# Monitoring Real-Time Path Tracer Progress and Retrieving Progress Bar Status in Unreal Engine **URL:** \ **Category:** Rendering\ **Tags:** progress-bar, Path-Tracer, unreal-engine, Rendering, Blueprint\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/monitoring-real-time-path-tracer-progress-and-retrieving-progress-bar-status-in-unreal-engine/1208281 "2023-06-23T12:45:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Netzwerk3D](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Netzwerk3D](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Netzwerk3D)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/monitoring-real-time-path-tracer-progress-and-retrieving-progress-bar-status-in-unreal-engine/1208281/1 "2023-06-23T12:45:03Z")
Hello fellow developers, I’m currently working on a project where I enable the path tracer at runtime using the command “ShowFlag.PathTracing 1”. While the path tracer is running, there is a progress bar displayed at the bottom of the screen, indicating the progress of the rendering process. However, I’m facing difficulties in finding a way to retrieve the status of the progress bar. I would like to know if there is a method or a way to access the current progress value of the path tracer or retrieve the status of the progress bar during runtime. Is there a specific function or variable that I should utilize to achieve this? Being able to monitor the progress of the path tracer is essential for my project, as it would allow me to determine when the path tracer is completed or how far along it has progressed. Thank you in advance for your support and assistance! ---
**Author:** ![Carlos.Cristerna](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/carlos.cristerna/32/924328_2.png) [@Carlos.Cristerna](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Carlos.Cristerna)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/monitoring-real-time-path-tracer-progress-and-retrieving-progress-bar-status-in-unreal-engine/1208281/2 "2023-06-23T17:54:16Z")
@Netzwerk3D I am afraid there is no way at the moment. Regards CC ---
**Author:** ![Cascho75](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/cascho75/32/580853_2.png) [@Cascho75](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Cascho75)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/monitoring-real-time-path-tracer-progress-and-retrieving-progress-bar-status-in-unreal-engine/1208281/3 "2024-01-19T08:05:10Z")
The requested functionality of progress finished-event is fundamentally important. Please implement these, should be very easy in code. ---
**Author:** ![Miguel1900](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/miguel1900/32/1010694_2.png) [@Miguel1900](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Miguel1900)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/monitoring-real-time-path-tracer-progress-and-retrieving-progress-bar-status-in-unreal-engine/1208281/4 "2024-01-21T20:23:54Z")
I have desired it many times, too! ---
**Author:** ![Cascho75](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/cascho75/32/580853_2.png) [@Cascho75](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Cascho75)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/monitoring-real-time-path-tracer-progress-and-retrieving-progress-bar-status-in-unreal-engine/1208281/5 "2024-01-24T08:38:16Z")
Meanwhile I was playing around with saving pathtraced renders at runtime using MovieRenderQueue. It´s quite simple and here we have an OnFinished - Event at least. ---
**Author:** ![Cascho75](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/cascho75/32/580853_2.png) [@Cascho75](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Cascho75)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/monitoring-real-time-path-tracer-progress-and-retrieving-progress-bar-status-in-unreal-engine/1208281/6 "2025-02-26T08:55:01Z")
Still no news on this? ---
**Author:** ![gnuchev](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@gnuchev](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/gnuchev)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/monitoring-real-time-path-tracer-progress-and-retrieving-progress-bar-status-in-unreal-engine/1208281/7 "2025-07-30T01:35:56Z")
I’m also looking for a way to get something like OnFinished in runtime, outside of the MovieRenderQueue. This is important and would be incredibly helpful.