Modifying the properties of a ChildActorComponent in a child blueprint can modify the parent actor ChildActorComponent properties.

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Dec 10, 2024

When a property of a ChildActorComponent is modified in a child class, the parent ChildActorComponent class can also get modified. This happens when the Parent blueprint actor has a ChildActorCompo ...

GAS: OnTagUpdated() not called when calling SetLooseGameplayTagCount()

UE - Gameplay - Gameplay Ability System - Dec 10, 2024

Context AbilitySystemComponent has a virtual function virtual void OnTagUpdated(const FGameplayTag& Tag, bool TagExists); that gets called when a gameplay tag gets added or removed, so whenever ...

Improve performance when creating multiple Data Layer Instances

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Dec 10, 2024

Every time AWorldDataLayers::CreateDataLayer is called,  UDataLayerManager::ResolveActorDescContainersDataLayers() gets called and iterates on all actordescs of the world.When creating multiple data l ...

Issue with PLA Editing inside another PLA causes Z-Fighting or Mesh Disappearance.

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Dec 6, 2024

When editing a Packed Level Actor (PLA) that is inside another PLA, z-fighting or mesh disappearance will occur. More specifically, it is seen when duplicating a mesh inside the PLA, upon saving the P ...

VR Preview crash when shadow quality is set to low

UE - Platform - XR - Dec 5, 2024

[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings] r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=2 r.TemporalAA.Upsampling=False r.DefaultFeature.AutoExposure.ExtendDefaultLuminanceRange=True r.LightPropagationVolume=0 r.ReflectionCaptureRe ...

GeometryCollection's root proxy doesn't support complex tracing

UE - Simulation - Physics - Destruction - Dec 5, 2024

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Distributed HLOD builds always fail for projects not under the Engine Root

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - HLOD - Dec 4, 2024

In BuildProject.txt, to make relative path to the project outside the engine root, all paths contains “..” after action command directory. D:/dev/UnrealEngine-5.5.0//HLODTemp/f09bf0f5/HLODBuilder0 ...

Nanite Tessellation Artifacts With Landscapes

UE - Graphics Features - Nanite - Dec 4, 2024

There seems to be an issue with how Nanite tessellation and Landscape interact with two sided landscapes. When the camera's near clipping plane is past the landscape's surface the displacement of th ...

Duplicated TextureLoadVirtualPageTable in GetCustomData functions in generated HLSL add to the total instruction count due to TextureLoad having side effects

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Dec 4, 2024

When using materials with CustomData inputs, such as the Eye material with Iris Distance and Mask, Virtual Texture samples will increase the instruction count for each unique VTPageResult. Each cus ...

Global SkyAtmosphere and Clouds Issues (Cloud Shadows)

UE - Graphics Features - Dec 3, 2024

Sampling Cloud Shadows when rendering the Sky Atmosphere can incorrectly assume that the view is located at the planet's North Pole. This causes distortion in the shadows when using a sphere-shaped ...