Clearcoat material behaves differently between 5.5 and 5.7

UE - Rendering - Features - Jan 16, 2026

Starting with Unreal Engine 5.7, specular reflections on clearcoat Materials are less pronounced. Unreal Engine 5.5 tests performed on //UE5/Release-5.5/, CL: 41545209 ...

Distance Field Artifact with Point/Spot Lights with Mesh scaled to 0 on XYZ

UE - Graphics Features - Apr 30, 2015

When using a Spot/Point Light with Distance Fields enabled and a mesh that is scaled to 0 on the XYZ will result in artifacts. ...

"Set Anim Instance Class" broken after using "Play Animation" node

OLD - Anim - Jul 17, 2015

After using a "Play Animation", the user cannot set the character back to using an AnimBP via the "Set Anim Instance Class" node. Workaround: Use two "Set Anim Instance Class" nodes. One to set i ...

Scaling multiple child components within a blueprint will cause their transform to malfunction

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Feb 17, 2016

If the user scales multiple child components and tries to move them it causes exaggerated movement. ...

Get and Set nodes for variables from a BP's parent class will not compile without a reference to Self (4.8)

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Jan 20, 2015

Get and Set nodes for variables from a BP's parent class will not compile without a reference to Self. Without one, the BP fails to compile with the following error: "Error Variable node Get NewVa ...

Get and Set nodes for variables from a BP's parent class will not compile without a reference to Self

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Jan 9, 2015

Get and Set nodes for variables from a BP's parent class will not compile without a reference to Self. Without one, the BP fails to compile with the following error: "Error Variable node Get NewVa ...

WorldSettings::Pauser doesn't always replicate when the game is paused.

UE - Networking - Aug 9, 2016

Variable "Pauser" in World Settings is often not replicated to the clients when the game is paused. ...

Collision is not updated on Slave Meshes when using "Set Master Pose Component"

OLD - Anim - Feb 17, 2016

Collision pose is not updated on Slave Meshes when using "Set Master Pose Component". This occurs with both Physics assets and Per-Poly collision This severely effects anybody making characters ou ...

Imprecise Rotation Values produced in the Details Panel when using the Rotation Widget in the Viewport

Tools - Mar 29, 2016

Starting with an asset (static mesh for instance) with a precise rotation value (such as a whole number) in the details panel will result in a imprecise, slightly fractional off value when rotated ...

Expose 'WorldUp' direction for CableComponents

UE - Gameplay - Oct 13, 2015

When the Cable component is set to specific rotations it will no longer render the cable actor that is attached to a mesh. Image is attached with multiple setups. Workaround to get it to render: ...