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Material

Create a temporary Material.
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Definition

  • Type: Constructor
  • Namespace: UnityEngine
  • Assembly: UnityEngine.CoreModule

Material(Shader)

Create a temporary Material.
public Material(Shader shader)

Parameters

shader

Shader
Create a material with a given Shader.

Remarks

If you have a script which implements a custom special effect, you implement all the graphic setup using shaders & materials. Use this function to create a custom shader & material inside your script. After creating the material, use Material.SetColor, Material.SetTexture, Material.SetFloat, Material.SetVector, Material.SetMatrix to populate the shader property values.
Additional Resources: Materials, Shaders.

Examples

using UnityEngine;public class Example : MonoBehaviour{    // Creates a material from shader and texture references.    Shader shader;    Texture texture;    Color color;    void Start()    {        Renderer rend = GetComponent<Renderer> ();        rend.material = new Material(shader);        rend.material.mainTexture = texture;        rend.material.color = color;    }}
using UnityEngine;public class Example : MonoBehaviour{    // Creates a cube and assigns a material with a builtin Specular shader.    void Start()    {        GameObject cube = GameObject.CreatePrimitive(PrimitiveType.Cube);        Renderer rend = cube.GetComponent<Renderer> ();        rend.material = new Material(Shader.Find("Specular"));    }}

Material(Material)

Create a temporary Material.
public Material(Material source)

Parameters

source

Material
Create a material by copying all properties from another material.

Remarks

If you have a script which implements a custom special effect, you implement all the graphic setup using shaders & materials. Use this function to create a custom shader & material inside your script. After creating the material, use Material.SetColor, Material.SetTexture, Material.SetFloat, Material.SetVector, Material.SetMatrix to populate the shader property values.
Additional Resources: Materials, Shaders.

Examples

using UnityEngine;public class Example : MonoBehaviour{    // Creates a material from shader and texture references.    Shader shader;    Texture texture;    Color color;    void Start()    {        Renderer rend = GetComponent<Renderer> ();        rend.material = new Material(shader);        rend.material.mainTexture = texture;        rend.material.color = color;    }}
using UnityEngine;public class Example : MonoBehaviour{    // Creates a cube and assigns a material with a builtin Specular shader.    void Start()    {        GameObject cube = GameObject.CreatePrimitive(PrimitiveType.Cube);        Renderer rend = cube.GetComponent<Renderer> ();        rend.material = new Material(Shader.Find("Specular"));    }}