[BUG]GBuffer Hints crash the Editor (1904627)

Whenever i try to enable “GBuffer Hints (material attributes)” under “Show - Developer” the Editor crashes without an error.

Unfortunately i can’t add the dump file since the filetype isn’t supported. Let me know if i should send it to you in another way.

Hi Christian,

Thank you for your crash report. I have attempted to reproduce this crash, but am not experiencing the same results. Is this crash happening in new projects? You can upload the file to the FTP server and I will be able to further investigate the issue.

Thank you,

Alexander

I’ve upped both dumps on the FTP-Dropbox inside the Christian_Rudolph folder.
And yes it happens in a newly created “project”. I was just playing around with all the new stuff and i had just a few simple test meshes and materials inside the level so nothing fancy. As the template i’ve used the FP with code, if that might help solving the crash. Might be worth noting that i’m on a fairly old graphics card “Radeon 4870 DX10” i’ll change that old lady soon.

Hope it helps, keep up the good work!

Hi Christian,

I was able to get the .dmp files, but could you please also provide your log files? These are located in the folder [Your Project] > Saved > Logs. Those will provide more information about the events leading up to the crash.

Thank you,

Alexander

Sure thing, i’ve uploaded them for you in the same location.
I had a look through the logs for myself and it seems that he couldn’t find the Shader for the GBufferHints.

Assertion failed: ShaderRef != NULL && *ShaderRef != NULL [File:D:\BuildFarm\buildmachine_++depot+UE4-Rocket+Beta5\Engine\Source\Runtime\ShaderCore\Public\Shader.h] [Line: 855]
Failed to find shader type FPostProcessGBufferHintsPS

If you need anything else let me know!
All the best :slight_smile:

Since it is not finding a shader, lets make sure that the error did not occur from a bad install before moving forward. Please uninstall and reinstall the editor to see if that give you the missing shader file. Thank you for your cooperation and patience during this investigation.

Hey Alexander, sorry for the late reply. I’ve tested if a reinstall would solve the problem but it didn’t, so now i’m on a new graphics card GTX 570 DX11 prior Radeon HD 4870 DX10 and everything works now. So i don’t know if GBuffer Hints ever was designed to work under DX10 but it looks like that it is responsible for the crash.

I hope it helps a bit by solving the problem.
Once again sorry for the late reply and thanks for all the hard work you guys put in it.