alter this device's settings to create good, perfect, or bad zones for players to target, which can trigger individual events attached to other devices.

Interaction Types

You can alter this device's settings to create charge and release, timed, and quick press interactions.

Charge and Release

The following settings were altered to create a skilled interaction where players can press and hold a command to target good and perfect zones that grant success when hit.

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Timed

The following settings were altered to create an interaction where players must hit a set target at the correct time.

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Quick Press

The following settings were altered to create an interaction to target moving zones.

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For help on how to find the Skilled Interaction device, see Using Devices.

If you're using multiple copies of a device on an island, it can be helpful to rename them. You can choose names that relate to each device’s purpose, so it’s easier to remember what each one does.

Contextual Filtering

Some devices are affected by a feature called contextual filtering. This feature hides or displays options depending on the values selected for certain related options. This reduces clutter in the Customize panel and makes options easier to manage and navigate.

However, it may not be easy to recognize which options or values trigger contextual filtering. To help you identify them, in our device docs, we use italic for any values that trigger contextual filtering. All options will be listed, including those affected by contextual filtering; if they are hidden or displayed based on a specific option’s value, there will be a note about that in the Description field for that option.

Device Options

This device has some basic functionality, like setting the text position and orientation. You can also adjust the device's timer and the number of tries shown for players.

You can configure this device with the following options.

Default values are bold. Values that trigger contextual filtering are italic.

Basic Options

Option	Value	Description
Header Text	Enter text	Displays the main text for the interaction.
Description Text	Ener text	Sets the text for the interaction.
Text Position	Top, Bottom, Left, Right	Displays the text position relative to the meter.
Interaction Type	Normal, Charge and Release	Displays the type of interaction for the device. Normal is an automatic animation, which triggers upon button press. Charge and Release animates while holding down the button and triggers upon release.
UI Type	Circular, Pulsing, Bar	Sets the type of user interface to display.
Widget Orientation	Vertical, Horizontal	Determines whether the meter displayshorizontally or vertically.
Movement Speed	50%, Pick or enter a value	Determines how fast the meter moves across the interaction in percent per second.
Good Zone Size	50%, Pick or enter a value	Sets the good zone's size as a percent of the total meter.
Good Zone Position	50%, Pick or enter a value	Sets the position of the good zone.
Position Zone Randomly	On, Off	Determines whether the good zone positions itself randomly.
Perfect Zone Size	25%, Pick or enter a value	Determines the perfect zone's size as a percent of the good zone.
Perfect Zone Position	50%, Pick or enter a value	Determines the position of the perfect zone.
Allowed Team	Any, Pick or enter a team number	Determines which team can activate the device.
Allowed Class	Any, Pick or enter a class number	Determines which class can activate the device.
Invert Team Selection	On, Off	If set to Off, only the selected team can activate the device. If set to On, all teams except the selected team can activate the device.
Invert Class Selection	On, Off	If set to Off, only the selected class can activate the device. If True, all classes except the selected class can activate the device.
Interaction Label	Enter text	Determines the text label shown on the input panel.

All Options (Additional)

Option	Value	Description
Meter Thickness	40, Pick or enter a value	Determines the thickness in pixels for the circular type.
Set Custom Size	On, Off	If set to On, the meter will use the custom width and height.
Meter Custom Width	72, Pick or enter a value	Determines the width of the meter.
Meter Custom Height	72, Pick or enter a value	Determines the height of the meter.
Movement Type	Linear, Pingpong, Wiggle	Determines the different movement patterns for the meter.
Wiggle Time Min	0.5 Seconds, Pick or enter a value	Sets the minimum wiggle time before movement.
Wiggle Time Max	**1.0 Second, Pick or enter a value	Sets the maximum wiggle time before movement.
Perfect Input Behavior	Instant Success, Counts For Two, No Special Behavior	Determines what should happen when a perfect input occurs.
Speed Up on Subsequent Interacts	Off, Pick or enter a value	Determines how much to speed up on subsequent successful interactions. Resets when the device is retriggered.
Shrink Zones on Subsequent Interacts	Off, Pick or enter a value	Determines how much to shrink the zone on subsequent interactions. Resets when the device is retriggered.
Success Target	None, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	Sets how many successful inputs are required for the minigame to complete.
Show Successes	On, Off	Determines whether to display the success counter on screen.
Success Counter Icon	Checkmark, Select an Icon	Determines the icon to use for the Success Target indicator.
Success Counter Color	*White, Pick a color	Determines the color of the Success Target indicator.
Failure Limit	None, 1, 2. 3, 4, 5	Determines how many times a bad input can be provided before failing the minigame.
Show Failures	On, Off	Determines whether to display the fail counter on screen.
Fail Counter Icon	X, Pick an icon	Determines the icon to use for the Fail Limit indicator.
Clear Successes on Fail	On, Off	If set to On, the Interaction Success Count resets on a bad input.
Lock Out on Fail Time	1.0 Seconds, Pick or enter a value	If a bad input is provided, the interact will lock for the amount of time set. Set to 0 to disable this function.
Interact Time Limit	Off, Pick or enter a value	Sets how long the player has to complete the interaction. Taking too long will result in failure.
Show Timer	On, Off	If set to On, the timer will display on the screen.
Timer Position	Top, Bottom	Sets the timer's position.
Timer Color	White, Pick a color	Determines the timer's color.
Timer Size	Normal, Large	Determines the timer's size.
Timer Background Type	None, Transparent, Opaque	Sets the transparency level of the timer's background.
Starts Enabled	On, Off	Determines whether or not the device is enabled automatically.
Custom Widget	Don't Override, Pick a widget	Select a custom widget to use for the interaction.
Screen Anchor	Center, Pick a position	Determines where on the screen the UI will align and anchor to.
Placement Horizontal	0.0, Pick or enter a position	Determines how far away from the anchor the widget will be. Negative numbers will move to the left.
Placement Vertical	0.0, Pick or enter a position	Determines how far away from the anchor the widget will be. Negative numbers will move upwards.
Background Color	Black, Pick a color	Sets the background color.
Background Opacity	80%, Pick or enter an amount	Sets the background opacity as a percentage. If 0%, there will be no background shown.
Background Corners Type	Square, Round	Sets the type of background color to apply.
Meter Color	Blue, Pick a color	Determines the meter's color.
Good Zone Color	Blue, Pick a color	Determines the good zone's color.
Perfect Zone Color	Blue, Pick a color	Determines the color of the perfect zone.
Scrubber Color	White, Pick a color	Determines the color of the meter scrubber.
Hide HUD	On, Off	If set to On, the HUD will be hidden when the interaction is active.
Interact Complete Sound	Pick a sound	Sets the sound that plays when the minigame is completed successfully.
Interact Failure Sound	Pick a sound	Sets the sound that plays when the minigame is completed unsuccessfully.
Interact Interrupted Sound	Pick a sound	Sets the sound that plays when the minigame is interrupted.
Good Input Sound	Pick a sound	Sets the sound that plays when a player hits within the success zone.
Perfect Input Sound	Pick a sound	Sets the sound that plays when a player hits within the perfect zone.
Bad Input Sound	Pick a sound	Sets the sound that plays when a player hits outside the success zone.
Minigame Start Sound	Pick a sound	Sets the sound that plays when the minigame starts.
Minigame Looping Sound	Pick a sound	Sets a looping sound that plays during the interaction.
Looping Audio Pitch Multiplier	1.0, Pick or enter a multiplier	Sets a pitch multiplier for the looping sound. This will increase by the selected amount each time a player gets a successful or perfect interaction. It will reset when the minigame is restarted.

Direct Event Binding

Following are the direct event binding options for this device.

Functions

A function listens for an event on a device and then performs an action.

For any function option, click the option, then Select Device to access and select from the Device dropdown menu.
Once you've selected a device, click Select Event to bind the timer to an event that will trigger the device's function.
If more than one device should be affected by a function, press the Add button and repeat.

Option	Description
Begin Interaction for Instigator	Activates the interaction for the instigating player.
End Interaction for Instigator	Deactivates the interaction for the instigating player.
Enable	Enables the device on triggered.
Disable	Disables the device on triggered.

Events

An event tells another device when to perform a function.

For any event option, click the option, then Select Device to access and select from the Device dropdown menu.
Once you've selected a device, click Select Function to bind the timer to that device's function.
If more than one device is affected by the function, press the Add button and repeat.

Option	Description
On Interact Success Transmit on Event	Sets the event when the interaction is successful.
On Interact Fail Transmit on Event	Sets the event when the interaction is failed, either because of bad inputs or timeout.
On Interact Bad Input Transmit on Event	Sets the event when the player provides abad input.
On Interact Good Input Transmit on Event	Sets the event when the player provides a good input.
On Interact Perfect Input Transmit on Event	Sets the event when the player provides a perfect input.
On Interact Interrupted Transmit on Event	Sets the event when the interaction is interrupted, either due to player elimination, manual deactivation, or disabled.