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 ...

UMG widget callbacks do not set PIE context in editor

UE - Editor - UI Systems - May 21, 2018

This is from a UDN post. Several gameplay functions, such as level streaming and SoftObjectPtr resolution, depend on the GPlayInEditorID being set when that code is executed in PIE in the editor. T ...

The light in the Blueprint Editor's Preview Scene does not respond to any lighting channel but 0.

UE - Framework - Blueprint Editor - Jun 28, 2024

In the Blueprint Editor, Primitive Components can be configured to respond to Lighting Channels 0, 1, and/or 2. However, if channel 0 is disabled (even with another one enabled), the Preview Actor's ...

GPU specific issue with Lighting while moving - GTX 770

UE - Graphics Features - Apr 26, 2017

While testing GPU - ContentExamples - Lighting - Nvidia gtx 770 in the 4.16 GPU Compat Pass, I noticed a strange effect on lights while the player is in motion. I've had multiple people attempt to ...

Packaging fails after changing from Dynamic to Static Nav Mesh Runtime Generation

UE - AI - Feb 8, 2016

If you package with Runtime Generation set to Dynamic and then switch to Static and attempt to repackage, the packaging will fail with the following error message.[2016.02.08-16.18.14:511][217]MainF ...

Selection Highlight cannot be disabled for Skeletal Meshes

Tools - Feb 7, 2017

Selection highlight cannot be disabled for Skeletal Meshes. They will always have the outline selection and some tinted selection over their faces. Static Meshes do not exhibit this behavior. This ...

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), ...

Small objects have erratic behavior when simulating physics

OLD - Anim - Aug 22, 2017

Small objects have erratic behavior when simulating physics. If drop at an angle, some will start spinning indefinitely on contact with the ground while others will spin in place when hit. This is ...

Possible data loss/corruption when loading levels in editor

UE - Gameplay - Jul 18, 2018

Reported behavior: Given Level_A which contains object_X, where object_X references Level_BDeleting object_X causes AssetRenameManger to check if we need to patch up other levelsLevel_B is load ...

Failure to sign when packaging for iOS Distribution when using Remote Compile from a code project on Windows

UE - Platform - Mobile - Feb 20, 2019

Packaging for iOS Distribution from Windows using Remote Compile results in a failure during the signing portion. This seems to be caused by a hardcoded "false" for a property that is used to determ ...