Custom Depth Mask not working in Packaged Game? 4.26

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So I’ve tried searching the web for this answer and it seems to be very specific but I’m using HighResShot to make thumbnails for menus and using the flag bMaskUsingCustomDepth as explained here: Taking Screenshots | Unreal Engine 4.27 Documentation

This works very great in the editor as it only renders the character that has depth enabled and not the background.

But in a packaged game, it renders the entire background as if custom depth isn’t working.

Editor

1 (1)
1 (1)1024×1024 144 KB

Packaged

5
51024×1024 93.7 KB

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If you need it at runtime you are better off making a dedicated room where the actor (and only that) is loaded up for the purpose of taking the scenecapture2d render.

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Yeah that seems to be the only possible solution to this. I didn’t know it was Editor only.