Water not showing in scene anymore
I have been working on a scene for about 4 days, and have had to restart numerous times because of things disappearing or not working anymore. I am new to unreal (ue 5.5.4) and am kind of losing hope, so any help would be great.
My latest issue (today, after reopening the scene following a few days working on other things) is that my landscape is visible but my water body (water body lake and water body river) isn't (the related splines are visible and movable but the water bodies themselves aren't). I have tried everything I can think of, including reloading the scene (that fixed things on a previous occasion for another bug) but I can't get the water to show up.
I am currently in school studying game design and our teacher said we should be prepared for a decent amount of pain if we're going to work with unreal but I can't imagine how people are getting games finished if they have to restart their work every day. Has anyone experienced something similar? Is my install corrupt or is there a solution to this water issue (and recurring "things disappearing or no longer working as expected" issues)?
TIA.
Posted Nov 14, 2025, 1:55 PM UTC