Instanced static meshes fire an erroneous performance assert about loose parameters.

UE - Graphics Features - Sep 4, 2019

 "This ensure is intended to catch regressions where rendering programmers add a loose parameter to LocalVertexFactory, breaking dynamic instancing on regular static meshes.  InstancedStaticMeshes c ...

Setting Fullscreen Mode to "Fullscreen" results in Crash when using 4.23 from source

UE - Rendering - Architecture - RHI - Oct 11, 2019

Changing the screen settings to Fullscreen through code or blueprints results in a crash. This only happens in the source version of 4.23 and does not occur in the binary version of 4.23. I have att ...

Spline Mesh Collision doesn't work in packaged game when spawning them at runtime

UE - Simulation - Physics - May 18, 2020

Spline Mesh Components lose their collision in a packaged game when spawning them at runtime, or modifying them via 'Set Start and End' function at runtime. ...

Show Flags are changed to the state that they were set on editor startup when switching to a different level

UE - Graphics Features - Jun 15, 2018

Show Flags are changed to the state that they were set on editor startup when switching to a different level It appears that the state of Show Flags are stored in the editor on shut down, this is c ...

Inconsistent media texture new style output state across the engine

UE - Media Framework - Jun 20, 2023

A simple search for `NewStyleOutput = true` will reveal the many instances where this flag is already forced on, including media plates and media bundles. This however means that we have incompatib ...

Light Leak Issue in Modular Buildings (Lumen HZBTraversal)

UE - Rendering - Graphics Features - Lumen - Oct 14, 2025

Starting in Unreal Engine 5.6, disabling "r.Lumen.ScreenProbeGather.ScreenTraces.HZBTraversal" can lead to light leaking between adjacent or overlapping meshes. Also tested on Release-5.6, CL: 4523 ...

Subobject ComponentClass overrides cause failing assertions due to UObject reconstruction on AsyncLoadingThread

UE - Engine Scaling - dSTM - Dec 19, 2025

Context The blueprint editor allows you to override an actor component's class in derived blueprints (component details panel -> Component Class). [Image Removed] Problem When a blueprint and it ...

Packaging a plugin from Plugins Editor UI wipes the target folder before packaging

UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - Plugin System - Sep 23, 2016

"Package Plugin" from Plugin Editor UI will wipe the target folder’s contents first then populate it with plugin files. User was expecting “Package Project” like behavior: Create a new folder in th ...

Static mesh with simulate physics does not update for clients joining after a session has started

UE - Networking - Apr 22, 2016

Static mesh with simulate physics does not update for clients joining after a session has started ...

Combo box does not function in packaged build

UE - Editor - UI Systems - May 10, 2017

The ComboBox (string) element for UMG is not correctly displaying, The array options do not appear and can not be selected, for the packaged build, while PIE behaves as expected. Regression: This ...