AnimNotify Issue with LevelSequencer Actor with URO

UE - Anim - Runtime - Anim Blueprints - May 19, 2025

Sometimes AnimNotify does not fire when an animation is executed under the following conditions. 1. The CharacterMesh's AnimationMode uses UseAnimationAsset 2. CharacterMesh's URO is enabled (Enable ...

Tick functions are skipped on the first frame in package build and standalone PIE

UE - Gameplay - May 19, 2025

It's reported that all Tick functions are skipped on the first frame when running in packaged builds and standalone PIE. This is because both TickVisitedGFrameCounter and GFrameCounter are initializ ...

Changes to Instanced Properties default value on BP not propagated to placed actors in the opened level

UE - Foundation - May 15, 2025

In UE versions 5.4 and onwards (as of CL 42589677 in Main), when an Instanced UObject property is defined in an Actor Blueprint, modifying the default value in the Blueprint does not propagate the c ...

RayTracingManager::Tick() called twice in a single game frame

UE - Graphics Features - Ray Tracing - May 14, 2025

A licensee has shared a project with us, in which they are able to trigger a problematic case where the RayTracingGeometryManager is ticked twice during a single game frame. It would be good to inve ...

InstancedStruct Local Variables do not work

UE - Foundation - May 7, 2025

The licensee has noticed that local variables of type InstancedStruct return nullptr. The setup is a verification of the behavior. Class variables work normally. I've tested this behavior on every v ...

Exception on missing file during GC in horde storage

UE - Foundation - Horde - Storage - May 7, 2025

During GC, if a file was manually deleted (but the storage system is still track), GC can erroneously fail (and never remove the reference). This causes a backup in GC, putting the whole algorithm i ...

WidgetComponent is not updated with occlusion culling disabled

UE - Platform - XR - May 7, 2025

LastRenderTime is never updated with occlusion culling disabled, so the widget component will always stop updating.  (see UWidgetComponent::ShouldDrawWidget) Developers can force updates by TickWhen ...

ConditionalBeginDestroy on ActorComponent does not unregister the component with the world nor cause a warning

UE - Framework - Components - May 6, 2025

Calling ConditionalBeginDestroy on an ActorComponent (instead of DestroyComponent) can lead to a crash due to the object not being correctly unregistered. BeginDestroy doesn't unregister tick funct ...

Animating a bone in Persona when additive curves are present, causes exponential translation

UE - Anim - Runtime - May 5, 2025

If there is an additive curve present with scalar data, and that scalar data is something like 10,10,10. When you attempt to animate the bone again the translation of the widget with translate expon ...

Fade local light shadow with r.Shadow.DoesFadeUseResolutionScale doesn't work with VSM

UE - Graphics Features - Shadows - May 2, 2025

When VSM is enabled, local light shadows don't fade even if r.Shadow.DoesFadeUseResolutionScale is true. Local shadows do fade based on resolution when using regular shadow maps (CSM). ...