Fix the skeletal mesh merge tool material assignment, change the API to avoid confusion

OLD - Anim - Jul 25, 2018

UDN user ask us to change the API for the material to remove confusion with the material ID. Also apparently there is an issue with the skeletal mesh merge tool, the user did not give any repro ste ...

Level Bounds Incorrectly Calculated If Particle System Does Not Have "Use Fixed Relative Bounding Box" Enabled

UE - Niagara - Jul 26, 2018

If "Use Relative Fixed Bounding Box" is disabled, level bounds will be incorrectly calculated. This seems to be similar to [Link Removed]. Found in 4.19 CL# 4033788, 4.20 CL# 4212847, 4.21 CL# 4233 ...

Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding with DirectX 11 causes videos to render black when loaded in a Media Player

Media Framework - Sep 7, 2023

This is not a regression. Tested in //UE5/Release-5.2 CL26001984. Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding requires DirectX 11, but it appears the combination causes media players to only render a black ...

Fix PrimitiveComponent overlap indirection

UE - Simulation - Physics - Sep 27, 2016

When doing overlap tests in PrimitiveComponent, UWorld->ComponentOverlapMulti is used. The callstack for that ends up looking like this (callstack is inverted, highest level on top): UWorld::Compo ...

Fix AGameModeBase::GetGameSessionClass

UE - Gameplay - Dec 5, 2016

AGameModeBase::GetGameSessionClass wasn't properly returning the set GameSessionClass. ...

GlobalShaderCache file is missing when Direct X 11 SM5 is disabled for packaging

UE - Graphics Features - Nov 16, 2016

When trying to launch a .exe after disabling SM5 in the project settings, an error will appear. The global shader cache file ../../../../Engine/GlobalShaderCache-PCD3D_SM5.bin is missing. ...

Fixing a Blueprint's compilation error after editor reload causes instances to lose transform

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Feb 23, 2023

Saving and reloading a Blueprint instance with a compilation error, a.k.a., "Bad Blueprint" will lead to a transform reset when the Blueprint is successfully recompiled. ...