start/end state notify events can be sent every frame on dedicated server builds

UE - Anim - Gameplay - Aug 1, 2025

The problem is that UCharacterMovementComponent::MoveAutonomous can tick the anim instance and dispatch notifies outside of the regular skeletal mesh component tick. But when MoveAutonomous calls T ...

Add dll-exposure to landscape patch public functions that are meant to be used by external modules

UE - Graphics Tools - Terrain - Landscape - Jul 31, 2025

ULandscapePatchComponent::SetIsEnabled, IsEnabled, etc. are all callable from BP but not from c++. This is not convenient for licensees ...

ULocalPlayerSaveGame::IsSaveInProgress always returns true after a save completes

UE - Framework - Jul 31, 2025

ULocalPlayerSaveGame::IsSaveInProgress always returns true after the first save is requested. This is due to the return statement checking if either an error has yet to be reported or a success has ...

Anamorphic Squeeze Factor causes a blocky Depth of Field issue on AMD Hardware

UE - Graphics Features - Jul 30, 2025

When using the Anamorphic Squeeze Factor on a camera on AMD RDNA3 and RDNA4 hardware, blocking artefacts may be seen depending on the extent of the blur. The peripheries of the viewport appear to be ...

Destroying a welded actor is causing an Array index out of bounds crash on 5.6

UE - Simulation - Physics - Jul 30, 2025

Destroying a welded actor is causing an Array index out of bounds crash on 5.6. The licensee has provided a repro project that reliably causes a crash whenever the spawned actor is destroyed. There ...

UText3DComponent's Text property access: UE 5.3 broke BP setters. UE 5.6 unneccessarily broke compatibility and incorrectly removed BP getters.

UE - CoreTech - Jul 30, 2025

Class UText3DComponent from the "Text 3D" plugin contains a "FText Text" member which must be set through a SetText() function to correctly update the component's internal state. Up to UE 5.2, "Tex ...

Nanite Mesh Dither Opacity Mask Not Working in 5.6.0

UE - Graphics Features - Nanite - Jul 30, 2025

In Unreal Engine 5.5.4, the Dither Opacity Mask option in a Masked material works correctly on Nanite meshes. However, in version 5.6.0, the dithering effect no longer applies to Nanite meshes. ...

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.  ...

SynchronizeWithExternalDependencies can cause soft lock with Pose Search DDC tasks during cook

UE - Anim - Gameplay - Jul 25, 2025

SynchronizeWithExternalDependencies will call Modify on the Pose Search Database when the database has changed. This will call FAsyncPoseSearchDatabasesManagement::OnObjectModified which in turn ma ...