RegisterAssetTypeCategory failed as all user bits have been exhausted

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Nov 22, 2024

Hi, with adding additional plugins, etc. to our project, we have encountered an issue with registering too many asset categories, such as: LogAssetTools: Warning: RegisterAssetTypeCategory("Water", ...

ALevelVariantSetsActor not exposing Actor tags

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Variants - Nov 22, 2024

Hi, while trying to workaround this: https://udn.unrealengine.com/s/question/0D54z00008kTgHCCA0/variant-manager-crash-in-upropertyvaluehasvalidresolve I thought I would not create variant sets act ...

Calling BodyInstance.UpdateBodyScale displays erratic behaviors and does not update the rendering scale

UE - Simulation - Physics - Nov 22, 2024

Calling BodyInstance.UpdateBodyScale displays erratic behaviors and does not update the rendering scale. The licensee has reported and presented a repro project that displays the erratic behavior of ...

Variant manager crash in UPropertyValue::HasValidResolve

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Variants - Nov 21, 2024

in the past we have reported a lot of VM related bugs which got fixed over time. Unfortunately, I think we have another one. Right now we're using 5.0.3 binaries from the launcher. Now the pro ...

Bug: Relative File Paths for Asset Source Files are Incorrectly Generated for Engine and Engine Plugin Assets

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Nov 21, 2024

When importing an asset like a Texture asset using the steps mentioned in the Repro steps, the imported asset does not have the correct relative path listed under the newly-created asset's "Source F ...

Invalid PropertyConnectedMask in layered material instance when base material doesn't use material attributes

UE - Rendering Architecture - Materials - Nov 20, 2024

When UMaterialInstanceConstant::UpdateCachedData() updates CachedExpressionData.PropertyConnectedMask for material instances with layers incorrectly, it can lead to various graphical issues includin ...

Shadow Maps performance issue with 5.4 in comparison towards 5.3

UE - Graphics Features - Shadows - Nov 20, 2024

Shadow depths performance for non-VSM in certain scenes, notably those with rect lights and meshes that are set to movable, went from ~2ms to ~18ms going from UE 5.3 to UE 5.4. Setting the movable a ...

Getting the Outer (GetOuter()) inside AssetUserData::PostEditChangeOwner added to an instanced actor in a level returns the Outer marked with "Trash"

UE - Framework - Nov 20, 2024

When you call GetOuter() inside AssetUserData::PostEditChangeOwner, the Outer that is returned, is marked as "Trash". This is because the object is constructed again when an AssetUserData is added. ...

Behavior Tree (BT) services added to root nodes call the initial tick twice

UE - AI - Nov 20, 2024

Behavior Tree (BT) services added to root nodes call the initial tick twice A BT Service with the setting "Call Tick on Search Start" enabled will execute the initial tick twice when added to the ro ...

Widget Flickering Observed in RetainerBox with Incorrect LayerId

UE - Editor - UI Systems - UMG - Nov 19, 2024

Setting the Phase Count of a RetainerBox to 2 or more may cause other widgets within the same UserWidget to flicker. Upon investigation, we found that during frames where the flickering occurs, the ...