Importing static mesh while a PIE session is running permanently breaks nanite on the asset

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Import and Export - Mar 12, 2025

Importing a Static Mesh during PIE can cause it to never enable Nanite, even if it reports that Nanite is enabled. To re-enable Nanite on the mesh, the asset needs to be deleted and imported again ...

Project cannot build in VS 2017 15.8+ if it uses std::make_shared with an over-aligned type

UE - Foundation - Core - Aug 30, 2018

Visual Studio 2017 15.8 includes a fix to properly handle std::make_shared used with over-aligned types. However, this is a breaking fix and requires the definition of one of two macros to either ac ...

PropertyAccessUtil methods do not do propagation to instances when editing archetypes

UE - Editor - Workflow Systems - May 14, 2020

Currently value propagation is handled at the property node level (c.f., PropagateContainerPropertyChange), and is unavailable to any other editor code / scripting (whether in Python or BP or C++). ...

GooglePAD ondemand assetpack file packaged redundantly in obb file

UE - Platform - Mobile - Mar 19, 2021

In order to distribute content within GooglePAD's distribution size limit. (1GB for install-time, 500MB for fast-follow, and 500MB for on-demand) we are trying to package it as assetpack by dividing ...

Hot reload causes AnimBlueprint to lose functionality and crash

OLD - Anim - Mar 31, 2015

Casting to a character class inside of AnimBlueprint after a hot reload caused editor to crash Crash Reporter: [Link Removed] Additionally, Casts fail, breaking AnimBlueprint after a hot reload ...

Overlapping isn't updated on replicated components after SetWorldTransform

UE - Networking - Dec 10, 2015

Overlapping isn't updated on replicated components after SetWorldTransform. Updating the transform on the Actor itself updates the overlapping as expected. Reproduced in 4.10 and Main (CL# 2798114) ...

Resetting material instance parameters to default value does not update the appearance of the object that the material is applied to

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Mar 10, 2025

When a material instance with exposed parameters is applied to a landscape; the parameters set to a new value and then reset to back the default value, the landscape does not respect the new default ...

Setting child actor component offset breaks child component variables set in parent constructor

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Sep 6, 2016

If a child actor component has a local offset from the parent, any of the child's variables that are set in the parent's construction script are not registered. Workaround: Setting child variables ...

Editor Type Plugins are Included in Packaged Development Build

UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - UnrealBuildTool - Feb 19, 2016

When you declare a plugin as "Editor" type, the plugin is still included in a packaged development build. Found in 4.10.3 binary. Reproduced in 4.11 Preview 5, and Main CL 2870013 ...

When a client sends an Unreliable RPC to the Server in same frame with a Reliable RPC, Unreliable RPCs are Reliable

UE - Networking - Sep 25, 2018

When a client sends an Unreliable RPC to the Server in same frame with a Reliable RPC, Unreliable RPCs are Reliable. It implies extremely high lag on each lost RPC and all following ones. User lose ...