Socket Snapping in level editor no longer works

Tools - May 14, 2018

The Socket Snapping level editor action no longer works in 4.19/4.20, it worked in 4.18 but regressed. It still attaches but it's set to maintain it's world position, so it doesn't actually snap. T ...

Virtual textures flicker if physical pool is oversubscribed

UE - Graphics Features - Feb 24, 2021

If a virtual texture physical pool becomes oversubscribed the current behavior is: Log a one time only warning: ''Failed to allocate VT page from pool...' Continue to evict the least recently used t ...

Indirect Lighting Cache causes Flickering on Skeletal Meshes

UE - Graphics Features - Apr 30, 2017

Indirect Lighting Cache is causing the Indirect Lighting for Skeletal Meshes to flicker. I have attempted both ILCQ Volume and Point cache qualities, and it seems Point produces the most exaggerate ...

[CrashReport] UObjectBaseUtility::GetOutermost | FArchiveInvalidateTransientRefs::operator<<

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Sep 7, 2017

This is a somewhat common crash affecting users in 4.17. They have not provided any descriptions of their actions when the crash occurred. Source Context 110 /** 111 * Walks up ...

Flickering in Material Editor Preview when Absolute World Position node used

UE - Graphics Features - Oct 17, 2017

Creating a material with "Absolute World Position" node plugged into the "World Position Offset" input of the base Material node results in flickering in the preview window of the material editor. ...

Cannot specify custom window positions in "windowed mode" for packaged games

Tools - Nov 30, 2017

There is an issue where you cannot specify a specific location for a windowed packaged game when using a command line to open the project, the project will move to that position for a brief moment b ...

Static mesh's material slot's cast shadow does not require a build of StaticLight

UE - Graphics Features - Dec 7, 2017

If static mesh's material slot's cast shadow is changed, UE4 does not show "LIGHTING NEEDS TO BE REBUILT". I solved it with the following fixes. StaticMeshEditorTools.cpp void FMeshSectionSettin ...

Cannot run any packaged project if "Force all skinned meshes to recompute tangents" has been enabled in an unrelated project

UE - Foundation - Core - Apr 20, 2018

Enabling the "Force all skinned meshes to recompute tangents" sets the value at a Windows user level so that it affects all UE4 projects opened by that user, including unrelated packaged projects. T ...

Unnecessary files in Perforce Depot

Several unnecessary files seem to have found their way into the Perforce depot and need to be cleaned up. Affected files:Engine/Documentation/Source/Engine/Matinee/HowTo/MHT_3/Images/MHT#_Drag_In_C ...

Foliage experiences odd culling when world origin is changed

UE - Graphics Features - Sep 13, 2017

There is an odd issue occurring when the world origin is changed, changing the world origin causes the foliage to cull in unexpectred ways. The issue can be solved by using the console command "r.Al ...