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Viewport Show Flags

Descriptions of all of the available Show Flags for the viewports.

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Common
Post Processing
Light Types
Lighting Components
Lighting Features
Developer
Visualize
Advanced
Volumes
Layers
Sprites

The Show Flags are found under the Viewport Show menu. They are a means by which you can show and hide many of the items that are viewed within the viewport. For example, you can hide all particles, all landscape objects, or something a bit more advanced like turning off all of the sprite icons.

Common


Common
Name	Description
Anti-aliasing	Shows/hides the effect of anti-aliasing.
BSP	Shows/hides any Brushes in the level. ( Alt + Q* )*
Collision	Shows/hides collision objects in the level. ( Alt + C* )*
Decals	Shows/hides decals in the scene.
Fog	Shows/hides the effects of Height Fog. ( Alt + F* )*
Grid	Shows/hides the grid.
Landscape	Shows/hides any Landscape objects. ( T )
Navigation	Shows/hides any Nav Meshes or other navigation Actors. ( P )
Particles Sprite	Shows/hides any particles in the scene.
Skeletal Meshes	Shows/hides any Skeletal Meshes in the scene.
Static Meshes	Shows/hides any Static Meshes in the scene. ( Alt + W* )*
Translucency	Shows/hides all objects with translucent Materials. Incidentally, this includes all billboard icons.

Post Processing


Post Processing
Name	Description
Bloom	Shows/hides the effect bloom.
Camera Imperfections	Shows/hides the effect of Camera Imperfections.
Color Grading	Shows/hides the effect of Color Grading.
Depth of Field	Shows/hides the effect of Depth of Field.
Eye Adaptation	Shows/hides the effect of Eye Adaptation.
Grain	Shows/hides the effects of Grain.
HMD Distortion	Shows/hides the effects of head-mounted display distortion, such as that used for Oculus Rift.
Lens Flares	Shows/hides the effect of Lens Flares.
Motion Blur	Shows/hides the effect of Motion Blur.
Post Process Material	Shows/hides the effect of any blendable post process Materials in the scene.
Scene Color Fringe	Shows/hides the result of any Scene Color Fringe effects.
Screen Percentage	Shows/hides the result of Screen Percentage post effects.
Tonemapper	Shows/hides Tonemapper effects.
Vignette	Shows/hides Vignette effects.

Light Types


Lighting Types
Name	Description
Directional Lights	Shows/hides the result of lighting from the Directional Light actor in the scene.
Point Lights	Shows/hides the result of lighting from the Point Light actor in the scene.
Sky Lighting	Shows/hides the result of lighting from the Sky Light actor in the scene.
Spot Lights	Shows/hides the result of lighting from the Spot Light actor in the scene.

Lighting Components


Lighting Components
Name	Description
Ambient Occlusion	Shows/hides ambient occlusion in the scene.
Diffuse	Shows/hides the result of diffuse lighting in the scene, which contains most of the scene color.
Direct Lighting	Shows/hides the result of direct lighting, which contains most of the scene specularity.
Dynamic Shadows	Shows/hides dynamic shadows in the scene.
Global Illumination	Shows/hides the result of global illumination in the scene.
Specular	Shows/Hides the result of specularity in the scene.

Lighting Features


Lighting Components
Name	Description
Ambient Cubemap	Shows/hides the result of the ambient cubemap.
Distance Field Ambient Occlusion	Shows/hides the result of the AO generated from Distance Field meshes.
Distance Field Global Illumination	Shows/hides the result of the GI generated from Distance Field meshes.
Indirect Lighting Cache	Shows/hides the result of indirect lighting on dynamic objects.
Light Functions	Shows/hides the result of light function materials on lights.
Light Shafts	Shows/hides the result of light shafts.
Reflection Environment	Shows/hides the result of the reflection environment.
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion	Shows/hides the result of any screen space ambient occlusion.
Screen Space Reflections	Shows/hides the result of screen space reflections.
Subsurface Scattering	Shows/hides the result of any subsurface scattering within the screen space.
Textured Light Profiles (IES Textures)	Shows/hides the result of IES lighting profiles.

Developer


Developer
Name	Description
AI Debug	This shows the paths an AI-driven pawn is using to navigate along a Nav Mesh.
Composite Editor Primitives	Show/hide editor primitives in the scene.
Gameplay Debug	This shows the paths an AI-driven pawn is using to navigate along a Nav Mesh.
GBuffer Hints (material attributes)	Colorizes objects that have improper Materials. Yellow for objects that are impossibly non-reflective, red for objects that emit more light than they receive.
Hit Proxies	Shows/hides the proxy shapes used by hit detection.
Log Visualizer	Draws any data to the screen that is required by the Log Visualizer system.
On Screen Debug	This is to hide things like VisualizeTexture or stats printout.
Refraction	Shows/hides the results of refraction on Materials.
Shadows of Editor-Hidden Actors	Shows dynamic shadows for objects that are hidden in the editor, such as those hidden by pressing the H key.
Test Image	Shows a test image for configuration of monitor and graphics settings.
Vector Fields	Shows/hides any vector fields in the scene.

Visualize


Visualize
Name	Description
Adaptive Depth of Field	Applies a color coding filter to the view such that objects that are blurred by Depth of Field are tinted green and only the area in focus receives its normal color.
Bloom	Shows a visualization window that expresses the scene histogram, as well as how settings are affecting bloom.
Depth of Field Layers	Applies a color coding filter to the view such that objects blurred by near DOF are green, objects blurred by far DOF are blue. Objects in focus appear black.
Distance Field Ambient Occlusion	Shows a visualization of ambient occlusion generated based on mesh distance fields.
Distance Field Global Illumination	Shows a visualization of global illumination generated based on mesh distance fields.
HDR	Shows a visualization window that expresses the scene histogram, as well as how exposure settings are affecting brightness.
Light Propagation Volumes	Shows a visualization of the volume that is used for light propagation volumes.
Mesh Distance Fields	Shows a visualization of the generated mesh distance fields for static meshes in the scene.
Motion Blur	When Motion Blur is on, this changes the view to a Motion Blur visualizer, allowing you to see the motion vectors being used to calculate blur.
Out of Bounds Pixels	If a pixel of an object exists outside that object's bounding volume, it can lead to flickering or the object disapearing when the bounding volume (but not the mesh) is off camera. This visualizer colorizes those pixels in blue, yellow, and white.
Precomputed Visibility Cells	Shows a visualization of precomputed visibility cells when used with Precomputed Visibility Volumes.
Preview Shadows Indicator	When lighting has not been built for Static/Stationary lights the "Preview" text will show in unbuilt shadows.
Screen Space Reflections	A visualization for Screen Space Reflections.
Subsurface Scattering (Screen Space)	A visualization mode that allows you to see subsurface scattering within screen space.
Volume Lighting Samples	Shows a visualization of the volume lighting samples that are placed within a Lightmass Importance Volume when static lighting is built.

Advanced


Advanced
Name	Description
Atmospheric Fog	Shows/hides atmospheric fog Actors in the scene.
Audio Radius	Shows/hides the radius of any audio Actors in the scene.
Billboard Sprites	Shows/hides any billboard sprites in the level. This does not extend to sprite particles, only Billboard Components.
Bounds	Shows/hides bounds on selected objects.
BSP Split	Shows/hides Brush surface splits on world geometry.
Camera Aspect Ratio Bars	Shows/hides the bars used with specific aspect ratios set in the camera actor.
Camera Frustums	Shows/hides view frustums of any cameras in the scene.
Camera Safe Frames	When looking through a Camera Actor, this shows the safe frames for that camera. Safe frames are areas a set distance from the edge of the screen where you can guarantee the image will be visible.
Constraints	Shows/hides rigid body constraints. TODO
Deferred Lighting	Shows/hides the deferred lighting in the scene.
Foliage	Shows/hides any Foliage Actors in the scene.
Grass	Shows/hides any Grass Type Actors in the scene.
Instanced Static Meshes	Shows/hides any instanced Static Meshes in the scene.
Large Vertices	Shows/hides larger-than-usual vertices on any selected Brushes or Static Meshes.
Level Coloration	Color codes the scene such that each streamed level gets another color. Irrelevant if not using level streaming.
Light Influences	Shows orange lines which point out what lights are influencing selected objects.
Light Radius	Shows/hides light radius shapes.
LOD Parenting	Use LOD parenting, MinDrawDistance, etc. If disabled, will show LOD parenting lines.
Mesh Edges	This overlays the mesh wireframe on top of the view.
Mode Widgets	Shows/hides the transform widgets, such as the Move tool.
Paper 2D Sprites	Shows/hides the radius of any Paper 2D Sprite Actors in the scene.
Precomputed Visibility	Shows/hides the radius of any Precomputed Visibility volumes in the scene.
Render (3D) Text	Whether or not to render any Text Actors or Components that may be in the scene.
Selection	Shows/hides the result of the Selection Highlight.
Separate Translucency	This shows/hides any objects that are making use of Separate Translucency in their Materials.
Shadow Frustums	Shows/hides a selection of color-coded boxes which represent the shadow frustums used to cast shadows from each light.
Splines	Shows/hides any Spline Actors that exist in the level.
Streaming Bounds	Shows/hides spherical radii for each streaming level.
Temporal AA (instead FXAA)	Activates/deactivates Temporal Anti-aliasing. When unchecked, the viewport shows fast approximation anti-aliasing (FXAA).
Tessellation	Shows/hides the result of tessellation in Materials.
Vertex Colors	Shows/hides any vertex colors applied to meshes in the scene.
Volumes	Shows/hides any volumes in the scene. ( Alt-O )

Volumes


Volumes
Name	Description
Show All	Shows all types of volumes in the scene.
Hide All	Hides all types of volumes in the scene.
Audio	Shows/hides Audio Volumes.
Blocking	Shows/hides Blocking Volumes.
Camera Blocking Volume	Shows/hides Camera Blocking Volumes.
Cull Distance	Shows/hides Cull Distance Volumes.
Hierarchical LOD Volume	Shows/hides Hierarchical LOD Volumes.
Kill Z Volume	Shows/hides Kill Z Volumes.
Level Streaming	Shows/hides Level Streaming Volumes.
Lightmass Character Indirect Detail	Shows/hides Lightmass Character Indirect Detail Volumes.
Lightmass Importance	Shows/hides Lightmass Importance Volumes.
NavMesh Bounds	Shows/hides NavMesh Bounds Volumes.
Nav Modifier	Shows/hides Nav Modifier Volumes.
Pain Causing	Shows/hides Pain Causing Volumes.
Physics	Shows/hides Physics Volumes.
Post Process	Shows/hides Post Process Volumes.
Precomputed Visibility Override	Shows/hides Precomputed Visibility Override Volumes.
Precomputed Visibility	Shows/hides Precomputed Visibility Volumes.
Procedural Foliage Blocking Volume	Shows/hides Procedural Foliage Blocking Volumes.
Procedural Foliage Volume	Shows/hides Procedural Foliage Volumes.
Trigger	Shows/hides Trigger Volumes.

Layers


Layers
Name	Description
Show All	Sets all Layers in the scene to be visible.
Hide All	Hides all Layers in the scene.
Layer Names	This will populate with the names of any Layers you have created in your scene, so that you may show/hide each one individually.

Sprites

Billboard sprites are generally in-editor icons used for placement of various object types. In this case, they do not refer to sprite particles.


Billboard Sprites
Name	Description
Show All	Shows all types of billboard sprites.
Hide All	Hides all types of billboard sprites.
Characters	Shows/hides Character billboard sprites.
Decals	Shows/hides Decal billboard sprites.
Effects	Shows/hides Effects billboard sprites, which represent the location of Emitter Actors.
Fog	Shows/hides Fog Actor billboard sprites.
FTests	Shows/hides FTest billboard sprites.
Info	Shows/hides Info billboard sprites.
Lighting	Shows/hides Light Actor billboard sprites.
Materials	Shows/hides Materials billboard sprites.
Matinee	Shows/hides Matinee billboard sprites.
Misc	Shows/hides miscellaneous billboard sprites which do not fall into the other categories.
Navigation	Shows/hides Navigation billboard sprites.
Notes	Shows/hides Notes billboard sprites.
Physics	Shows/hides Physics billboard sprites.
Player Start	Shows/hides Player Start billboard sprites.
Sky	Shows/hides Sky billboard sprites.
Sounds	Shows/hides Sounds billboard sprites.
Target Points	Shows/hides Target Points billboard sprites.
Triggers	Shows/hides Triggers billboard sprites.
Wind	Shows/hides Wind billboard sprites.

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