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What's New

Gerard Martin edited this page Jun 2, 2026 · 7 revisions

5.8

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We are proud to announce that with 5.8 we are releasing the plugin as production ready. This version not only greatly improves performance but also includes many quality-of-life features like the Skeletal Mesh Pin. Here is a non-exhaustive list of the changes:

  • New Skeletal Mesh Pin and nodes.
  • Added support for Parallel Updates.
  • Reduced the number of Game Thread synchronizations to perform an update.
  • Added support for Chaos Cloth.
  • Added missing features to Skeletal Mesh Parameter node:
    • Clothing
    • Real-Time Morph
    • Sockets
    • Skin Weight Profiles
  • Added Extensions support (very experimental).
  • Multiple performance improvements.
  • Many UX/UI improvements.
  • Tons of bug fixes.
  • Deprecated legacy systems:
    • Mutable Skeletal Mesh Streaming
    • Manual LODs

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