Deleting a project also deletes content of folders referenced by a Windows symbolic link

Portal - Jan 11, 2018

Deleting a project from the Epic Games Launcher will also delete any files that are located in external folders that the project includes via symbolic link. In this case the only thing that should b ...

Client PlayerState is null on joining online session

UE - Networking - Jul 31, 2015

APlayerController::ClientStartOnlineSession() checks PlayerState at the start of a game after loading a level. Due to time needed to load in, client player state may may return NULL ...

Hierarchical LODs used with Precomputed Visibility cause actors to occlude that should not behind translucent materials

UE - Graphics Features - Jul 6, 2016

When using Precomputed Visibility in conjunction with HLODs and translucent materials without them culling actors occluded by the translucent material. The example gif attached shows that the base ...

Renaming a Blackboard Key removes it's references in the Behavior Tree

UE - AI - Jan 27, 2015

Renaming a Blackboard Key removes it's references in the Behavior Tree ...

Parent component visibility in a child blueprint isn't reflected in a launched project.

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Mar 5, 2015

Parent component visibility in a child blueprint isn't reflected in a launched/packaged project. ...

BuildGraph build fails if Use Unity Build and Use PCH Files are set to false in BuildConfiguration.xml

UE - Online - Jun 23, 2017

Using BuildGraph to create a local binary build of the engine fails if the BuildConfiguration.xml file has bUseUnityBuild and bUsePCHFiles both set to false. The build fails due to some missing Json ...

Physics Constraints do not have the same values if they are part of an 'Always Loaded' level

UE - Gameplay - Dec 3, 2014

Physics Constraints do not have the same values if they are part of an 'Always Loaded' level. They will work correctly in the Persistent level and a level that is Streamed in. This becomes problem ...

Collision of child actor doesn't rotate if the parent is simulating physics

UE - Simulation - Physics - Aug 11, 2015

Collision of child actor doesn't rotate if the parent is simulating physics. This was an old bug that an AnswerHub user reported back in 4.9 but now a licensee is reporting this same behavior in 4.1 ...

Hidden enumerator variables can cause the enumerator to become broken with the Select node in blueprints

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - May 26, 2015

If a user makes an enumerator in C++ and sets one of the variables to Hidden and doesn't make it the last variable of the enum, it will cause issues with the numbering of the enum when using the Sel ...