Build lighting for single stationally light level generates a shadow map in PF_B8G8R8A8 format

UE - Texture - Nov 1, 2024

Texture format override to BGRA8 due to changes in CL-30603716. The following code can restore the previous behavior. void FShadowMapPendingTexture::StartEncoding(ULevel* LightingScenario, ITexture ...

Ortho near plane clips geometry in Editor Top view

UE - Graphics Features - Aug 9, 2024

When the viewport is in Top (ortho) Lit mode the near plane clips through geometry as you zoom the view in and out. ...

Material base color is lighter on Nanite meshes when using 16-bit GBuffer

UE - Graphics Features - Nanite - Aug 6, 2024

The base color is brighter on Nanite meshes than non-Nanite meshes when GBuffer Format is set to "Force 16-bits per channel" (r.GBufferFormat 5) even though the meshes are using the same material. ...

In a LevelSequenceActor, binding the Sequence Player via Details Panel is not firing any events once the condition is met.

UE - Anim - Sequencer - Aug 5, 2024

In a LevelSequenceActor, binding the Sequence Player via Details Panel is not firing events related to the execution of the designated Level Sequence Asset. Manually binding on BP (pulling a connect ...

Bug in StringTemplate.cpp related to modulo operator in MaterialTemplate.ush (code fix provided)

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Jun 25, 2024

Shader Template files like MaterialTemplate.ush do not submit previous chunks when encountering a `%` character, unless that `%` character is `%s` or `% {...} `. Because the error is happening ...

Can't set "r.Shaders.Optimize" to false in UE5.4

UE - Rendering Architecture - Shaders - Jun 7, 2024

The CVar "r.Shaders.Optimize" cannot be set to false from DefaultEngine.ini in the section "[ShaderCompiler]" as its help text describes. Also tested on UE5-Main, CL: 34200103 ...

Problem with material layers using interpolator nodes

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Jun 7, 2024

The Vertex Interpolator Material Expression appears to collapse separate instances from separate Material Layers, leading to visual artifacts when used. Also tested on UE5_Main, CL: 34200103 ...

Instanced object in an array property of an actor component is invalidated and marked for garbage collection on undo

UE - Gameplay - Jun 4, 2024

If an actor component contains a TArray of instanced objects, some of those object instances can get incorrectly invalidated and marked for garbage collection in certain situations, possibly resulti ...

Displacement + TAA causes "vibrating"/"buzzing" artifacts

UE - Rendering Architecture - Jun 4, 2024

There is a buzzing artifact on shadows that is seen in the provided test project. The problem seems to be far more subtle when VSM is turned off. Licensee mentions that turning r.Velocity.ForceOutpu ...

Strange results with HeightToNormalSmooth on Nanite meshes

UE - Rendering Architecture - Jun 3, 2024

This appears to also occur on meshes that aren't set to Enable Nanite at all.  [Image Removed] ...