Moving assets in the Editor fails to fixup references causing the project to generate errors

Tools - Mar 30, 2020

Moving assets in the Editor is very unreliable. References may or may not be fixed up. No direct error is presented or a warning about problems. Any moves of the gameinstance, string table or certai ...

Using Virtual Texture Streaming checkbox in texture editor can break materials

UE - Graphics Features - Feb 24, 2021

A texture can be toggled between virtual texture and regular texture using the Convert to virtual texture/regular texture tool in the texture asset context menu. This updates referencing materials t ...

OnActorSpawned is called prior to FinishedSpawning for PlayerControllers and actors spawned with bDeferConstruction set to true

UE - Gameplay - Oct 12, 2017

When a PlayerController or any actor with bDeferConstruction set to true is spawned, OnActorSpawned.Broadcast is called prior to FinishSpawning which can cause issues as some components may not be i ...

Dynamic Light placed inside of a Dynamic Static Mesh doesn't pass through the geometry

UE - Graphics Features - Jun 2, 2017

Dynamic Light placed inside of a Dynamic Static Mesh doesn't pass through the geometry. The static mesh is not double-sided. User Description: It appears that in Unreal 4.16 one loses the ability ...

Sequencer crashes when scrubbing characters with sub-anim instances and montage slots

OLD - Anim - Oct 2, 2019

I saw a following assertion. Assertion failed: (AdditivePoses.Num() > 0) || (NonAdditivePoses.Num() > 0) [Link Removed] [Line: 1381] This is my quick fix// code placeholder void FAnimInstance ...

Physics simulation shows strange behavior with specific skeletal mesh configurations

UE - Simulation - Physics - Mar 3, 2017

PhAT is inconsistent on when it does and doesn't apply scale to Constraint positions. This leads to cases where the positions provided create constraints that may not work when the Preview Skeletal ...

Crash after Splash Screen on Android (ETC2) when Adding r.UseShaderCaching and r.UseShaderPredraw

UE - Platform - Mobile - Jul 20, 2017

A crash occurs when adding the two rendering variables 'r.UseShaderCaching' and 'r.UseShaderPredraw' when deployed to an Android device packaged for (ETC2). I ran a few more tests to try and isolat ...

r.Shaders.Optimize=0 crashes when compiling a UI material

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Sep 2, 2024

[2024.08.30-22.12.22:384][ 73]LogWindows: Error: appError called: Assertion failed: CurrentGPUVirtualAddress != 0 [Link Removed] [Line: 659] Disabling shader optimisation can crash the editor when ...

Assert when having too many VR devices

UE - Platform - XR - Aug 31, 2018

Internal team is encountering a crash when adding too many VR devices. Email thread titled "Re: Crash Logs" The bug is an internal limit of devices the code supports, which is 8. If a controller o ...

The engine crashes when adding a new brush at newly created level by a specific way.

UE - LD & Modeling - Modeling Tools - Mesh Editing - Jun 17, 2019

issuesFBSPOps::csgAddOperation returns null if BuilderBrush has no valid polys.The creating level on content browser never calls "UEditorEngine::InitBuilderBrush(NewWorld);". But "New level" button o ...