Niagara Fluids Plugin creates a memory reference of any saved level by only being active, before being actually used.

UE - Niagara - Aug 21, 2024

While Niagara Fluids Plugin is active it creates a memory reference of any saved level regardless of being actually used. Simply enabling the plugin shows a memory reference while deleting the level ...

Blueprint compilation resets settings on level-placed actors and inherited templates

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Aug 21, 2024

Triggering an actor component recompilation resets all the variables to the default state on spawned actors in the level. Users can unintentionally lose property settings on placed actors in a worl ...

The Sorting Issue Between Height Fog and Transparent Objects

UE - Graphics Features - Aug 21, 2024

When a LocalFogVolume is used with ExponentialHeightFog, it does not correctly fog translucent objects. ExponentialHeightFog and Volumetric Fog from a LocalFogVolume both correctly occlude transluc ...

A sampling result of DistanceFieldAOHistory is shifted to a wrong position.

UE - Graphics Features - Aug 21, 2024

DistanceFieldAOHistory introduces ghosting at low scalability and low screen percentages. This can lead to AO artifacts and a ghosting effect from the character. This issue was also observed on //U ...

Crash when precaching PSOs for decals from non-game thread

UE - Rendering Architecture - Shaders - Aug 21, 2024

During async loading from an AsyncLoading thread, DecalComponent attempts to precache PSOs which can trigger a checkf in StrongObjectPtr.h which are only allowed to be created on a game thread. ...

Ray traced shadow appears for translucent material after LOD change

UE - Graphics Features - Ray Tracing - Aug 21, 2024

When ray-traced shadows are enabled, the shadow for a completely translucent mesh appears when the LOD changes based on distance. ...

Default Data Wire Thickness in the Editor Preferences only affects Single Value data wires. Containers (Array, Set, Map) line thickness are wrongly tied to Default Execution Wire Thickness.

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint Editor - Aug 19, 2024

Changing the "Editor Preferences > Content Editors > Graph Editors > Tracing > Default Data Wire Thickness" value in the "Editor Preferences" only affects single value data wires. Containers (Array, ...

"Assertion failed: CellIndex < CellIndexMax" when there are a lot of HISM foliage in a level

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Foliage - Aug 19, 2024

Users have come across an issue in 5.4 that causes an assert when many foliage or HISM objects are placed in a level due to a cell size limit. ...

GAS: Creating an UGameplayEffectUIData blueprint will lead to a failed Data Validation

UE - Gameplay - Gameplay Ability System - Aug 16, 2024

The logic for data validation on UGameplayEffectComponent expects it to be owned by a UGameplayEffect. Any Blueprint derived from UGameplayEffectUIData (child of UGameplayEffectComponent) fails this ...

Regression: Asset Action Utility "Supported Classes" setting is not working correctly when "IsActionForBlueprints" is true

UE - Editor - Workflow Systems - Aug 16, 2024

When creating an Editor Utility Blueprint derived from "Asset Action Utility", UE allows the user to override function "IsActionForBlueprints". When it returns true, the "Supported Classes" setting ...