Non-existing config file loading could cause memory leak

UE - CoreTech - Oct 19, 2023

The cause of this problem is the Engine has code paths which register a new allocated object to Map without deleting the previous object. In the repro project, whenever hitting Space Bar, the level ...

Chaos Vehicle does not make them CCD

UE - Simulation - Physics - Jan 10, 2024

AWheeledVehiclePawn class tries to use CCD in the constructor, but Mesh->BodyInstance.bUseCCD = true this code does not work to activate CCD because Physics Assets could not be available at this ...

Pre-UE5 serialized FVariant FVector data corruption when deserialized in UE5

UE - Framework - LWC - Jan 15, 2024

FVariant is a struct that implements a union of data types, including FVector. When assigning an FVariant an FVector value in engine versions UE 4.27 or earlier, the FVariant will deserialize incorr ...

Starting PIE with an unloaded player start spawns the player at (0,0,0)

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Mar 19, 2024

From licensee:What happens is that UEditorEngine::CheckForPlayerStart() is returning the PlayerStart in the data layer, so FInternalPlayWorldCommandCallbacks::PlayInViewport_Clicked() doesn't route ...

Crash after 'Reparent Blueprint' when renaming component on-top of orphaned inherited component

UE - Framework - Blueprint Editor - May 7, 2024

After reparenting a blueprint and inherited components from the previous parent are removed, trying to give a new component the same name as a previous component causes a crash inside UObject::Renam ...

Editing an array config property via ProjectSettings can end up editing other platform config properties.

UE - CoreTech - May 27, 2024

Platforms .ini config files can end up with incorrect data, due to how ProjectSettings manages the config data. On a Windows machine, if we open the ProjectSettings window, all the data is going to ...

World position offset behaves differently when setting its value directly on the result node

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Jul 8, 2024

The world position offset input of the result node does not behave consistently. There is an obvious visual difference between the setting it by connecting a float3 color constant, versus setting th ...

LevelEditor: "Replace Actor" marks level as dirty even when using external actors

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Jul 15, 2024

When using external actors, adding/removing/replacing/editing an actor instance inside a level does not cause any modification to the Level package, which helps reduce contention for the map file on ...

Ortho near plane clips geometry in Editor Top view

UE - Graphics Features - Aug 9, 2024

When the viewport is in Top (ortho) Lit mode the near plane clips through geometry as you zoom the view in and out. ...

Foliage rendering issues when using both Density Scaling and MaxWorldPositionOffsetDisplacement

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Foliage - Aug 29, 2024

When a material with WPO effects and MaxWorldPositionOffsetDisplacement is applied to a foliage mesh, foliage applied to a map will no longer work as expected with density scaling, especially after ...