Upgrading to 4.11 makes material nodes that are set to linear color... become color

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Upgrading to 4.11 makes material nodes that are set to linear color… become color. So it comes in as errors because i have to switch all of those nodes back to linear color… Easy fix but pain in the butt and i thought id report the bug. I think something similiar hapepned when i upgraded from 4.9 to 4.10

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Hey kurylo3d,

I just attempted to test this issue on my end and did not get the same results. Could you provide me with a screenshot of the issue on your end, and perhaps a way to reproduce this in a blank project of 4.10.4 and upgrading to 4.11?

Thanks,

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No point in taking a screenshot. The problem is literally go into the material editor and a previous image that is an hdr image sampled as a linear color… is now set to just color when i do “open as a copy” for a previously 4.10.4 version project now in 4.11. I simply have to manually switch it back to linear color… I noticed this because in my scene a few of my decals (which i got from infiltrator… water type decals) were some green default broken material color. So i checked the error in the material editor and it told me the image sampler or whatever is set to color and should be a linear color. Best way to test is maybe test infiltrator? since I grabbed these assets from infiltrator and brought them into my project a long time ago.

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Well I attempted to open a copy of a project that utilized a few textures samples that were set to ‘Linear Color’ compression setting, but I did not get the same results you are reporting.

Upon opening the 4.11 version of the project, all the texture samples were still set to ‘Linear Color’ as expected. I do remember this issue occurring in previous engine versions, but I also remember it being tied to specific content like the ‘Starter Content’ asset pack.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Thanks,

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Thx for trying. Its not the biggest deal in the world since its just a quick switch back to the proper setting, but still i figured id be helpful and report it rather then sweep it under the rug.

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