Darker Nodes

Modern theme for the Unreal editor

How to use

Darker Nodes can be bought from the Unreal Engine marketplace. Once you buy it, it will be automatically downloaded with compatible engine version.

You can find answers for frequently questions on the wiki: FAQ or Getting started

Compatible Engine Version

Engine Version	Plugin Version	Support
UE 4.24	DN 2.6	❎*
UE 4.25	DN 2.6	❎*
UE 4.26	DN 2.6	❎*
UE 4.27	DN 2.6	❎*
UE 5.00	DN 3.2	❎*
UE 5.01	DN 3.3	❎*
UE 5.02	DN 3.3	❎*
UE 5.03	DN 3.4	✅
UE 5.04	DN 3.5	✅
UE 5.05	DN 3.6	✅

(* those versions will not receive updates, as Epic Game does not allow it for versions before the 3 last ones)

Changelog

Version 3.6

• Bugfixes:
  • Fix Popup launch on every start (issue)

Version 3.5

• Features:
  • Fix 5.4 compilation (issue)

Version 3.4

• Features:
  • Fix 5.3 compatibility (issue)

Version 3.3

• Features:
  • Add a setting to disable comment color update (issue)
• Bugfixes:
  • Fix color update introduced by 5.1 (issue)

Version 3.2

• Bugfixes:
  • Fix dark background for blueprint comments (issue)

Version 3.1

• Features:
  • Add Mac/Linux support for UE5 (issue)
• Bugfixes:
  • Fix behavior tree missalignement (issue)

Version 3.0

• Features:
  • Add support for UE5 (issue)
  • Complete rewrite of Darker Nodes core features
  • Add new color theme options
  • Remove of some now useless features (Icons, Buttons...)
• Bugfixes:
  • Several small bug fixes

Version 2.6

• Features:
  • Add grid color customization (issue)
  • Add ability to disable grid lines on UMG Editor (issue)
  • Add Blueprint nodes color customization (issue)
  • Add globally shared configuration (issue)
  • Add a setting to change the button border color (issue)
  • Add an option to disable padding (for small buttons) (issue)
  • Add Megascans icon (issue)
  • Add a shortcut to restart the editor (issue)
• Bugfixes:
  • Fix white UMG buttons (issue)
  • Fix buggy project browser when plugin is enabled by default (issue)
  • Fix white background on bulk edit (issue)

Version 2.5

• Features:
  • Make toolbar button match spacer height (issue)
  • Add a border to popup (issue)
  • Add a setting for nodes to match grid (issue)
  • Add a setting to make icons colored by group (issue)
  • Add an experimental setting to change font size (issue)
  • Make horizontal padding smaller (issue)
  • Add a setting to change the scrollbar color (issue)
  • Add a setting to change the origin axis opacity (issue)
  • Add a setting to change the nodes header opacity and saturation (issue)
  • Add a setting to change the color of the main and child windows (issue)
  • Add a series of solid icon (small version not available yet) (issue)

Version 2.4

• Features:
  • Reduce toolbar elements margin (issue)
  • Add grey change to placement browser (issue)
  • Add a setting to allow overwrite of customizations (issue)
  • Add a setting to disable panel and button theming (issue)
  • Add grey change to sequencer toolbar (issue)
• Bugfixes:
  • Fix nodes header missalignement in 4.24 (issue)
  • Fix buggy theme materials (issue)

Version 2.3

• Features:
  • Add grey change to blueprint tableview (issue)
  • Make the collapse triangle more visible (issue)
  • Update tooltips messages (issue)
  • Add feature to change fonts (issue)
  • Update experimental light theme (issue)
  • Add 9 OFL-licenced fonts to choose from
• Bugfixes:
  • Fix UMG elements being white (issue)
  • Flider space issues (issue)
  • Fix stretched cross icon on some windows (issue)

Version 2.2

• Bugfixes:
  • Fix crash and missing downloaded files (issue)

Version 2.1

• Bugfixes:
  • Fix crash when launching the editor (issue)

Version 2.0

• Features:
  • Make live update for the theme (issue)
  • Add ability to change the button radius (issue)
  • Add ability to change the button colors (issue)
  • Make world outliner GreyBase (issue)
  • Update the tab so that it match the content color (issue)
  • Update several other things (such as blueprint customization)
  • Rework the complete system to push the customization further
• Bugfixes:
  • Fix white background on BP comments (issue)
  • Fix white outlines when zoom on BP (issue)
  • Fix unreadable text on selection (issue)
  • Fix stretched icons (issue)
  • Fix white background on keyboard shortcuts (issue)
  • Fix loading on certain sepecific cases (issue)

Version 1.6

• Features:
  • Add 4.24 compatibility (issue)
  • Add dark scrollbar (issue)
  • Add 27 new icons (issue)
  • Add 77 new small icons (issue)
• Bugfixes:
  • Fix the white statistics panels (issue)

Version 1.5

• Bugfixes:
  • Fix the white curve editors (issue)
  • Fix the customized colors update (issue)

Version 1.4

• Features:
  • Add warmer and cooler variation (issue)
  • Make blueprint selection primary color (issue)
  • Add setting to disable origin axis on BP (issue)
  • Expose button colors (issue)
  • Add small version of icons (issue)
• Bugfixes:
  • Fix dark text on edition (issue)
  • Fix dark niagara buttons (issue)
  • Fix some dark icons (issue)
  • Fix some squeezed icons (issue)

Version 1.3

• Features:
  • Add variation of VarNodes (issue)
  • Add option to keep old blueprint design (issue)
  • Add option to change paddings (issue)
  • Add more primary colors (red, purple and green) (issue)
• Bugfixes:
  • Add missing simulation icons (issue)
  • Fix packaging error (issue)
  • Fix black buttons on timeline editor (issue)
  • Fix black text on session frontend profiler (issue)

Version 1.2

• Bugfixes:
  • Fix blocking compilation error (issue)

Version 1.1

• Bugfixes:
  • Fix theme images not displaying (issue)
  • Fix black text on dark textfields (issue)
  • Fix white textfields in Niagara (issue)
  • Add missing PIE icon (issue)
  • Fix tab overlap (issue)
  • Fix blueprint white comment bubble (issue)

Version 1.0

• Features:
  • 3 grey levels (dark, darker, darkest)
  • 3 temperature levels (cool, normal, warm)
  • 3 primary color (orange, cyan, white)
  • Ability to disable new icons
  • Ability to disable blueprint grid
  • Customize the colors of the theme (background, primary, text)