FComponentReference loses its actor reference when the target actor is reinstanced

UE - Gameplay - May 15, 2023

The "OtherActor" pointer in an FComponentReference is invalidated when the referenced actor is reinstanced after compilation. ...

Use a shared context in Loading instead of copying the LinkerInstancingContext

UE - Foundation - Core - EditorLoader - May 12, 2023

Current LinkerInstancingContext are copying instead of being shared internally during loading which can induce a lot of memory usage when used with World Partition which can contains a lot of mappin ...

Check in UCharacterMovementComponent::SmoothClientPosition fails when travelling between servers

UE - Gameplay - Player Movement - May 11, 2023

While attempting to connect and travel to a new server, the client's NetDriver will be shutdown, and a new pending net driver created (in UEngine::Browse). When the original NetDriver is destroyed, ...

Suspend/resume iOS Metal Crash on low end device with MTLCommandBufferErrorMemoryless error with lots of geometry

UE - Platform - Mobile - May 11, 2023

The project was built in Unreal 4.27.2 binary from the Epic Games Launcher. At this stage we have only observed the crash on devices with a hardware combination of Apple A9 1.8 GHz and 2GB of Memory ...

Reimporting static mesh doesn't respect changed lightmap settings

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Import and Export - May 11, 2023

Licensee reports change of behaviour between UE4 and UE5 when reimporting a mesh after changing its lightmap build settings. Change of behaviour occurred in 17404767, which was to fix a similar pro ...

Memory leak in Array draghandles in PropertyEditorHelpers.cpp

UE - Editor - Workflow Systems - May 9, 2023

Mesh reduction modules selection aren't properly applied on engine restart

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - May 4, 2023

Recent changes in the MeshReductionManagerModule::StartupModule() have introduced issues where it won't respect what reduction modules have been set in the config file. This is a big issue for plugi ...

Skeletal mesh bones cannot be selected in the viewport of the IK Retargeter

UE - Anim - Rigging - Retargeting - May 2, 2023

Skeletal mesh bones cannot be selected in the viewport of the IK Retargeter. They can still be selected via the bone name hierarchy. Reproduces in the following://UE5/Release-5.1 CL 2390901//UE5/Re ...