Local binary build of 4.22.1 fails when only Visual Studio 2019 is installed

UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - Apr 30, 2019

Attempting to create a local binary build of 4.22 using Visual Studio 2019 (with no other versions of Visual Studio installed) currently fails with several warnings and errors, including the followi ...

Custom Output node added to a Material Editor Crashes Editor

UE - Graphics Features - Jun 16, 2015

Adding a Custom Output node to a Material Graph crashes the editor. Also Reproduced in Main Promotable-CL-2581018 [Link Removed] ...

Crash when DFAO is disabled and a lower scalability is used while Distance Field Shadowing is enabled.

UE - Graphics Features - Feb 2, 2016

When enabling Distance Fields for a project and adjusting the cvars to disable DFAO and set a lower Detail Mode will result in a crash. Using the console commands outlined in the steps will work. ...

VC Runtime not in UnrealLightmass temp directory; causing lightmass build errors

UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - UnrealBuildTool - Oct 14, 2015

A Redistribute file for VS 2015 is needed to build lightmass, but this is not currently included with the engine. If a user does not have VS 2015 installed, lightmass will fail with this error: Un ...

Loading instanced static mesh causes memory leak in packaged game

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Foliage - Mar 3, 2021

The leaking variable is UInstancedStaticMeshComponent::InstanceDataBuffers. The memory block is passed to InitPerInstanceRenderData() via InstanceDataBuffers.Release(). But the function doesn't mana ...

GPU Crash may occur when using Nanite Tesselation on landscape with several shadow casting local lights

UE - Graphics Features - Nanite - May 5, 2025

The GPU may time out in NaniteSplit when drawing VSM shadows for Nanite Tessellated landscape with in a scene with several local shadowed point lights. The issue doesn't reproduce in 5.6, likely to ...

Android: Mali Txxx GPUs Encounter Stretching Geometry When Running with Support GPU Scene Enabled

UE - Platform - Mobile - Nov 27, 2019

When attempting to run SunTemple with r.Mobile.SupportGPUScene enabled on some Mali GPUs, the project renders with what looks like pieces of the geometry stretching across the level and bending out ...

Enum Element Names Reset on Project Upgrade

UE - Gameplay - Feb 22, 2017

Upgrading a copy of a project from 4.14 to 4.15 appears to be resetting the names of enum elements on switch on enum nodes. Opening the enum, saving it, and then restarting the project seems to res ...

Apex Cloth will not render correctly with cloth assigned to multiple materials

UE - Simulation - Physics - Character - Nov 12, 2015

Apex cloth material assigned to multiple material elements will not render correctly in Persona or when PIE/Simulate in the editor. Any material element other than element 0 will be masked/invisible ...

UnrealCEFSubProcess requires Visual Studio 2013 to be compiled

UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - UnrealBuildTool - Oct 21, 2016

When trying to build the entire engine solution or UnrealCEFSubProcess directly, Visual Studio 2013 is required to be installed for UnrealCEFSubProcess to complete successfully. There is also an err ...