FZipArchiveCompressTest failing to compile in non-editor Development builds

MetaHuman - Jul 28, 2026

`ZipArchiveTest.cpp` fails to compile for non-editor targets in Development configuration. `FZipArchiveCompressTest::RunTest` constructs `FZipArchiveReader`, which is editor only, but that section ...

Brick Pattern Artifact in Volumetric Clouds

UE - Rendering - Features - Jul 28, 2026

A licensee has reported seeing a repeating brick-like pattern in volumetric clouds when they overlap with very distant geometry (or at the transition between nearby and distant geometry). The artifa ...

FMassMoveTargetFragment::CreateNewAction does not update PreviousAction, breaking the start-of-path avoidance fade and related behavior for MassEntity crowds

UE - Runtime - Character - Jul 28, 2026

In MassEntity-based crowds, when an agent transitions from Stand to Move and begins walking, the Avoidance trait parameters StartOfPathDuration and StartOfPathAvoidanceScale, which are meant to temp ...

MATERIAL_SHADINGMODEL_TOON macro is not propagated to the substrate tool BSDF material on a DDC hit

UE - Rendering - Features - Shading Models - Jul 27, 2026

On a DDC hit, the SubstrateMaterialBsdfFeatures variable restored into MaterialCompilationOutput is not copied into SubstrateTranslatorData.SubstrateMaterialBsdfFeatures, which is referenced by the ...

Volumetric clouds are jagged along mesh edges when Fog Height Falloff is 0

UE - Rendering - Jul 27, 2026

Volumetric clouds are composited against opaque mesh silhouettes at a reduced resolution. A blocky and jagged edge appears along the silhouette. The fog brightness of the clouds also changes abruptl ...

Crash when merging Skeletal Mesh with incomplete LOD streaming

UE - Runtime - Deformable - Jul 24, 2026

SummaryMerging a Skeletal Mesh whose LOD streaming has not completed crashes with an AccessViolation while the vertex copy reads the Null buffers of LODs that have not been streamed inRoot cause is ...

Issue with UHLODBuilder::ComputeHLODHash

UE - Engine Scaling - Streaming - Jul 23, 2026

The HLOD content hash used to detect changes and trigger rebuilds effectively ignores everything hashed before the source-component loop — including the result of UHLODBuilderSettings::ComputeHLODHa ...

Two-sided property of materials saved to User Library not preserved

TM - Tools - Jul 22, 2026

Materials with the two-sided property enabled do not retain this setting when saved to the user library, reverting to one-sided whenever applied to objects, making it impossible to save a material a ...

BlendSpace Loop Boundary Produces Inconsistent Sync Marker Data andTriggers an AnimSequence Follower Assertion

UE - Runtime - Animation - Jul 22, 2026

Summary In UE 5.7.4, when a looping BlendSpace with Match Sync Phases enabled plays as a SyncGroup Leader and crosses its loop boundary during a transition to an external AnimSequenceFollower in th ...