Accessing View struct from custom .usf shader causes undeclared identifier error

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Hi everyone,

I’m writing a custom shader in a .usf file and I’m trying to access the View uniform buffer (e.g. View.ViewProjectionMatrix, etc.). However, the shader compiler errors out with:

error: use of undeclared identifier 'View'; did you mean 'new'?

On the C++ side, my shader derives from FGlobalShader, and I’ve added the following parameter:

SHADER_PARAMETER_STRUCT_REF(FViewUniformShaderParameters, View)

The shader compiles fine on the C++ side, but inside the .usf file the View symbol is still not defined.

I’ve also tried including common headers like:

#include "/Engine/Private/Common.ush"
#include "/Engine/Private/SceneTexturesCommon.ush"

but the issue persists.

What is the correct way to expose and access the View uniform buffer inside a custom .usf shader?
Am I missing a required include, binding step, or macro on the shader side?

Any guidance or minimal working example would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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I have encountered same issuse. There is a temproal fix. For example, use View_ViewRectMin.xy rather than View.ViewRectMin.xy

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Thank you! I’ll have to try that out.

Also good to know I’m not the only one experiencing this.

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Also, this issue might caused by using parameters which name has changed. Such as View.PreViewTranslation now become two seperated parameters, View.PreViewTranslationHigh and View.PreViewTranslationLow

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