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Epic Games just added the hotly-anticipated Replay Tool to Fortnite: Battle Royale in this week's v3.5 patch. (Also referred to as the Replay Mode or Replay System.)
The Replay Tool lets you watch your matches over again. Better yet, you can turn these replays into cinematic short films.
The Replay Tool gives Fortnite players the ability to change camera angles, slow down footage for epic slow-mo shootouts, or fast-forward through slow sequences.
It also gives players control over a whole host of other things like aperture setting, different types of camera modes---such as Drone Follow, Drone Attach and Third Person---and focal settings.
One of the best things about the Replay Tool is that it's on by default. You just have to go to your Career Tab in the home screen and select Replay. Once you're there you'll see a list of your matches (since it was implemented) along with your stats (such as kills, rank and so forth.)
Simply open up a match and either watch or tinker with it to your heart's content. It's easy, though there are a lot of options and getting each scene just so will take some time and practice.
Below you'll see my first go-round with the Replay Tool. The video includes a regular match followed by that same match's replay. I tinker some, and come up with a couple cool shots (a little after the 14 minute mark is my favorite part) but this is just scratching the surface. Just wait until the community has some time with this thing.
Here's the video:
Here's the patch notes detailing what's in the Replay System at launch:
Save your matches and watch them from any angle!
Speed up or slow down the action.
Help tell your story better with player outlines and name plates.
Several Camera Modes to choose from: Third Person Follows and orbits around the selected player. 3 different follow modes; Off, Auto, Lazy. Drone Follow Drone style camera that always keeps the selected player in frame. Drone Attach Drone style camera that is loosely attached to the selected player. Drone Free Drone style camera that is free to fly around the island. Gameplay This camera shows what the selected player saw during gameplay. Adjust cinematic camera settings Exposure Aperture Focal Length Focus Distance Currently available on PC and console only.
Have you played around with the Replay Tool in Fortnite yet? Have any videos you want to show off? Hit me up on Twitter and Facebook. Thanks for reading!
And be sure to check out the big weapon nerfs and changes included in the new patch.
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Week 8 challenges are live in Fortnite: Battle Royale, though some extended technical issues mean you might have some trouble completing them until later. As usual, we've got some non-combat challenges in addition to the usual suite of looting and shooting, giving those of us with terrible aim a chance to collect some Battle Pass stars and get a little bit closer to that John Wick Reaper skin. As usual, feel free to figure these out on your own if you feel like you've got a good working knowledge of the map. If you'd rather go a bit quicker, read on for a map of where you can search between three boats.
The other non-combat challenge this week asks you to find Taco Shops -- look here for a map of those.
Three boats isn't the hardest one to guess, I'll grant you that. It means that we're talking about Loot Lake, the only body of water on the map likely to have boats on it -- Moisty Mire would be possible, I suppose, but there aren't any there. And considering there's very little land to work with when it comes to Loot Lake -- it's a Lake -- our search field is thankfully limited. You'll want to drop onto the little island in the middle, which you can see on the map below:
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From there, you're going to want to be on the southern edge, which you should be able to drop onto pretty easily no matter where your bus is because the Lake is pretty close to the center of the map. Just float on down to the dock at the very bottom to collect your reward: the crest is right there at the edge of the water:
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And that's it. I'm not generally a frequent visitor to Loot Lake -- the long, open distances between shores encourage the sort of sniper battles that I rarely do well in, and the central location means that it's busy enough that someone's bound to be there to outclass me. As usual, however, the non-combat challenge brings a fresh infusion of unarmed treasure hunters who aren't expecting much more than to complete the challenge and die. This would dovetail pretty well with the Assault Rifle challenge: grab a weapon and pick them off as they make their way off the island.
