Changes to Instanced Properties default value on BP not propagated to placed actors in the opened level

UE - Foundation - May 15, 2025

In UE versions 5.4 and onwards (as of CL 42589677 in Main), when an Instanced UObject property is defined in an Actor Blueprint, modifying the default value in the Blueprint does not propagate the c ...

ChaosWheeledVehicleMovementComponent is breaking the const CDO contract and changes to the instances are being applied to the CDO

UE - Simulation - Gameplay - Apr 28, 2025

As described by the licensee, the const CDO contract is being broken on ChaosWheeledVehicleMovementComponent. The issue the licensee is facing is that by spawning cars with different configurations, ...

Fields with Maximum resolution are not affecting all leaves of a Geometry Collection

UE - Simulation - Visual - Apr 25, 2025

Fields with Maximum resolution are not affecting all leaves of a Geometry Collection on 5.4 and onwards. When calling GetRelevantParticleHandles() a Maximum Resolution field does return all particl ...

Bake Transform not working properly in DataPrep

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Visual Dataprep - Apr 16, 2025

When I use my dataprep recipe I'm seeing something strange. The Bake Transform node seems to be stripping the transform instead of applying it. I have this in dataprep: https://udn.unrealengine.c ...

FName no longer equals FName_None when constructed with a trailing underscore and digits in range of 1-9

UE - CoreTech - Apr 15, 2025

When an FName is created with a trailing underscore and any number of digits in the range of 1-9 the trailing digits are used as the internal number value for the FName lookup. This results in the F ...

Inconsistent parameter handling for pak/iostore block size / patch padding

UE - CoreTech - IoStore - Apr 14, 2025

Users have trouble overriding the blocksize/patchpaddingalign parameters for UnrealPak from UAT commandlines.There is no easy way to specify these parameters through a buildcookrun, instead they n ...

Skylighting on distant objects causes severe flickering with Lumen

UE - Rendering - Graphics Features - Lumen - Mar 31, 2025

Lighting on distant meshes flickers when using Lumen and Skylights. Turning Lumen off and lighting from the skylight is stable. Turning off Lumen screen traces also lowers the amount of flickering ...

UAnimNotify::Notify not called during USkeletalMeshComponent interaction with UPhysicsControlComponent when PhysicsBlendWeight is zero

UE - Anim - Synthesis - Physics Control - Mar 30, 2025

UAnimNotify::Notify not called during USkeletalMeshComponent interaction with UPhysicsControlComponent when PhysicsBlendWeight is zero. The licensee has provided his analysis of the code: If USkelet ...

Distance Field AO from Moveable Skylight (non-Lumen) invalidates AO incorrectly with a screenspace offset to the right of moving objects

UE - Rendering - Graphics Features - Mar 25, 2025

When Global Illumination is set to “None” in the project settings the ambient occlusion does not correctly render shadows for moving objects. This has been observed in versions 5.4 and above. ...

Regression: Several project settings, especially from built-in Plugins, are being silently erased when previously they were not, which is perceived as a bug

UE - Foundation - Feb 28, 2025

In UE's Project Settings, some pages are saved automatically to the project's "Config/Default<CATEGORY>.ini" file (meant to be version-controlled) on every change. Other pages have buttons "Set as D ...