"LogTextureGraph: Warning: serialize Var v-1<0x00000000>: NOT FOUND for None"

Summary

After enabling required core module, plugins, and restarting to compile in UE 5.6.1; You will receive this warning when creating a MetaHuman asset “LogTextureGraph: Warning: serialize Var v-1<0x00000000>: NOT FOUND for None”

I went down a rabbit hole trying to find this missing “variable” in a material graph that was missing or deprecated but was unable to find it. So I started building a development plugin from C++ to help assist for issues like this in the future and still working on it. There is still a lot of testing to do with my plugin but not only is that an issue with Metahuman but there is a ton of missing references/ dependencies in the production build of 5.6.1 that was pushed without cleaning up. Any Epic developers related, I would recommend looking into the Metahumans warning first. It’s harmless in the output log but it did send me down this long path of looking into missing assets.

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What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Assets

Steps to Reproduce

Enable Core Module for UE 5.6.1 > Enable missing plugins for Metahumans > create a Metahuman asset > enable missing plugins > restart.

Expected Result

LogTextureGraph: Warning: serialize Var v-1<0x00000000>: NOT FOUND for None

Observed Result

Missing variable inside of Texture Graph within Metahumans shipped plugins.

Platform(s)

5.6.1

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