Bitmask ints can't be converted to strings

UE - Framework - Blueprint Compiler - Jan 29, 2025

While we do have an auto cast function that handles an int to string conversion, bitmask ints use a "bitmask" subcategory which thwarts are ability to find the cast function. ...

K2Node_GetEnumeratorName doesn't support bitmasks

UE - Framework - Blueprint Compiler - Jan 29, 2025

This is almost identical to [Link Removed]. The difference is that we need a variant of UEnum::GetNameByValue that supports bitmasks. We'll likely have to run this by Core. ...

SkinnedMeshComponent::BoneTransformUpdateMethodQueue is never reset in server builds

UE - Rendering Architecture - Jan 27, 2025

We reset BoneTransformUpdateMethodQueue in USkinnedMeshComponent::CreateRenderState_Concurrent and USkinnedMeshComponent::SendRenderDynamicData_Concurrent but these code paths are never called in se ...

HLODs appear dark/near black when built for very large geometry with Virtual Textures enabled

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - HLOD - Jan 27, 2025

Building HLODs for a very large landscape with Virtual Textures enabled results in the built HLODs being very dark for the most part. Building the same large landscape's HLODs with Virtual Textures ...

In -game in Editor, if streaming-in a LevelInstance and initialize its world partition, then leaving that cell and make it go outside the streaming grid, to re-enter it again, will trigger a check(!StreamingPolicy) if no GC has happened during that time.

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - World Partition - Jan 27, 2025

This crash can be fixed by adding a couple of || IsRunningGame() like it is done here:    FGenerateStreamingContext Context = FGenerateStreamingContext()        .SetLevelPackagesToGenerate((bIsPIE ...

PropertySet : changes in instancedstruct are not detected by the watch

UE - Graphics Tools - Modeling Tools - GeometryScripting - Jan 24, 2025

Hi, I tried to use for a scriptable tool the watch property node for a struct. The objective for me was to offer to my user a view of a struct in the scriptable tool and have these modifications b ...

Add Tooltips to Visual Logger rewind debugger track

UE - Anim - Gameplay - Jan 21, 2025

We'd like to have tooltips that show the description/comment for events in the visual logger tracks in rewind debugger ...

When a TSoftObjectPtr pointing to a const type is used as a parameter for a Dyanmic delegate, unreal marks it as deprecaded.

UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - UnrealHeaderTool - Jan 21, 2025

A change has been done to the TSoftObjectPtr class that warns when constructing a pointer-to non-const from a pointer-to-const. This change makes sense and is correct. Example: UTexture2D* Loade ...

Disabling bLerpUVs in Nanite Settings of Static Mesh causes texture warping in clusters

UE - Graphics Features - Nanite - Jan 21, 2025

The licensee has identified a potential fix by changing if( Settings.bLerpUVs ) to if( Settings.bLerpUVs || UVIndex == 0 ) On line 389 of NaniteBuilder\Private\Cluster.cpp in UE 5.5 ...

A Skeletal Mesh simulating physics that hits a Geometry Collection Actor with OneWayInteraction true, OneWayInteractionLevel 1, and is using Damage Propagation (default) will be accelerated so fast it immediately disappears by hitting the world limits

UE - Simulation - Core - Jan 20, 2025

A Skeletal Mesh simulating physics that hits a Geometry Collection Actor with OneWayInteraction true, OneWayInteractionLevel 1, and is using Damage Propagation (default) will be accelerated so fast ...