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 ...

UWorldPartitionSubsystem::IsStreamingCompleted returning the wrong query result when all cells and actors in location are in DataLayers

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - World Partition - Jul 24, 2025

Context: Data Layers is a system within World Partition used to organize Actors both in the Editor and at runtime. It allows for the user to dynamically load and unload layers in the Editor to help ...

Nanite Landscapes in Non world partition maps has missing sections

UE - Graphics Tools - Terrain - Landscape - Jul 23, 2025

Nanite in non world partition worlds builds with missing section, almost half the landscape is missing. Looking at the nanite overdraw as attached, it shows an interesting pattern. ...