Incorrect resolution used because SetProcessDpiAware() is not called when bAllowHighDPIInGameMode=False

UE - Rendering Architecture - Aug 8, 2025

The incorrect resolution is used on computers with 4k monitors that use DPI scaling (default 150%) because the default for UE projects is bAllowHighDPIInGameMode=False which results in SetProcessDp ...

Specular Scale 0 on Light still affects Groom asset

UE - Rendering Architecture - Jul 30, 2025

When a light's Specular Scale is set to 0, the specular still affects hair / groom assets. The specular of other assets (like a shiny static mesh in the scene) is properly affected by the change.  ...

URuntimeVirtualTextureComponent::RequestPreload not working for some edge cases

UE - Rendering Architecture - Jul 15, 2025

A licensee has reached out to us to inform us that the logic for preloading at times fails to account for adaptive virtual textures when the requested mip level is not in the shared AllocatedVirtual ...

Console command “showflag.rendering 0” causes crash

UE - Rendering Architecture - Jul 10, 2025

A crash occurs when the console command “showflag.rendering 0” is executed. This does not occur in UE5.5, so it is a iassue in UE5.6. ...

Static meshes viewed in the static mesh editor in orthographic side view are becoming white after a couple of seconds when quality preset is maximum.

UE - Rendering Architecture - Jun 18, 2025

Context: Orthographic views are used to have a 2D view of a 3D object providing precise control over object placement and alignment. This can be used for projects like isometric games and architectu ...

Crash in FUniformExpressionSet::FillUniformBuffer trying access deleted UTextureCollection

UE - Rendering Architecture - May 30, 2025

Crash in FUniformExpressionSet::FillUniformBuffer trying access deleted UTextureCollection (Experimental in 5.6). The licensee describes their crash, their analysis, and a proposed fix: This crash ...

Runtime virtual texture sometimes shows corrupted tiles

UE - Rendering Architecture - Apr 28, 2025

Some licensees have reported seeing intermittent corruption of runtime virtual texture tiles. This hasn't been reproduced at Epic. Usually this shows up as some small percentage of rendered tiles l ...

[CrashReport][Crash] UnrealEditor-Core!IMemoryReadStream::CopyTo()

UE - Rendering Architecture - Apr 10, 2025

Intermittent crash in virtual texture transcode. Usually mempy from nullptr but also occasionally we see the same callstack with memcpy to random location. ...

Excessive RVT page updates with Nanite and ClearCoat or Cloth shading model applied

UE - Rendering Architecture - Mar 31, 2025

There is an excessive number of page updates when a Nanite landscape has a runtime virtual texture material applied to it with a shading model set to ClearCoat or Cloth (instead of Default Lit). The ...

Reflection capture doesn't work when using Lumen GI and SSR

UE - Rendering Architecture - Mar 24, 2025

Reflection Capture does not appear to work with Lumen + SSR. Licensees have reported that there are cases where they want to combine Lumen GI, SSR and Reflection capture for quality and performance ...