# Strange visual glitch in blueprint thumbnails

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073>\
**Category:** Blueprint\
**Tags:** thumbnail, model, unreal-engine, visual, glitch, Blueprint, question\
**Created:** [August 8, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073 "2015-08-08T20:57:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![EnricoUniverse](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@EnricoUniverse](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/EnricoUniverse)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/1 "2015-08-08T20:57:12Z")

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Almost every thumbnail of a blueprint in my project has this one mesh in it that only my player model has.

Look at the thumbnail of the selected blueprint in this screenshot for example:

 ![53313-schermafdruk+2015-08-08+22.52.23.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/9/0/b/90b073da7851337f7eaf856774b3db4a32ebdfde.jpeg)

This is how that blueprint really looks:

 ![53314-schermafdruk+2015-08-08+22.54.15.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/6/3/7/6377820028fdffefc598c915345c71c629b8f917.jpeg)

The mesh I think is used in every thumbnail is this one:

 ![53315-schermafdruk+2015-08-08+22.55.12.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/1/a/6/1a646ca4b39baef2c010a7142af9dd7daf2334b0.jpeg)

Really strange glitch, it’s nothing game breaking but still a bit annoying.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_b9532c9a](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_b9532c9a](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_b9532c9a)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/2 "2015-08-10T18:40:16Z")

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Hi ,

This is a known issue and is in our system as UE-17453, I am editing the report to show that more developers are affected by this.

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**Author:** ![EricJensen](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@EricJensen](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/EricJensen)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/3 "2015-08-12T17:52:11Z")

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I’m seeing this exact same thing as well. Components from other blueprints are showing up in the thumbnails of unrelated blueprints.

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**Author:** ![dx0ne](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@dx0ne](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/dx0ne)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/4 "2015-09-18T15:13:28Z")

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In my case it added dynamic light to each BP so when I’m in blueprint folder it makes editor lag to the point of being unusable.

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**Author:** ![devlyn811](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@devlyn811](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/devlyn811)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/5 "2015-11-01T20:42:43Z")

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Same thing is happening to me as well.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_6a1057a8](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_6a1057a8](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_6a1057a8)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/6 "2016-03-25T12:30:12Z")

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Happening over here as well! In one instance, right clicking the blueprints in the content browser resolved the issue, but I couldn’t reproduce this solution with all of the glitched thumbnails. I discovered this solution after I had right-clicked a blueprint to sync it from source control.

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**Author:** ![SVR33](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/svr33/32/906589_2.png) [@SVR33](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SVR33)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/7 "2016-04-03T12:30:43Z")

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I’ve been dealing with this in my project for a year now. It _seems_ to come and go with about 10% of my blueprints - I’ve checked twice, there is nothing about the affected BP’s that explains it, etiher. It’s not game breaking, by any means, but it’s one of those quality of life fixes that I’d kick a baby to get. 😉

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_108e793a](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_108e793a](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_108e793a)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/8 "2016-08-14T11:08:52Z")

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Same here, getting about 80% of my blueprint like that. It seems it s always the same object popping in it. Only object that are in some other blueprint.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_b9532c9a](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_b9532c9a](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_b9532c9a)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/9 "2016-08-15T13:47:03Z")

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Hi ,

On the [bug report](https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-17453), it looks like the error has been fixed as of 4.12. Which engine version are you using? Are you still experiencing this error on 4.12 or later?

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**Author:** ![T3CHZ](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@T3CHZ](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/T3CHZ)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/10 "2016-08-21T21:05:11Z")

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![103860-thumbnail+bug.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/0/5/f/05fbb7a4c980a45b18b95ab6387544284ce30302.png)

This bug still happens in 4.12.5. It has been reoccurring in multiple projects of mine since 4.7. Please Fix !

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_f03fe4b71](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_f03fe4b71](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_f03fe4b71)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/11 "2016-08-22T11:56:36Z")

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I am experiencing this issue and I am using 4.12.5

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_b9532c9a](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_b9532c9a](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_b9532c9a)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/strange-visual-glitch-in-blueprint-thumbnails/328073/12 "2016-08-22T13:34:34Z")

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Hi

I did some further digging and found that another bug was entered for this issue [here](https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-32911) already and should be fixed in 4.13.
