Unreal Engine Issues
Unreal Engine Issues
Getting the Outer (GetOuter()) inside AssetUserData::PostEditChangeOwner added to an instanced actor in a level returns the Outer marked with "Trash"
UE - Framework - Nov 20, 2024When you call GetOuter() inside AssetUserData::PostEditChangeOwner, the Outer that is returned, is marked as "Trash". This is because the object is constructed again when an AssetUserData is added. ...
CachedMaxDrawDistance value are not updated by CullDistanceVolume in persistent Level
UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - World Composition - Dec 16, 2022in PIE, RerunConstructionScript() is executed and actor's CachedMaxDrawDistance is updated as expected. in packaged game, RerunConstructionScript() is not executed so, CullDistanceVolume is not u ...
Unnecessary reference remains in material instance when using StaticSwitch in material
UE - Graphics Features - Aug 7, 20191.Create a material that switches textures using StaticSwitch. 2.Create a material instance and toggle the switch to overwrite the texture. 3.Then return the static switch settings to their defaul ...
Directional light triggers 'too many overlapping lights' error in forward shading
UE - Graphics Features - Sep 24, 2019The underlying reason seems to be that the stationary lights require SM channels for casting shadows from movable objects and they are assigned channels 0,1,2 by lightmass (or somewhere along the w ...
Exception generated launching Horde Agent built with 5.6
UE - Foundation - Horde - Server - Jul 28, 2025The source of the problem seems to be using IOptionsSnapshot with a Singleton. Per the MS documentation for IOptionsSnapshot, "Is registered as Scoped and therefore can't be injected into a Singleto ...
Niagara module inputs don't handle bitfield enums correctly
UE - Niagara - Feb 17, 2025As one clicks on the enum fields trying to form an input, the log is written with a variation of the following: [2025.02.14-17.42.38:940][521]LogNiagaraEditor: Error: Error getting default value fo ...
Merge Actors Tool Simplifies Nanite Meshes
UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Merge Actor - May 19, 2023Tried every combination of LOD Selection Type, Nanite enanbled/disabled, the only way it would seem to get the full number of triangles from the source mesh into the merged mesh is to disable Nanite ...
Optimize Data Layer runtime state replication
UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Data Layers - Dec 7, 2023[Link Removed]This issue occurs only when I have a lot of RDLs (I tested 2500 and 1600). I tested with 6 RDLs and had no issuesI also noticed in the server log an error when a lot of RDLs are presen ...
Cable Actor becoming stiff when bound to two dynamic objects
UE - Simulation - Physics - Jun 1, 2023the cable actor does not dynamically deform when the cable actor's parent mesh moves. Instead, the cable actor becomes rigid between the meshes it's bound between. This bug does not occur in the fo ...
Call-In-Editor functions in an EditorUtilityActor are not called in editor
UE - Framework - Blueprint - Mar 22, 2024In 5.1 through 5.3, Call-In-Editor functions within EditorUtilityActor Blueprints created via Create Advanced Assets/Editor Utilities/Editor Utility Blueprint are not callable in editor. Prior to 5 ...