Changelog

0.2.7 - 2026-02-09

Added

• ANSamplesLevelActor now has bShowLevelName and bShowLogo properties to control whether the level name and logo are shown.
• ANSamplesDisplayActor title settings now has bShowTitleHorizontalRule allowing for the title to be drawn with or without a horizontal rule.
• ANSamplesDisplayActor title settings now has TitleTextPadding allowing for the title to have some padding from the edges.
• Window > Log > Clean Logs Folder will remove much of the chaffe in the projects saved/logs folder.
• NexusPicker distributions now support finding the nearest point on a NavMesh (V1) via projection mode, with FNPickerUtils::NavQueryExtent controlling the distance from the NavMesh volume projectable.
• FNOrientedBoxPicker for generating points in a box with rotation.
• #120 FNArcPicker for generating points in an arc distribution.

Changed

• NexusDynamicReferences module renamed NexusDynamicRefs avoid unnecessarily long names, this change includes all associated classes and methods.
• FNSlateUtils::FindSDocTab() a robust search mechanism to find a tab for a widget.
• UNDeveloperOverlayWidget has been renamed to UNDeveloperOverlay and moved to the NEXUS: UI plugin.
• All NexusPicker functionality has been changed to take variants of FNPickerParams structs to consolidate options; this is a breaking change without any direct upgrade path.
• NexusBlockout now contain simplified collision primitives.

Fixed

• Ensure that a UNDelayedEditorTask removes itself from UAsyncEditorDelay complete event when released.
• Added exception for UDataValidationChangelist to UNEngineContentValidator as when submitting with the Revision Control window the changelist object would prevent validation.
• FNCirclePicker::IsPointInsideOrOn and UNCirclePickerLibrary::IsPointInsideOrOn now correctly return true when the point is inside a rotated circle.
• FNBoxPicker and FNRectanglePicker no longer have regions unintentionally excluded in the distribution.
• ANSamplesLevelActor now properly flags the SM_SkySphere not to have any collisions, stopping a warning when building NavMesh.

Removed

• UNWidgetEditorUtilityWidget no longer used to wrap content widgets, individuals should extend off UNEditorUtilityWidget instead.

0.2.6 - 2026-01-20

Added

• Windows > NEXUS > Actor Pools a tab for monitoring the pressure on the UNActorPoolSubsystem in realtime.
• FNDeveloperUtils::GetRootSetObjects() / FNDeveloperUtils::DumpRootSetToLog() to help with debugging world tear down issues.
• FNMultiplayerUtils::GetPing()
• UNTextRenderComponent icon in editor.
• UNEditorUtilityWidget persistent flag can be used to automatically restore state across map changes (as the widgets are recreated).
• FNWidgetUtils to support converting from serialized to slate space.

Changed

• Many enumerations have been modernized to enum class, leaving only a few enum where necessary.
• Console command NEXUS.ActorPools.TrackStats renamed to N.ActorPools.TrackStats.
• Extracted test logic from ANSamplesDisplayActor into its own test object.
• UNActorPoolSubsystem now respects UnknownBehaviour in UNActorPoolsSettings to determine what to do when an AActor is returned to the system when a FNActorPool does not exist for it.
• UNTextRenderComponent will now ensure that its owning AActor on BeginPlay is replicated.

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0.2.5 - 2026-01-11

Changed

• The main branch of the GitHub repository is now the base point of development; tags are still created for specific release versions, with those points in time being commited to the release branch.
• Code cleanup is driven by SonarQube static analysis and suggestions.
• Status check reports for GitHub actions are now marked on individual commits.

Fixed

• Add proper editor menu cleanup for the NexusFixers plugin.

0.2.4 - 2026-01-06

Added

• FNTestUtils::PrePerformanceTest() and FNTestUtils::PostPerformanceTest() for reusable performance testing steps.

Changed

• Update detection now bumps the ignored version to the installed version if it is greater than the saved version.
• Exposed all log categories for external reference.

Fixed

• Accuracy of FNMethodScopeTimer improved, as well as fixed TEXT() macro not being closed.

Removed

• Unnecessary TODOs in non-experimental plugins.

0.2.3 - 2025-12-21

Added

• Automatic UNActorPoolSet loading configurable in project Actor Pool Settings
• Glyph based FNPrimitiveFont supporting rendering FString through PDI (FNPrimitiveDrawingUtils::DrawString) and other drawing interfaces (FNDrawDebugHelpers::DrawDebugString).
• Support for FNDrawDebugHelpers::DrawDebugString via UNDeveloperLibrary::DrawDebugString.
• UNMultiplayerLibrary exposing FNMultiplayerUtils support for PlayerIdentifier.

Changed

• Altered GitHub actions to dispatch tests based on the initial Unit test, as well as fixed up additional warnings thrown by EGS UE.
• Allow adding multiple UNCellJunctionComponent to a single parent.
• UNCellJunctionComponent will now draw indicators for the unit size as well as their actual size.
• The NCellActor will rename itself to reflect the map name that it creates data for.
• The Is Host and ? Is Host Blueprint methods have had their display names changed to Is Server and ? Is Server resepectively.
• N_IMPLEMENT_SETTINGS now offers a GetMutable non-const accessor, copying N_IMPLEMENT_EDITOR_SETTINGS.
• Renamed FNSeedGenerator::SeedFromText to FNSeedGenerator::SeedFromString.
• Lowered warning level to Log when creating a new FNActorPool that already exists in a nested UNActorPoolSet.

Fixed

• Selecting the NCellActor no longer adds it to the current selection, instead clearing and making it the sole selected.
• Tickable subsystems with conditional ticks now properly respect their conditional tick settings.

Removed

• N_LOG and NE_LOG macros were removed in favor of using the base UE_LOG macro, providing better integration IDE's UE tooling.

0.2.2 - 2025-09-24

Added

• FNActorPoolSettings::Flags now has a defaulted APF_SetNetDormancy flag.

Changed

• Optimized FNActorPool actor creation to quarter the costs in Editor and Development builds.
• FNActorPool::CreateActor now takes an optional count to support bulk creation.

0.2.1 - 2025-09-23

Added

• Native calls to fill arrays with results of NMersenneTwister methods.
• Additional blockout shapes for torus' and some larger cuboids.

Changed

• Exposed FNMethodScopeTimer for external linking/usage.
• Optimized some NMersenneTwister distribution calls.
• Explicit ManualStop option to both FNTestScopeTimer and FNTestScopeTimer.
• Clarified flags for Actor Pools created during tests.

Removed

• Internal distribution resets in the NMersenneTwister.

0.2.0 - 2025-09-19

Added

• NEngineContentValidator throws configurable severity when any content inside the Engine folder is saved.
• VLOG support for all pickers.
• #65 Option to automatically profile multiplayer test clients and standalone server.
• #64 Utilize DefaultTransform option on FNActorPoolSettings as the return location and the scale when spawning.
• #63 Add ServerOnly flag by default to FNActorPoolSettings.
• #62 Added support for nesting UNActorPoolSet.
• #31 Added a watermark option to NSamplesDisplayActor.
• #45 Configurable default NActorPool settings via project settings (Projct Settings > Nexus > Actor Pools).
• #47 Add update channel support to the framework.
• Ability to determine if a game is running inside a multiplayer test via both utility and blueprint library methods.
• Support programatically allowing/disallow config files to be staged via FNEditorUtils::AllowConfigFileForStaging and FNEditorUtils::DisallowConfigFileForStaging.
• Add safety check when creating actor pools that we are not getting passed a nullptr.
• INActorPoolItem now has a dynamic multicast delegate (OnActorOperationalStateChanged) that fires when changing states.
• UNActorPoolLibrary supporting methods to bind to INActorPoolItem delegate.
• Configurable distribution inner & outer visualizer colors in Editor Preferences > NEXUS > Core (User)
• External tool section to Unreal default Tools > Profile menu with NetworkProfiler when present.
• Samples content now contains ANSamplesHUD and ANSamplesPawn to support making documentation easier.
• UNDeveloperSubsystem in non-release builds allowing for monitoring of object counts and providing details.
• stats NActorPools command to show stats (if tracking enabled).
• Manual AddReference / RemoveReference access on UNDynamicReferencesSubsystem.
• Custom cpp.hint file in the plugin folder to mitigate Visual Studio's parser from incorrectly flagging UE macros as not found.

Fixed

• ANSamplesDisplayActor no longer causes headless servers to crash.
• FNActorPool will properly time-slice their strategies.
• FGCScopeGuard guards like a boss during tests now.
• Crashes when trying to Pan a non-blueprint editor that uses the blueprint editor (Curves, etc.).
• UNActorPoolSpawnerComponent will properly now allow BP editing of some variables.

Changed

• [#48] Use HideCategories instead of using a layout customizer pattern.
• Corrected a comparison link at bottom of CHANGELOG.
• Renamed InstanceObjects to DelayedEditorTask types.
• Validators now have a combined configuration / strictness level in Project Settings.
• Performance testing framework can now use GCScopeGaurd when doing measured tests.
• Properly renamed validators with the N prefix.
• SplineLevelReference will only be visible when APSD_Spline is selected as the Distribution on UNActorPoolSpawnerComponent.
• Renamed bDontDestroyStaticActors / bDontDestroyNonInterfacedActors to bIgnoreStaticActors / bIgnoreNonInterfacedActors.
• FNActorPoolSettings now uses a bitmask Flags configuration option instead of a long list of boolean flags.
• Clarified all int to int32 to standardize with Unreal platform definitions.
• Disabled Automatically Set Usage in Editor flag on M_NDebug, M_NDebugText and M_NWireframe materials.
• General spelling and grammar fixes to CHANGELOG.md.
• Altered NSamplesDisplayActor to support replication.
• Inside or On abbreviated to IO.
• Miscellaneous fixes and tweaks to support rolling out documentation.
• Optimized FNActorPool to use a cached IsStubMode() for clients using a server-only pool.
• Moved Leak Check duration setting to user level preference.
• Clearly defined usage of FNMetaUtils static methods in helper macros.
• NEXUS: Material Library renamed to NEXUS: Blockout.
• External documentation now supports comma delimited multiple entries.

Removed

• bAllowCreateMoreObjects became obsolete on FNActorPoolSettings.
• Extra bRequiresDeferredConstruction on FNActorPool, replaced with a flag.

Core Redirects

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Experimental

• NEXUS: Developer Console renamed to NEXUS: Developer Menu still not functioning stub.
• NEXUS: ProcGen has some intial structural work done, but is still not functioanl.

0.1.1 - 2025-08-01

Changed

• Resolves issues with Shipping build configuration (accidental reference to FunctionalTesting modules in Core).
• Resolves issues with Shipping build configuration for NSamplesDisplayActor, in shipping builds the test portions will not function.
• Replaced NTextRenderActor functionality with NTextRenderComponent functionality.

0.1.0 - 2025-07-31

Added

• NActorPools Generalized pooling system for Actors.
• NCore Functionality used by all NEXUS plugins in the framework.
• NDynamicReferences Method for referring to runtime Actors without knowing them.
• NFixers A collection of tools for fixing content in the Unreal Editor.
• NMaterialLibrary Library of Materials commonly used.
• NMultiplayer Functionality and tools that are useful when developing multiplayer games.
• NPicker Selection functionality for points and other items.
• NUI Components for creating a user interface based on UMG/Slate.