CreateDynamicMaterialInstance will pull from the base rather than overridden mesh on SkinnedMeshComponent when run from construction script

UE - Framework - Blueprint - Feb 6, 2025

When UPrimitiveComponent::CreateDynamicMaterialInstance is called on a skinned mesh, and the input material is invalid, we call USkinnedMeshComponent::GetMaterial to get the base material on the exi ...

ReturnUntouchedSceneColorForPostProcessing ignores view overrides and breaks splitscreen

UE - Rendering - Architecture - Sep 17, 2026

When a view extension uses ReturnUntouchedSceneColorForPostProcessing and uses split screen, the final view is incorrect (clipped) because ReturnUntouchedSceneColorForPostProcessing doesn't take int ...

[CrashReport] UE4Editor_Core!TArray<wchar_t,FDefaultAllocator>::operator=() [array.h:396]

Tools - Nov 21, 2017

This is a common crash coming out of the 4.18 release. Users have not provided any descriptions of their actions when the crash occurred. The callstack seems to be the same as [Link Removed], which ...

SetNiagaraStaticMeshComponent in UNiagaraFunctionLibrary does not add NiagaraVariable to InstanceParameterOverrides

UE - Rendering - Architecture - Niagara - Jan 13, 2023

The result of the Set Niagara Static Mesh Component (OverrideSystemUserVariableStaticMeshComponent) function provided by the UNiagaraFunctionLibrary is different from the operation result on the det ...

Camera View Transformations in Editor and Sequencer Cannot Be Undo (Ctrl+Z)

zComponent - Archive - May 26, 2025

Camera View Transformations in Editor and Sequencer Cannot Be Undo (Ctrl+Z) ​​Description​​: When switching the viewport to a specific camera actor, any manual movement/rotation of the camera (via ...

When Sequencer's Add Filter Menu>Keyed(U) is enabled, adding a Key to an actor that previously failed the Filter (had zero Keys) does not immediately include the Keyed actor in the filtered list (if fails FSequencerTrackFilter_Keyed::PassesFilter)

zComponent - Archive - Jun 25, 2025

When Sequencer's Add Filter Menu>Keyed(U) is enabled, adding a Key to an actor that previously failed the Filter (had zero Keys) does not immediately include the Keyed actor in the filtered list (if ...

DataAsset blueprints have the wrong NativeClass

UE - Gameplay - Nov 18, 2025

UDataAsset's constructor assumes itself to be the native class, and caches that value for use by the asset registry. However, if the data asset type is defined in a blueprint (i.e. subclassing UPrim ...

Instanced Actors: Editor preview don't show correct relative mesh transforms

UE - Engine Scaling - Mass - May 30, 2026

Context Actors can be converted into Instanced Actors via the IA plugin. During runtime and in the editor, an instanced actor’s visual is generated from the collection of StaticMeshComponents on th ...

Split Struct pins cause errors when a project is converted to 4.17

UE - Gameplay - Aug 11, 2017

Split Struct pins cause errors when a project is converted to 4.17. You are still unable to split struct pins even if a new variable is created for the struct. Only adding a new variable to the st ...

Crash on Mac on exit.

Media Framework - Aug 17, 2020

A licensee reported trouble with a crash on exit on Mac. They discovered that the file AvfMediaPlayer.cpp, on the function Open there is this piece of code:// Force the AV player to not be able to ...