Fields with Maximum resolution are not affecting all leaves of a Geometry Collection

UE - Simulation - Visual - Apr 25, 2025

Fields with Maximum resolution are not affecting all leaves of a Geometry Collection on 5.4 and onwards. When calling GetRelevantParticleHandles() a Maximum Resolution field does return all particl ...

UText3DComponent's Text property access: UE 5.3 broke BP setters. UE 5.6 unneccessarily broke compatibility and incorrectly removed BP getters.

UE - CoreTech - Jul 30, 2025

Class UText3DComponent from the "Text 3D" plugin contains a "FText Text" member which must be set through a SetText() function to correctly update the component's internal state. Up to UE 5.2, "Tex ...

Nanite Mesh Dither Opacity Mask Not Working in 5.6.0

UE - Graphics Features - Nanite - Jul 30, 2025

In Unreal Engine 5.5.4, the Dither Opacity Mask option in a Masked material works correctly on Nanite meshes. However, in version 5.6.0, the dithering effect no longer applies to Nanite meshes. ...

Cooked materials and material instances size have doubled when upgrading from 5.1.0 to 5.2.0

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Jul 18, 2023

UDN: [Link Removed] A UDN customer has observed that their cooked materials have doubled in asset size going from 5.1 to 5.2. We need to investigate this is only a local issue on their side and no ...

When exporting a level sequence (with its associated level) to USD, the asset paths for the reference are different from 5.5 and older

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - USD - Jul 21, 2025

In 5.6, a referenced asset path looks something like         prepend references = @../../../../../Data/USD/Exports/FN-Main/ExportFolder/Assets/Sphere.usda@ instead of         prepend references = ...

In UE 5.5, "Open Level By Name" is not able to find the map if the map is not added to "List of maps to include in a packaged build"

UE - Framework - Feb 13, 2025

The "Open Level By Name" is not able to find the map to travel when the map is not included in the "List of maps to include in a packaged build" option. This issue was not happening in UE 5.3 and UE ...

UE 5.6 broke the Collaborative Viewer Template pawn's Mouse Look

UE - Content - Template - Aug 24, 2025

UE 5.6 broke the Collaborative Viewer Template pawn's Mouse Look. Creating a 5.6 project based on the Collaborative Viewer Template and Playing-In-Editor, we notice that the Mouse Look functionality ...

UE 5.5 delayed Python initialization causes issues

UE - Editor - Workflow Systems - Oct 28, 2024

From this UDN: [Link Removed] The customer reports that this issue did not happen in 5.4. ...

Changing the scale of a single HISM instance greatly affects the LOD selection of all instances

UE - Rendering Architecture - Sep 22, 2025

When using ISMs and HISMs, each instance can have its own transform, which can affect the LOD selection of one or more instances. For HISMs in particular, changing the scale of a single instance gre ...

Regression: "Object Position" node in Light Function materials did not compile up to UE 5.0. Starting with 5.1, it compiles but outputs garbage values

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Aug 26, 2024

Up to UE 5.0, when the "Object Position" node is used in the Material Editor as part of a material with Light Function domain, attempting to compile the material results in the following error: "[SM ...