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 ...

BuildPlugin command cannot build plugins with platform extensions

UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - Automation Tool - Jun 17, 2020

It seems like the BuildPlugin command is not copying all the dependencies in the HostProject.  Here are the errors reported by a customer:  DynamicCompilation.RequiresCompilation: Compiling D:\Per ...

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 ...

[CrashReport] UE4Editor_Foliage!AInstancedFoliageActor::PreEditUndo() [instancedfoliage.cpp:2296]

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Foliage - Dec 1, 2017

This is a common 4.18 crash. Users have not provided any description of their actions when the crash occurred. Source Context 2286 void AInstancedFoliageActor::PreEditUndo() 2287 { ...

Buffer Visualization Modes Are Inaccurate

UE - Graphics Features - Apr 19, 2018

In 4.18, Buffer Visualization Modes appear very similar to their representation in Buffer Overview. In 4.19 and Main (CL 4008322) the results are very blown out. Similar issue reported in [Link Remo ...

Rhino Identical sublayer names get numbers appended to corresponding Actors

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Datasmith - Importer - Oct 15, 2018

In Rhino, it is possible to have a layer structure in which different parent layers have identical sublayer names. This is common in situations where you have multiple design options, each as a sepa ...

ApplyLimits AnimGraph Node has incorrect functionality

UE - Anim - Rigging - Nov 8, 2018

In AnimNode_ApplyLimits.cpp the inputs for the ConstrainAngularRange function are going to the wrong rotator values. The XYZ of the node's input vec3 is being stored in YPR of the clamped rotator, w ...

When welding a procedural mesh component to a non-physics simulated static mesh that overlap they collide continuously

UE - Simulation - Physics - Jul 18, 2019

When attaching a Procedural Mesh Component with a copied static mesh to a static mesh component the two meshes collide and "push" each other (go flying on play). Weld is to be used for simulated ph ...