koobas.hobune.stream
Change the material on an Object in a script?
How do I give a gameObject a new material when I push a button or hit a trigger? I am new to Unity.
I managed the trigger but not the material change. I don't even know how to put my materials in an array to cycle through them.
To be clear I want to use two different materials I edited in the project tab and assign them to an object in my game according to a parameter. The object is a plane(not aircraft) that moves on the x-y-plane and displays a picture of a soldier holding a rifle moving on the x-y-plane, when he hits a trigger he changes his direction and should change his material or the x-value on the active material. It is for a 2D platformer like Mario. I managed to move him and let him change directions (basicly move backwards) but I want to have the picture from the other side so that the soldier is always facing in the direction he walks.
Sorry for the confusing sentence, I am not a native English speaker so bear with me.
Hi! If you still need help with this I may be a little help. Here is some code I wrote. Hope it helps you!
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
public class PlayerMaterialSwaper : MonoBehaviour {
public Material Material1;
//in the editor this is what you would set as the object you wan't to change
public GameObject Object;
void Start()
{
Object.GetComponent<MeshRenderer> ().material = Material1;
}
{
Why don't you just declare your "Object" variable as "Renderer"?
public $$anonymous$$aterial $$anonymous$$aterial1;
//in the editor this is what you would set as the object you wan't to change
public Renderer Object;
void Start()
{
Object.material = $$anonymous$$aterial1;
}
There are more renderers besides $$anonymous$$eshRenderers. Using Renderer will allow any class that is derived from Renderer to be assigned.
To be more general, Object.GetComponent<$$anonymous$$eshRenderer> could be Object.GetComponent<Renderer>
What if the Mesh renderer has 3 elements for materials?
If you know there's more than one renderer, then you can use Object.GetComponents<Renderer> and iterate through them, depending on what you want to achieve.
