Raytraced Shadows render incorrectly in a project that has been converted from 5.0.3 to 5.1.1 to 5.2

UE - Rendering - Features - Ray Tracing - May 16, 2023

Version to VersionResultsNew 5.0.3 project to 5.1.1Works as ExpectedNew 5.1.1 project to 5.2Works as ExpectedNew 5.0.3 project to 5.1.1 to 5.2Bug OccursNew 5.0.3 project to 5.2 Bug Occurs The scene ...

Overridden mesh values are lost when upgrading from 5.5.0/5.5.1 to 5.5.2 on blueprint skeletal mesh components

UE - Runtime - Animation - Jan 30, 2025

This issue is caused by the backout in 38341618.  The original code that went into 5.0 affects serialization by changing the UCS modified properties.  When upgrading, the override is lost because th ...

Copying a copied 5.0 project into 5.1 does not rename project folder as expected

UE - Editor - Nov 21, 2022

I was able to reproduce this issue 4/4 times, and initially started in version 4.26 to determine if this issue was a regression or not. When copying a 4.27 copied project into 5.0 or 5.1, the 4.27 w ...

FBX Import - 5.5.4 - Morph targets 1 frame offset

UE - Editor - Open File Formats - FBX - Feb 17, 2025

Morph targets work! Yay! But found another issue. Basically import an fbx with multiple animated morph targets applied to it. The morph change shape over 1 frame and for some reason in 5.5.4, there' ...

DX12/SM6 Sampler Counts increased for empty materials between 5.1 and 5.2

UE - Rendering - Architecture - Materials - May 19, 2023

While not a major issue in and of itself, this can cause considerable headaches for materials where sampler counts in 5.1 were at 15/16 or 16/16 and when upgrading to 5.2 are now exceeding the built ...

A 5.5 level that contains a Text3DComponent in a BP crashes the engine when opened in 5.6 (and up)

zComponent - Archive - Sep 11, 2025

A 5.5 level that contains a Text3DComponent in a BP crashes the engine when opened in 5.6 (and up). The licensee has provided his analysis: Description: Level instance created in UE5.5 and re-saved ...

Foliage LOD's Screen Size Can't be Set Higher Than 1.5

UE - Engine Scaling - Streaming - Foliage - Jan 31, 2019

Foliage LOD's Screen Size Can't be Set Higher Than 1.5 Found in 4.20 CL# 4369336, 4.21 CL# 4753647, 4.22 CL# 4827620, 5.1 CL 20024840 ...

Lyra 5.5 - LAS_ShooterGame_SharedInput has got a missing reference on InputMapping #1

UE - Gameplay - Input - Jan 27, 2025

The templated Lyra project for 5.5 is missing a reference to IMC_Default_KBM on /ShooterCore/Experiences/LAS_ShooterGame_SharedInput because it looks like IMC_Default_KBM was renamed to IMC_Default. ...

Compiling any material in UE 5.5.1 without ShaderCompiler JobCache results in a crash

UE - Rendering - Architecture - Shaders - Jan 15, 2025

Compiling any material with r.ShaderCompiler.JobCache=0 causes ShaderCompileWorker to crash. Reproduction steps cause a crash during Editor startup, but this bug may affect other scenarios where mat ...

Clearcoat material behaves differently between 5.5 and 5.7

UE - Rendering - Features - Jan 16, 2026

Starting with Unreal Engine 5.7, specular reflections on clearcoat Materials are less pronounced. Unreal Engine 5.5 tests performed on //UE5/Release-5.5/, CL: 41545209 ...