UE5 - Water Material of Water plugin disappears in Game Mode

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Please watch the video for a visual explanation of the situation.

Link: - YouTube

This behavior is unexpected and seems it’s new to UE5. I’m using version 5.0.1. I can confirm that this did not happen in UE4 version 4.27.2.

I have enabled the Water Plugin and restarted the project.
I have created a simple plane in the scene by using Place Actors. I have then applied the Water_Material_CustomMesh on to my Plane Mesh.

When I hit play, the material completely disappears.

The only workaround is to have a Custom Water Plane actor in the scene alongside in order to have the material visible.

Any thoughts on this? Can anyone confirm the similar behavior in UE 5.0.1?

Again, please watch the video. Link: - YouTube

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I’m having the same issue. Firstly, the water material keeps resetting to empty in the parameters, for no apparent reason. Secondly, if the ocean’s pivot is too far away, the player and boat fall through, no buoyancy.

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