DeprojectScreenPositionToWorld has inaccurate behavior in VR

UE - Platform - XR - May 6, 2015

Calling DeprojectScreenPositionToWorld while in VR mode does not project from the center of the Oculus view. Using the results of the call with a line trace will show the line coming off center fro ...

OnKeyDown does not function in packaged game

UE - Editor - UI Systems - Jul 17, 2015

Pressing down a key for a widget blueprint works in PIE however, it's not functioning once the project is packaged. Project Rar File: [Link Removed] ...

[bug] OIT doesn't work correctly with alpha composite blend mode

UE - Rendering - Features - Shading Models - Mar 4, 2025

When using OIT, AlphaComposite Materials blend as if they are using the Translucent BlendMode. The order of macro #if … #elif cases cause AlphaComposite Materials to take the same route as Transluce ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Differences in DistanceToNearestSurface and DistanceFieldGradient results between 4.27 and 5.0

UE - Rendering - Features - Apr 27, 2022

In the UE5 case, we end up seeing very harsh lines in both the gradient and the distance to nearest surface examples whereas the results in 4.27 appear smooth.  It was also interesting to observe c ...