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parent

Parent of this material.
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Definition

  • Type: Property
  • Namespace: UnityEngine
  • Assembly: UnityEngine.CoreModule
public Material parent { get; set; }

Remarks

Materials with a non null parent are referred to as material variants.
Material variants will inherit all their properties from their parent, and can override them on a per property basis. Changing the value of a property of a material will therefore impact all variants below in the hierarchy.
This property is only available in the Editor, in a built project all material hierarchies are flattened.
Additional Resources: Material.IsChildOf, Material.IsPropertyOverriden, Material.IsPropertyLocked.

Examples

using UnityEngine;using UnityEditor;public class Example : MonoBehaviour{#if UNITY_EDITOR    [MenuItem("GameObject/Create Material Variant")]    static void DuplicateMaterial()    {        Material selected = Selection.activeObject as Material;        if (selected == null)            return;        // Create a material variant from selected material        // And override it's color to red        Material material = new Material(selected);        material.parent = selected;        material.color = Color.red;        AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(material, "Assets/" + selected.name + " Variant.mat");    }#endif}