koobas.hobune.stream
Random Material in specific multiple materials element
Hello
This is bugging me for a while now. How can i load in a random Material on Start in the second element of my materials?
The gameObject has 3 materials, in the renderer slots under materials.
There is simply no way that I can target the last or any specific array element and pass a random material to it. The code snippet is attached to the gameobject which has a meshrenderer. And the materials are dragged in the slot.
I need this because my gameobjects have different uv mapped materials. When I press play I can see my material in the second slot is still the same, but it has ( instanciated ) behind it.
Aka no random material, How can i make this work please?
void Start () {
rend = GetComponent<Renderer>();
int randomInt = Random.Range (0, randomMaterials.Length);
//rend.sharedMaterials[ 2 ] = randomMaterials [randomInt];
int lng = rend.materials.Length;
int range = gameObject.GetComponent<Renderer>().materials.Length;
//print ("range = " + range);
for (int m = 0; m < range; m++)
{
if(m == 2){
gameObject.GetComponent<Renderer>().materials[m] = randomMaterials[ randomInt ];
print ("m = " + m + " range = " + range + " randomInt " + randomInt);
}
}
Many thanks
Best Answer
You need a temp variable of materials:
Material[] mats =gameObject.GetComponent<Renderer>().materials;
mats[2] = randomMaterials[ randomInt ];
// if you want to refresh materials, you need assign the new materials array:
gameObject.GetComponent<Renderer>().materials = mats;
