Static mesh's material slot's cast shadow does not require a build of StaticLight

UE - Graphics Features - Dec 7, 2017

If static mesh's material slot's cast shadow is changed, UE4 does not show "LIGHTING NEEDS TO BE REBUILT". I solved it with the following fixes. StaticMeshEditorTools.cpp void FMeshSectionSettin ...

Building Lighting will Generate Additional Lightmaps after Rotating Lightsource

UE - Graphics Features - Jul 7, 2015

Lightmap sizes seem inconsistent after rotating a light source and rebuilding the lighting. This causes concern about file sizes when packaging the project that is using baked static lighting. The ...

Packaging fails when Online Framework Plugin is enabled in a Binary build.

UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - Plugin System - Nov 29, 2017

Enabling the Online Framework Plugin in a Binary build of the editor (download from the Epic Games Launcher) causes packaging attempts to fail due to a file that is missing. This does not occur in s ...

Duplicate .so files in GoogleVR.

UE - Platform - XR - Jun 2, 2017

A licensee recently pointed out that there are now several GoogleVR lib files in 4.16 that are present in the Engine twice due to some of them being copied into a subdirectory. For example, , in 4.1 ...

Stencil that has been marked with ResponsiveAA is cleared by DistortionPass

UE - Graphics Features - Dec 14, 2021

From UDN: When an object with ResponsiveAA enabled is in the screen and then an object with Distortion enabled comes into the screen, ResponsiveAA does not work. ​ I guess this is because the Ste ...

Unable to undo editing enum description

UE - Gameplay - Oct 30, 2019

The user is unable to undo the editing of the enum description. The output log and undo history would confirm that the undo was carried out, however it did not do anything in reality. Resetting the ...

Reflections Rendering Incorrectly in SM4

UE - Graphics Features - Dec 7, 2017

Reflections are rendering incorrectly in Rendering Preview Level SM4 in 4.18, but were working as expected in 4.17. This is a regression. When I reproduce the issue, I get results similar to issue ...

Packaging with Steam VR plugin disabled requires an IDE

UE - Platform - XR - Jul 20, 2017

Disabling the SteamVR plugin in a Blueprint-Only project causes the packaging process to require an IDE to complete, as it requires compilation. Regression?: Yes This did not occur in 4.16.2 Note: ...

Delay nodes occasionally don't fire the "Completed" output in a nativized build.

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Jun 13, 2018

This happens when the 32-bit LatentUUID signed integer that we generate for the delay node starts with "-1" when converted to an FString (e.g. "-1824950080"). During compilation, we pack latent fun ...

Detail Panel Favorites cause many settings to be duplicated or shown when they aren't normally

Tools - Dec 20, 2017

Enabling the "Enable Details Panel Favorites" experimental setting causes some details that were not previously shown to appear. In version 4.18 and onward, it also causes these new details to have ...