4.17.2 Hotfix Released

[Stephen Ellis]

UPDATE!

We have just released Preview 2 for 4.18! Thank you for your continued help in testing the 4.18 build before its official release....

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There are no current plans for a 4.17.3. A third hotfix would only be considered if something critical was accidentally broken in 4.17.2. We are watching...

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UPDATE!

The 4.17.2 Hotfix is now live! This hotfix includes over 100 important fixes in the 4.17 release, including many improvements to...

[Stephen Ellis]

The 4.17.2 Hotfix is now live! This hotfix includes over 100 important fixes in the 4.17 release, including many improvements to stability.
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[Stephen Ellis]

Hi HEGI.

This is by design, but the lack of an option to disable it is not. That will be corrected by the time we release 4.18.0.
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And on the topic of 4.18 preview.... Ta-da! https://forums.unrealengine.com/unre...ine-4-18-previ...

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PREVIEW!

A Preview of the upcoming 4.18 release is available now on the Launcher and Github. We have made this Preview available so that...

[Stephen Ellis]

An update that we are still preparing the 4.17.2 hotfix and it is now unlikely to be released this week. However, it should be ready relatively soon....

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Hello Takashi. The ticket is now visible.

https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-49724

Cheers...

[Stephen Ellis]

Aaaand, it's fixed now. Thanks again.

As for the blog loading by default, I believe that is by design.

Cheers

[Stephen Ellis]

Definitely not intentional. I will let the correct people know.

Thanks for calling this out.

[Stephen Ellis]

Hi everyone.

@Lisyarich

I surfaced this issue with our developers due to the feedback here, but it has been explained that this...

[Stephen Ellis]

We are currently working on fixes for the 4.17.2 hotfix, and are targeting for it to release sometime next week (Sept 18-22). We expect for this to be...

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UPDATE!

• The issue with the ` character mentioned above has been resolved. Posts with it in the title can now be accessed.
• Sketchfab can again be embedded

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Yes, we've invited a few hundred this week. A couple more hundreds will be invited next week (9/11 - 9/15), and we may scale up some more after that....

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Thanks. I've confirmed it's actually due to the ` character ("grave accent") in the title (different from the normal apostrophe). Unfortunately...

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I'd estimate about 20 to 21 years away.

We might have UE5 instead by then.

[Stephen Ellis]

UPDATE!

Forum sections now display more threads per page

Embedded videos are now functional

As for the reasons...

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UPDATE!

External links to old forum posts should now properly redirect. If you find any examples that do not, please provide details....

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Hi all.

I just want to let you know that we have seen this and it is being looked into by our web team.

Thanks for the repo...