UEFN Controls for Creative Users | Unreal Editor for Fortnite Documentation

Anything you can do in Fortnite with the Creative toolset (Creative) in terms of island development (adding props) or game mechanics (customizing devices) can be done in Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN).

If you’re accustomed to working with Creative, this document gives you a quick view of how the options in Creative translate to UEFN.

The tables below compare the typical Creative experience with that in UEFN.

Creating Islands

Creating an island in Creative is easy. Workflows for creating an island in UEFN are also easy.

The Creative Game Creation screen is on the left, and the UEFN Project Selection screen is on the right.

Creative Tool	How It Works in Creative	UEFN Tool	How It Works in UEFN
golden rift	Approach the console beside the golden rift. Press E to open the Game Creation screen, where you can create and name a new island.	Create a New Project	Open UEFN and select New Project.
Create New	Select an island from a premade starter or template island.	Select a Project Island	Select the island type or template for your project.

Movement

Creative uses an avatar to move around and construct on the island. Moving in UEFN is comparable to Creative. The main difference is that there is no avatar in UEFN.


Moving in Creative	Moving in UEFN

Creative Tool	How It Works in Creative	UEFN Tool	How It Works in UEFN
fly	Double-tap the space bar to toggle Fly mode on and off.	viewport	The default view is through the viewport camera because there is no avatar to focus on. Right-click and drag to rotate the viewport camera. Dragging upward looks up into the sky, dragging the mouse down looks at the floor.
W, A, S, D keys	Use your keyboard to move your avatar around the island.	W, A, S, D keys	Right-click and use W, A, S, and D to move around the viewport.

If moving around inside the viewport does not match your experience inside Fortnite Creative, you may need to change your viewport settings.

See the User Interface Reference for information on viewport settings.

Object Placement

In Creative, you use the phone tool to access the Quick Menu where you can decide how objects are placed on the island. The Quick Menu has a number of options for how the avatar interacts with the environment and the objects you place on the island.

UEFN does not have a phone tool or Quick Menu. Most of the Quick Menu functionality of Creative is native to how UEFN works because there is no avatar.


Tools in Creative	Tools in UEFN

Creative Tool	How It Works in Creative	How It Works in UEFN
Phase	With phase on, your avatar can move through objects you place on the island in Create mode. This option can be toggled on and off.	The default setting in UEFN allows you to move through objects and around them.
Invulnerable	When set to Everything, your avatar is invulnerable to everything in the island while in Create mode.	While in the editor, the default state allows you to build and edit only. To interact with the environment and test game mechanics you must playtest your island in a Fortnite Creative client.
Flight Speed	Controls how fast your avatar flies around the island.	The default speed for moving around the island is the same as the default setting in Fortnite Creative (3.0X).
Drops	Controls whether objects drop to the ground when placed.	The default state is to place objects on the ground.
Collision	Controls whether objects collide with your avatar when you move around the island.	There is no collision set in the default state of UEFN. As you move through the viewport you move through objects placed in the project.
Collide with Copies	Controls whether objects collide with recently placed copies.	The default behavior is for a new copy to spawn onto the original.
Grid Snap	Grid snap can be toggled on and off, or set to preset incremental values between 1 and 32. In Creative, the smaller the grid snap number, the larger the snap size. Using grid snap 1 places objects in the corner of a grid square and will snap to the corner of the next grid square when moved. Grid snap size 1 is equal to one full tile, or 512 Unreal Units(UU). Setting a grid-snap value to 32 snaps an object to 1/32 of the grid.	Grid Snap can be toggled on and off and has more incremental grid snap options than Creative. UEFN follows the grid snap measurements used in Unreal Engine, so the smaller the grid snap size, the smaller the grid snap, the larger the grid snap size, the larger the grid snap. Using grid snap 512 places objects in the corner of a grid square and will snap to the corner of the next grid square when moved. The grid snap size 512 (512 UUs) in UEFN is equal to 1 centimeter and one side of a grid square.
Building as Prop	When enabled, building pieces are placed as props. When disabled, building pieces support traps and player built structures.	Building pieces are never placed as props. You can set building pieces to props by changing the property option in the Details panel.
Hold Position	Determines how to hold grabbed objects when using the phone tool to place objects on the island.	Objects cannot be grabbed in UEFN. Instead, you move objects around by their pivot points along an axis in the viewport.
Pull to Player	Controls whether objects are pulled to the player or stay at the range they are spawned at.	Objects are dragged into the viewport window from the Content Browser and can be placed anywhere inside the viewport window.

Tools

There are a number of tools at your disposal in the Creative toolset that help you build your island. These tools have counterparts in UEFN that work much like they do in Creative.

The Creative Devices tab is open on the left, and the UEFN Content Browser is open on the right.

Creative Tool	How It Works in Creative	UEFN Tool	How It Works in UEFN
Phone Tool Keybind	While using a controller, this option changes whether you access the Quick Bar with a tap or a hold of the pickaxe button.		There is no Quick Bar option or the equivalent in UEFN. Placement of objects is done from the Content Browser.
Cost Preview	Controls where the Cost Preview is placed in Creative while you’re creating an island.	Project Memory	The default location of Project Memory’s position is top, center in the Viewport window.
Inventory	In Creative you can access the Creative inventory to place props, galleries, prefabs, devices, and more on your island.	Content Browser	The Content Browser contains all the Fortnite Creative assets and some UEFN specific assets that you can modify and place on your island.
Cut / Copy	Use your controller or keyboard to cut and copy objects on your island.	Cut / Copy / Paste	Select the object in the viewport and press the Delete key to cut the object out of the viewport. Press Ctrl+C to copy the object and Ctrl+V to paste a copied object in the viewport.
Delete	Select the object and press the corresponding Delete key or button.	Delete	Select the object in the viewport window and press the Delete key.
Select	Pressing the R key or the equivalent on your controller to select an object or multiple objects on the island.	Select	Click on an object in the viewport window to select it. Click on a series of objects in the Outliner panel to select multiple assets at once.
Compass	At the top of the screen in Creative, there is a compass that tells you what direction the avatar is facing.	Axis	UEFN uses an axis and coordinates to determine where an object is on the island.