Using Prop Mover Devices in Fortnite Creative | Fortnite Documentation

The Prop Mover device can translate or rotate props on your island, including buildings and terrain. When paired with other devices, you can:

Create moving platforms or obstacles for shooting galleries, platformers, skillrun games, and adventure games.
Mimic special effects like levitation or telekinesis.
Use a Button, Conditional Button, or Switch device to control the Prop Mover.

The Prop Mover is available in both Fortnite Creative and Unreal Editor for Fortnite. If you’re new to using devices, you can learn how to find and place a Prop Mover in Getting Started with Devices.

Looking for more inspiration? Take a look at these tutorials to get started:

If you're using multiple copies of a device on an island, you can rename them for organization. Choosing names that relate to a device's purpose helps you to remember what each one does, and makes it easier to find a specific device when using the Event Browser.

Device Options

This section details the Prop Mover device options in Creative and user options in UEFN. You can access this device’s options in the following ways:

In Creative, approach the Prop Mover and press E to open the Customize panel.
In UEFN, select the Prop Mover in your viewport or in the Outliner and navigate to the Details panel.

While multiple Prop Movers can be assigned to the same prop, keep in mind the following limitations:

Only one Prop Mover can be active at a time.
The Prop Mover activated last takes precedence. For example, if Prop Mover A starts, and then Prop Mover B starts, Prop Mover A will stop and Prop Mover B will continue.
The active Prop Mover can either rotate or translate, but not both at once.

The following options control how the Prop Mover moves a prop, and are available in both Creative and UEFN. Default values are indicated in bold and values that trigger contextual filtering are italic:

Option	Value	Description
Movement Mode	Translation, Rotation	Determines what type of movement the device uses. When Rotation is selected, new rotation options become available: Rotation Direction Rotation Axis Rotation Angle Rotation Pivot Point Rotation Complete
Rotation Direction	Clockwise, Counterclockwise	In Creative, this option only displays when the Movement Mode option is set to Rotation. Determines in which direction the device rotates the prop.
Rotation Axis	Roll, Pitch, Yaw	In Creative, this option only displays when the Movement Mode option is set to Rotation. Determines which axis the prop rotates around.
Rotation Angle	360, Pick or enter an angle	In Creative, this option only displays when the Movement Mode option is set to Rotation. Determines the angle, in degrees, the prop will rotate to if unstopped or uninterrupted.
Rotation Duration	10 seconds, Pick or enter an amount	In Creative, this option only displays when the Movement Mode option is set to Rotation. Determines how much time it takes for the prop to complete its rotation.
Rotation Pivot Point	Object Pivot, Object Center, Prop Mover Position	In Creative, this option only displays when the Movement Mode option is set to Rotation. Determines the pivot point around which the prop rotates. Object Pivot: The prop pivots around the prop's origin point. Object Center: The prop pivots around the center point of the prop. Prop Mover Position: The location where the Prop Mover device overlaps the prop is the pivot point, and the prop rotates around that point.
Rotation Complete	None, Ping Pong, Repeat, Reset	In Creative, this option only displays when the Movement Mode option is set to Rotation. Determines what the moving prop does once the rotation has completed. None: The moving prop stops where the rotation completed. Ping Pong: The prop repeats the rotation in the opposite direction. Repeat: The device resets the prop to its original position, and repeats the rotation. Reset: The device resets the prop to its original position and stops.
Distance	Metric: 20 Meters, Pick a distance Tiles: 4.0 Tiles, Pick a distance	In Creative, this option only displays if the Movement Mode option is set to Translation. Determines the distance the prop will move if it is not interrupted or stopped.
Speed	Metric: 5.0 meters/second, Pick a speed Tiles: 1.0 tile/second, Pick a speed	In Creative, this option only displays if the Movement Mode option is set to Translation. Determines the speed of the moving prop.
Enabled During Phase	None, Gameplay Only	Determines in which phases the device is enabled.
Distance Measurement	Metric, Tile	Determines what unit of measurement the device uses.
On AI Collision Behavior	Continue, Stop, Reverse, Push	Determines how the prop behaves when it bumps into a creature, animal, or NPC. Continue: the moving prop behaves normally. Stop: the moving prop stops moving. Reverse: the moving prop starts moving in the opposite direction. Push: the moving prop forces the creature away from the moving prop.
AI Damage On Collision	10.0, Pick or enter an amount	Determines how much damage the moving prop deals to a creature, animal or NPC if the moving prop hits it.
On Player Collision Behavior	Continue, Stop, Reverse, Push	Determines how the prop behaves when it bumps into a player. Continue: the moving prop behaves normally. Stop: the moving prop stops moving. Reverse: the moving prop starts moving in the opposite direction. Push: the moving prop forces the player away from the moving prop.
Player Damage On Collision	10.0, Pick or enter an amount	Determines how much damage the moving prop deals to a player if the moving prop hits it.
On Prop Collision Behavior	Continue, Stop, Reverse	Determines how the prop behaves when it bumps into another prop. Continue: the moving prop behaves normally. Stop: the moving prop stops moving Reverse: the moving prop starts moving in the opposite direction.
Prop Damage On Collision	10.0, Pick or enter an amount	Determines how much damage the moving prop deals to another prop if the moving prop hits it.
Path Complete Action	None, Ping Pong, Repeat, Reset	In Creative, this option only displays if the Movement Mode option is set to Translation. Determines what the moving prop does once it has moved the distance set in Distance option. None: The moving prop stops once it has moved the entire distance. Ping Pong: the moving prop reverses and travels the same distance in the opposite direction. Repeat: the moving prop resets to the original location and restarts the movement. Reset: the moving prop resets to the original location, but doesn't restart the movement.
Enable Device Activation on Move	On, Off	If this is set to On, it enables a mode where the moving prop activates other devices as it moves.
Should Move From Start	On, Off	Determines whether the prop begins moving immediately at the start of the game. If this is set to Off, the Delay From Start option is hidden.
Delay From Start	0.0, Pick or enter an amount	This option only displays if the Should Move From Start option is set to On. Determines how long it takes for the device to start moving after the game starts. By default, there is no delay.
Allow Reverse Past Start	On, Off	Determines whether the prop can go backward past its starting position.

UEFN-Only Options

In UEFN, you can specify which prop the device affects with the following options:

Option	Values	Description
Prop Selection	Overlap, From Reference	Determines which prop is affected by the Prop Mover device. Overlap: The prop the device is overlapping with is the one affected by it. From Reference: Selecting this activates the Prop Reference option.
Prop Reference	Select a prop using the dropdown	This option is only active if the Prop Selection option is set to From Reference. Click the dropdown to select from a list of props. You can also click the icons next to the dropdown: Use Selected Actor from the Level Editor, Select in the Viewport, or Pick Actor from Scene.

Option

Values

Description

Prop Selection

Overlap, From Reference

Determines which prop is affected by the Prop Mover device.

Overlap: The prop the device is overlapping with is the one affected by it.
From Reference: Selecting this activates the Prop Reference option.

Prop Reference

Select a prop using the dropdown

This option is only active if the Prop Selection option is set to From Reference. Click the dropdown to select from a list of props.

You can also click the icons next to the dropdown: Use Selected Actor from the Level Editor, Select in the Viewport, or Pick Actor from Scene.

Functions and Events

You can find options for functions and events via the Customize and Details panels, as described in Device Options.

For more information on how functions and events work, see Using Devices.

Functions

Functions are things that devices can do. The Prop Mover performs the following functions when another device sends it an event:

Option	Description
Enable When Receiving From	This function enables the device when an event occurs.
Disable When Receiving From	This function disables the device when an event occurs.
Start When Receiving From	This function starts the prop moving when an event occurs.
Stop When Receiving From	This function interrupts the prop's movement when an event occurs.
Reset When Receiving From	This function resets the device, returning the prop to its original position, when an event occurs.
Advance When Receiving From	When an event occurs, this function advances the prop forward based on the device's default direction, ignoring the prop's previous movement.
Reverse When Receiving From	When an event occurs, this function reverses the prop's movement.
Rotate Clockwise When Receiving From	This function rotates the prop clockwise when an event occurs.
Rotate Counter Clockwise When Receiving From	This function rotates the prop counterclockwise when an event occurs.

Events

Events in UEFN are read-only. When you set a function on another device that binds to an event on this device, the events are set automatically but cannot be edited.

Events are things that happen to devices. The Prop Mover can send the following events to other devices, triggering their functions:

Option	Description
On Movement Start Send Event To	When the prop starts moving, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Movement Interrupted Send Event To	When the prop's movement is interrupted, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Movement Finish Send Event To	When a prop finishes moving, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Enabled Send Event To	When the device is enabled, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Disabled Send Event To	When the device is disabled, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Translation Type Change Send Event To	When the translation type or the prop changes, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Rotation Direction Change Send Event To	When the rotation direction of the prop changes, an event is sent to the selected device.
On AI Hit Send Event To	When the prop hits an AI entity, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Player Hit Send Event To	When the prop hits a player, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Prop Hit Send Event To	When the prop hits another prop, an event is sent to the selected device.