Cannot Create a New Project if Windows Username Contains a Special Character

Tools - Oct 26, 2015

If you have a windows username with a special character (in this case, it was ^), the launcher will not allow you to create a new project, and a warning appears indicating that the path cannot conta ...

Spawning Component with Exposed on Spawn Variables Returns Incorrect Owner

UE - Gameplay - Components - Jan 12, 2016

Attempting to get the owner of an Actor Component that contains an exposed variable will return the Spawner blueprint's display name instead of the Spawned Actor it is added to. Found in 4.10.2 bin ...

Go To Definition fails quietly for Native functions with no definitions

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint Editor - Aug 11, 2017

Go To Definition fails for Set and Map Utility nodes (does not seem to affect Arrays). A warning similar to the following appears in the output log:LogSelectionDetails: Warning: NavigateToFunctionS ...

Light Propagation Volume Occlusion Intensity not working as intended

UE - Graphics Features - Oct 26, 2017

Light Propagation Volume Occlusion does not affect scene as it should. The workaround in 4.17.2 is to disable DBuffer decals which will enable the Light Propagation Volume Occlusion. Occurs in 4.1 ...

ObjectScale returns a Cascade Mesh particle's XYZ scale as 1.0

UE - Niagara - May 13, 2020

Sampling a Cascade Mesh Particle's scale always returns XYZ as 1.0 This is a regression from UE4/Release-4.24.  This does NOT affect Niagara Mesh particles.  I've attached a Cascade (left example ...

[MetaSounds] The Members' detail panel does not accurately update after making an edit and selecting a different member

UE - Audio - MetaSounds - Jun 26, 2023

Note: This issue also affects MetaSound Patches and any Members Menu List Repro Rate: 5/5 Regression marked as No: issue was seen in 5.2 and 5.1  UE5+Release-5.2-CL-26001984 UE5+Release-5.1-CL- ...

Unable to play replays with custom GameNetworkProtocolVersion set at runtime

UE - Networking - Sep 20, 2023

It seems that when comparing the custom versions for a replay (in the "operator<<" defined in ReplayTypes.cpp), the value retrieved from the FCurrentCustomVersions is not the value set at runtime, b ...

Array inputs in Custom Events cause a compiler "note"

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Sep 1, 2015

Array inputs in Custom Events cause a compiler "note". On compile, "NOTE" is added to the node, and this appears in the Compiler Results: "Info No value will be returned by reference. Parameter 'Lis ...

Blueprint Billboard Components render Opaque in Editor but Translucent during PIE

UE - Graphics Features - Jan 28, 2016

Billboard components render translucent during play, but render opaque within the editor. Simply adding a billboard as a component to a new actor blueprint and placing it in the level will reproduce ...

Generate Project Files is not automatically run after Switch Unreal Engine Version on Mac

UE - Foundation - Core - Feb 8, 2016

When converting a project to a different version of the engine, the GenerateProjectFiles.command process is not ran as it would be on Windows with GenerateProjectFiles.bat. This can cause issues, es ...