Cascade Shadow Map octree not handling new max world size

UE - Graphics Features - Jul 21, 2025

Cascaded Shadow Maps do not use the proper world size for octree culling. At far distances, the shadows are always culled. ...

UE5.6+ - Mutable - IDPrefix crash when combining Child Objects, Add to Mesh Component and Extend Mesh Section.

UE - Anim - Mutable - Jul 21, 2025

So the issue seems to be a combination of Add To Mesh Component and Extend Mesh Section. I've tried this in Epic Launcher 5.6, 5.6 in-house modified engine as well as ue5-main 5.7 from git (editor ...

UMaterialFunctionInterface not being tagged as BlueprintType makes some editor scripting scenarios difficult

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Jul 21, 2025

UMaterialInterface is BlueprintType, but UMaterialFunctionInterface is not. This makes it difficult to port some BP logic that works with materials to the material layer system. Crystal Dynamics wou ...

Unable to change Actor Coloration View Modes in PIE

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Jul 20, 2025

When in PIE changing Actor Coloration view modes from the viewport visualisation mode [Liit] -> [Actor Coloration] -> ... Does not update correctly when switching view mode and sometimes isn't corr ...

Assets on paths with speed parameters are sped up in Path Tracer exports

TM - Tools - Jul 18, 2025

Reported in SF [Link Removed] In Path Tracer renders, all paths with a speed component (vehicles, bicycles, custom) will render at an increased speed than specified in the exported render. This is ...

Structured log automated decimal number tests fail in languages / cultures that use commas instead of periods

UE - Foundation - Jul 17, 2025

The following Localisation Tests in "Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Tests\Logging\StructuredLogFormatTest.cpp:275" TestLoc(LOCTEXT("Float", " {Float} "), ANSITEXTVIEW(R"(128.25)")); TestLoc(LOCTEXT ...

Performance slowdown when ray tracing is disabled due to SetResidencyPriority

UE - Rendering Architecture - RHI - Jul 17, 2025

When a game is compiled with ray tracing disabled (D3D12_RHI_RAYTRACING=0) and the GPU the game is running on becomes low on VRAM, frame time is negatively impacted and doesn't recover. The D3D12_RH ...

Enabling Substrate causes MaterialGraph node previews to render black

UE - Graphics Features - Substrate - Jul 16, 2025

Node previews in MaterialGraph with Substrate enabled render solid black in 5.6. The latest 5.5 engine does render previews correct with substrate enabled. ...

Mover standalone backend allows non-persistent sync structs to carry over between frames

UE - Gameplay - Player Movement - Mover - Jul 16, 2025

Only certain sync state structs are intended to persist between frames. These are configured via MoverComponent's PersistentSyncStateDataTypes array. There appears to be a bug in the way the standa ...

Niagara Regression - Looping particle with Spawn Burst Instantaneous on time 0.0 flickers for a frame between loops

UE - Niagara - Jul 16, 2025

Note: This worked correctly up to UE 5.4, but repros from UE 5.5 up to mainline latest. If a Niagara Emitter is set up with "Spawn Burst Instantaneous" on time 0.0, and the spawned particle(s) have ...