When a Material Layer is added to or removed from a Parent Material the layer changes don’t automatically propagate to Child Materials correctly even if the Parent Material is saved. The Child materials must be opened individually and the layer visibility toggled for the Child materials to show the new Material Layer in the Editor Viewport.
Expected
Parent and child materials in Editor viewport update
Actual
Only the Parent material updates and reflects the new layer
Saving the Parent Material has no affect on the Child Materials
4. Open the MI_LayeredMat_ChildA and toggle the layer visibility in the Layer Parameters tab, and save the material.
Expected
Parent and child materials in Editor viewport update showing the added layer is gone
Actual
The MI_LayeredMat_ChildA still shows the added layer in grey.
There's no existing public thread on this issue, so head over to Questions & Answers just mention UE-383828 in the post.
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| Component | UE - Rendering - Architecture - Materials |
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| Affects Versions | 5.7.4, 5.8 |
| Created | Jun 9, 2026 |
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| Updated | Jun 10, 2026 |