DistanceToNearestSurface node does not work when r.DistanceFieldAO is disabled

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Jul 16, 2025

The problem seems to be that the bUsesGlobalDistanceField flag in the ShouldPrepareGlobalDistanceField() function checks for usage on the material, but it doesn't seem to take effect. The material u ...

Crash Occurs Enabling new Audio Mixer with Audio Devices Disabled

UE - Audio - May 25, 2017

If a user has all their audio devices disabled, and then enables the new audio mixer for 4.16, a crash occurs when trying to launch any new or existing project. This is a regression as this crash d ...

[CrashReport] Crash on Mac - UE4Editor-Slate.dylib!FTextLayout::GetAsTextAndOffsets()

UE - Platform - Apple - Jul 17, 2017

This is a common crash occurring for Mac users on the 4.17 Preview, and a few cases in 4.16. I have been unable to find any matching reports of this crash on Windows. There is a slight variation in ...

Geometry Collection behavior does not change when changed by BP

UE - Simulation - Physics - Destruction - May 2, 2022

Reproduced 6/6 times. This seems to affect all "Set" functions for Geometry Collection Components, such as Setting Object Type from Static to Dynamic, or changing Collision Type. ...

D3D Device Lost 'HUNG' crash in FD3D11Viewport::PresentChecked

UE - Graphics Features - Oct 31, 2016

This is a new D3D crash affecting multiple users in 4.14 Preview 1. It is currently the #1 crash in the Preview. Information provided by users:Just pressed create project...Openning QA Game with - ...

Crash Occurs when using the FreezeRendering Console Command in a Packaged Win64 Project

UE - Graphics Features - Jun 15, 2017

A crash occurs when entering the console command, 'Freezerendering' in a packaged Windows 64 bit project. The freezerendering command is used for debugging and performance purposes. An interesting ...

Foliage meshes do not appear in high res screenshots after certain amount

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Foliage - Aug 24, 2017

When using the Engine's High Res Screenshot tool, there is a limit on the amount of foliage that can be present before the meshes stop appearing. This number is around 1500 meshes, though I was not ...

Materials using Texture 2D Arrays fail to compile

UE - Graphics Features - Apr 29, 2020

REGRESSION: Does not occur in 4.24 Materials using Texture 2D Arrays have the following errors:[SM5] /Engine/Generated/Material.ush(2225,107-114): error X3004: undeclared identifier 'Material' [S ...

Unsuccessful WP conversion when map has scripted sublevels

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - World Partition - May 24, 2022

Linux crash upon opening maps in Soul: City content pack

UE - Graphics Features - Jan 29, 2018

Opening the maps from the Soul: City asset pack on Linux causes a crash. This seems to be rendering related. It was originally reported as a Vulkan specific issue but we've reproduced it without Vul ...