Visual Studio opens unnecessary windows when adding a new C++ class via the editor's interface

Tools - Oct 25, 2017

When adding a new C++ class to a project via the editor's interface, Visual Studio is opened but it ends up opening more than is necessary. Firstly, Visual Studio is opened without focus on the two ...

Crash launching ES31 app on Android

UE - Platform - Mobile - Apr 9, 2018

This has occurred so far using ES31 with Launch On to Android. It didn't occur with ES2 or Vulkan.Error: === Critical error: === Error: Error: Fatal error: [File:D:\Streams\Fortnite_Staging\Engin ...

Tabbing out of exclusive fullscreen leaves the window & backbuffer in an incorrect state

UE - Editor - UI Systems - Apr 24, 2020

With windows 10 there has come some new swap chains, which unfortunately messes some things with regards to fullscreen up. We've fixed a bunch in the renderer (which would downright cause crashes), ...

Staging Directory in Project Packaging Settings should not be saved as absolute path

UE - Foundation - Data Pipeline - Cooker - Jun 8, 2021

When you package a project via the editor, it updates the ProjectPackagingSettings to set the StagingDirectory to the specific one chosen by the user. However, it saves this path as an absolute path ...

Updating Material does not update platform stats in derived Instance

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Nov 26, 2024

It would seem that updating a material does not update the associated platform stats in a material instance editor, only the parameters. Can workaround by manually invoking shader compile in the ma ...

[UDN-19505621] Hide Selected At Startup Issue

UE - Editor - Workflow Systems - Jun 10, 2025

From [Link Removed]: 你好,我发现这里的选项有一些工作逻辑不一致,提一个改进建议: ​ 当手动隐藏Actor小眼睛图标的时候,设置Hide Selected At Startup 是无效的,这具有很大的误导性,而其他任何情况下,工作都是正常的,比如: 1.小眼睛隐藏+Show All At Startup 2.小眼睛隐藏+Show Selected At Startup ...

Skylight Leaking Tint in Reflection

UE - Graphics Features - Oct 10, 2025

From 5.6 onwards, Skylight Leaking is much stronger in reflections than in the world. Also tested on //UE5/Release-5.6, CL 45232827 ...

Packaging a project to HTML5 and opening the project disables mouse over events

UE - Platform - Mobile - Dec 24, 2015

Packaging a game to HTML5 disables the mouse and mouse over events on local host, which prevents any mouse functionality from working in a packaged project. ...

When welding a procedural mesh component to a non-physics simulated static mesh that overlap they collide continuously

UE - Simulation - Physics - Jul 18, 2019

When attaching a Procedural Mesh Component with a copied static mesh to a static mesh component the two meshes collide and "push" each other (go flying on play). Weld is to be used for simulated ph ...

Blueprint class's property is overridden by parent blueprint class

UE - Gameplay - Components - Nov 2, 2020

I did some research. The problem is caused in CoreNative.cpp. In Function GetInstancedSubobject (Line 126) We should check if instance is runtime instance first. If it is runtime instance, just us ...