#We needed more memory space in Creative 1.0/EUFN Islands

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raven sequoia
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Fortnite Creative/EUFN has transformed ordinary players into true world builders and money-makers. Thanks to it, thousands of people have been able to unleash their imaginations, build unique maps, and bring to life ideas that previously only existed in their heads. But there's a barrier that hinders this creativity: the island memory limit.

This limit isn't just a technical number. It represents the ceiling of our creativity. How many times have we seen incredible projects being scaled back, simplified, or even canceled because they simply "didn't fit" on the island? This discourages creators, limits collaboration, and ultimately reduces what the community can offer to players themselves.

A growing community – Today, we're not just talking about casual creators. There are entire teams dedicated to developing professional experiences in Fortnite Creative. Racing games, horror maps, full-fledged RPGs, social hubs… The community is ready to give more, but always hits the same obstacle.

Quality vs. Limits – To achieve visual standards and gameplay that rival studio titles, we need more space. The more limited it is, the more creators have to "cut corners," sacrificing detail, interactivity, and innovation.

Value for all – More complete islands don't just benefit creators. Players receive more immersive experiences, and Epic itself benefits from a community motivated to produce content that keeps Fortnite alive and relevant in the gaming world.

Technology already allows it – Epic is at the forefront with Unreal Engine and UEFN. If we have powerful tools at our fingertips, why leave them tied to limits that no longer support the community's potential?

The request is simple: increasing (or relaxing) the memory limit on islands isn't just a wish—it's a natural step to keep up with the evolution of the creative community.

Fortnite has always been about pushing boundaries. It's time to allow creators to push one more.

manic copper
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Thanks Chatgbt!

raven sequoia
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@manic copper It's a good idea, right?

tame egret
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Apparently it wouldn’t work well with mobile and switch

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Cuz maps at 200k would crash em

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Sad

shadow crane
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I’ve grown mixed on this topic over time. Sure, older, less powerful systems need this limit in order to prevent crashing, but at some point you gotta cut support

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Also the limit doesn’t even help sometimes because one of my friends plays on Switch and my one map crashes for them anyway

raven sequoia
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@tame egret E não á possibilidade dos criadores poderem criar mapas específicos para plataforma específicas para não limitar todo o resto?

tame egret
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What

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I dont speak that language

tame egret
raven sequoia
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@tame egret sorry for sending it in the wrong language

tame egret
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Lol

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I only know English and some french sorry

raven sequoia
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@tame egret No problem, But can you convince your superiors? Because I know that the Fortnite core team is turning it almost into a Roblox and I think that if you can convince them to have islands dedicated to specific platforms the community would love the idea and there would even be more people playing Fortnite and creating more maps.

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@tame egret I think I was left empty

tame egret
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What

raven sequoia
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@tame egret If you can try to convince your superiors to add dedicated islands to more basic platforms and to increase the space of the current islands

raven sequoia
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@tame egret Will you talk to your superiors?

tame egret
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☠️ they already made there choice

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They wont rise it

tender garden
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They need to change how it's calculated or revert the recent changes at least as its caused an extra 10k of usage on my map

tame egret
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Busses and helis are 15k to place

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Ridiculous amount

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For something u probably use twice

raven sequoia
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@tender garden According to Epic Games, they still haven't added more memory to the islands because, in our tests, the Nintendo Switch 1 and some weaker cell phones couldn't handle maps with 200,000 of memory. The solution to this was to allow users to create islands more adapted to these platforms, and for the current islands, increase their space to 200,000. Epic could also do like Roblox, where the user pre-downloads (like with the EUFN maps) the map they want to play so that Epic's servers wouldn't suffer from lag and slowness. This would not only improve the experience for players on these platforms, but also attract more players.

tame egret
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Just can’t publish unless ur on 100k

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They did rise it a little

raven sequoia
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@tame egret The problem is that in a large project 115K doesn't help much. I myself am building an RP map with beautiful graphics and almost everything functional, the problem is that I am becoming very limited by the Island's memory space.

tame egret
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I made a zombie apocalypse map recently

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Reaches all boredes

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Ran out of space xd

raven sequoia
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@tame egret So I guess this just proves that the limits should be raised.

tame egret
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Ye

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I noticed that u can only get suv and sports car

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And u cant get other vehicles

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Cuz they boost ur memory up so high

raven sequoia
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@tame egret Yes

tame egret
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Dont have to ping me to say yes

raven sequoia
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@tame egret And I don't have a PC, I only have a PS 4 PRO and that's where I'm building the map, I don't have access to the EUFN to change the texture to reduce the space that things take up and that limits me even more.

tame egret
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Stop pinging me plz 😭

raven sequoia
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sorry

tender garden
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Same here, I'm only using creative 1.0 on my ps5 and the limits are so oppressing for building a good, detailed world

raven sequoia
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@tender garden These limits limit us greatly

tender garden
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And honestly if they're so concerned about the Switch and older gen consoles, why haven't they got other modes? Switch doesn't have STW eithwr

raven sequoia
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@tender garden The solution to this was to increase the space limit of the current islands and allow map developers to create maps more adapted to these platforms.

tender garden
raven sequoia
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@tender garden Epic Games will eventually stop supporting some older platforms in the future

limpid raven
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use world partition

limpid raven
raven sequoia
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@limpid raven I don't have a PC to use UEFN

limpid raven
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Shadow PC $38/month tier works well

raven sequoia
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@limpid raven I don't have a PC

limpid raven
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you can use Shadow PC on a tablet or phone its a remote connection to a gaming PC

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sign up for a game dev class at your local community college to get access to gaming PCs

raven sequoia
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@limpid raven I only have a PS4 PRO and I don't have a job or an allowance

tender garden
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Have the calculations been changed again?

frigid basin
tender garden
crystal cosmos
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Using data layers and verse lets you keep memory a crazy amount lower than you used to, but still agree

raven sequoia
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@distant veldt Please let someone from Epic notice, the community has been asking for this for a long time

raven sequoia
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Guys, I discovered that you can ask Epic Games directly to increase the memory limit of your islands through Epic Games Help.

tame egret
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Rip ur soul

raven sequoia
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@tame egret They didn't increase, but it was good to try. I was looking for ways to give suggestions directly to epic and discovered this.

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They send you an email, you respond and you get on a waiting list

tame egret
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Pl

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Ok

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Tbh 200k is enough for me

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Would be nice

raven sequoia
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for me too now the problem is waiting