Disabled by default (guarded by USE_SHADER_MODEL_6_6).
Includes work done by Yuriy.
#rb yuriy.odonnell
#fyi brian.karis, christopher.waters, lukas.hermanns
[CL 15914077 by graham wihlidal in ue5-main branch]
#rb none
#jira UE-111726
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 15852110 in //UE5/Release-5.0-EarlyAccess/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-5.0-EarlyAccess -> Main) (v786-15839533)
[CL 15852982 by tim smith in ue5-main branch]
#rb none
#jira UE-111710
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 15852066 in //UE5/Release-5.0-EarlyAccess/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-5.0-EarlyAccess -> Main) (v786-15839533)
[CL 15852981 by tim smith in ue5-main branch]
LIMITATIONS:
1) Re-instancing will only update UClass instance data.
2) Adding and removing properties should only be done towards the end of a class or structure and can not be followed by complex data types.
3) Adding and removing properties from a base class should not be done if a derived class contains complex data types.
KNOWN ISSUES:
1) Changes to enumerations and structures will not be reflected in existing blueprints. However, adding new nodes to the blueprint will show the updated enumeration or structure.
2) If a class contains an enumeration or structure as a member, the class will not be re-instanced if enumeration or structure is changed.
CHANGES:
1) LiveCodingServer
1a) Modified to always execute certain static instances during load.
1b) Modified to exclude the _Statics static structures to avoid patching to old copies.
2) Added support for LiveCoding reinstancing
2a) Refactored deferred registration system for UClass, UEnum, and UScriptStruct to use a common system that works for normal game, hot reload and live coding.
2b) Type specific version check data is possible (i.e. enum doesn't have a size)
2c) Single registration static for UClass
2d) Single registration class for all types that is just a blind forward to API.
2e) Static and dynamic registrations use different API entry points to avoid having overloaded argument lists that just apply to one or the other.
2f) Shims for older API
3) New common "Reload" system to avoid using HotReload code.
3a) Support common delegates regardless of who is reloading/reinstancing.
3b) Re-instancing code moved from HotReload to Kismet2 (where the bulk of the re-instance code already existed).
3c) Modified PyWrapper to use new helper class instead of depending on HotRelaod
3d) Added WITH_RELOAD which is defined if HotReload or LiveCoding is enabled.
3e) Modifed existing code to use new #define and delegates.
Robert did the review on the changes covered by Part 2. Remaining changes are all straightforward.
#rb robert.manuszewski
#jira UE-74493
[CL 15736777 by Tim Smith in ue5-main branch]
- Removed OutputMask since nothing was using it anymore.
- Made UAVMask an optional output from FXC compiles, only d3d11 reads it.
- UAVMask now created from entire set of UAVs and not just UAVs in Uniform Buffers.
#jira none
#rb mihnea.balta
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 15643920 in //UE5/Release-5.0-EarlyAccess/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-5.0-EarlyAccess -> Main) (v779-15635321)
[CL 15643927 by christopher waters in ue5-main branch]
- This makes shader compilation predictable and resolves the issue with Incredibuild failing to run SCWs on systems without the library.
#rb Chris.Waters, Rolando.Caloca, Lukas.Hermanns
#review-15600065 @Chris.Waters, @Rolando.Caloca, @Lukas.Hermanns
#robomerge Release-5.0-EarlyAccess
#jira UE-108348
[CL 15600059 by Arciel Rekman in ue5-main branch]
Removed bSupportsVolumeTextureCompression as all platforms support it now, only Switch fallbacks to uncompressed
#jira UE-108841
#rb jack.porter
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 15566901 in //UE5/Release-5.0-EarlyAccess/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-5.0-EarlyAccess -> Main) (v771-15082668)
[CL 15566914 by dmitriy dyomin in ue5-main branch]
This adds support for a new compilation flag that enables warnings as errors. Support was added for most of the main platforms. This feature has to opted into since many shaders currenntly contain small warnings, however this gives the ability for developpers to locally opt-in to this behavior to slowly sanitize code.
A global CVar: r.Shaders.WarningsAsErrors was also added, which will force every shader to be (re)built with this enabled for even more thorough checking.
#rb Jason.Nadro, Lukas.Hermanns, Rolando.Caloca
[CL 15383543 by chris kulla in ue5-main branch]
