"Landscape Layer" Doesn't appear in LandscapeMode even when the landscape is assigned a Layer-Based Material

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• Summary
  [Bug] [UE5.8.1] => "Landscape Layer" Doesn't appear in [LandscapeMode] even when the landscape is assigned a Layer-Based Material

• What Type of Bug are you experiencing?
  World Creation Tools

• Steps to Reproduce
  I've created a video you can find below that explained everything in much details but you can find a summary here:

1) Create a new project "Third Person" without variant and a new level with the template "Basic"
2) Delete the ground, Go to landscape Mode and create one with the default UE5 setting
3) create a material called "M_LandscapePaint" and create the simpliest landscape layer blend with 3 named layer and 3 colors. Then assign the material to the Landscape
4), Now under Landscape mode, Under layer, should normally appear the 3 material, but here, nothing is there

• Expected Result
  The 3 named layer in the landscape material should appear here and we should be able to paint with it.

• Observed Result
  Nothing appear as if no material were assigned to the landscape

• Affects Versions
  5.8

• Platform(s)
  Windows

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POST AUTHOR: ArnaudClaudet

CREATED AT: 08/19/2026 01:52 PM EDT

UPDATED AT: 08/19/2026 01:52 PM EDT