UI Materials can no longer be used with Static Meshes and are broken on live experiences

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Summary

UI Materials can no longer be used with Static Meshes and are broken on live experiences even with bUsedWithStaticMesh set to True

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Assets

Steps to Reproduce

  • Make a Material
  • Set Material Domain to User Interface
  • Try to use it with static meshes

Expected Result

Material should be able to be used w/ static meshes

Observed Result

Material will display default world grid in game

Platform(s)

WIndows 11 - 40.00-CL-51746096

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Yes, same for me!

Steps to reproduce Example:

  1. Create a custom Entity with a StaticMesh component (SM_MoneyPlane)

  2. Spawn the entity via RootEntity.AddEntities()

  3. Set the material via set Mesh.MoneyMaterial = MyMaterial

  4. The material is not displayed

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FORT-1078661 has been created and its status is ‘Unconfirmed’. This is now in a queue to be reproduced and confirmed.