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Material⚓︎

Material inherits from Object

The material class. This class exposes all properties from a material, allowing you to animate them. You can also use it to set custom shader properties that can't be accessed through the inspector (e.g. matrices). Unity Material

Members⚓︎

Properties⚓︎

Name	Description
`Material`.`color`	The main color of the Material.
`Material`.`doubleSidedGI`	Gets and sets whether the Double Sided Global Illumination setting is enabled for this material.
`Material`.`enableInstancing`	Gets and sets whether GPU instancing is enabled for this material.
`Material`.`globalIlluminationFlags`	Defines how the material should interact with lightmaps and lightprobes.
`Material`.`mainTexture`	The main texture.
`Material`.`mainTextureOffset`	The offset of the main texture.
`Material`.`mainTextureScale`	The scale of the main texture.
`Material`.`passCount`	How many passes are in this material (Read Only).
`Material`.`renderQueue`	Render queue of this material.
`Material`.`shaderKeywords`	An array containing the names of the local shader keywords that are currently enabled for this material.

Methods⚓︎

Name	Description
`Material`.`ComputeCRC()`	Computes a CRC hash value from the content of the material.
`Material`.`CopyPropertiesFromMaterial(mat)`	Copy properties from other material into this material.
`Material`.`DisableKeyword(keyword)`	Disables a local shader keyword for this material.
`Material`.`EnableKeyword(keyword)`	Enables a local shader keyword for this material.
`Material`.`FindPass(passName)`	Returns the index of the pass passName.
`Material`.`GetColor(name)`	Get a named color value.
`Material`.`GetColor(nameID)`	Get a named color value.
`Material`.`GetColorArray(name)`	Get a named color array.
`Material`.`GetFloat(name)`	Get a named float value.
`Material`.`GetFloatArray(name)`	Get a named float array.
`Material`.`GetInt(name)`	Get a named integer value.
`Material`.`GetMatrix(name)`	Get a named matrix value from the shader.
`Material`.`GetMatrixArray(name)`	Get a named matrix array.
`Material`.`GetPassName(pass)`	Returns the name of the shader pass at index pass.
`Material`.`GetShaderPassEnabled(passName)`	Checks whether a given Shader pass is enabled on this Material.
`Material`.`GetTag(tag, searchFallbacks)`	Get the value of material's shader tag.
`Material`.`GetTag(tag, searchFallbacks, defaultValue)`	Get the value of material's shader tag.
`Material`.`GetTexture(name)`	Get a named texture.
`Material`.`GetTextureOffset(name)`	Gets the placement offset of texture propertyName.
`Material`.`GetTexturePropertyNameIDs()`	Return the name IDs of all texture properties exposed on this material.
`Material`.`GetTexturePropertyNames()`	Returns the names of all texture properties exposed on this material.
`Material`.`GetTextureScale(name)`	Gets the placement scale of texture propertyName.
`Material`.`GetVector(name)`	Get a named vector value.
`Material`.`GetVectorArray(name)`	Get a named vector array.
`Material`.`HasProperty(name)`	Checks if material's shader has a property of a given name.
`Material`.`IsKeywordEnabled(keyword)`	Checks whether a local shader keyword is enabled for this material.
`Material`.`Lerp(start, end, t )`	Interpolate properties between two materials.
`Material`.`SetColor(name, value)`	Sets a named color value.
`Material`.`SetColorArray(name, values[])`	Sets a color array property.
`Material`.`SetFloat(name, value)`	Sets a named float value.
`Material`.`SetFloatArray(name, values[])`	Sets a float array property.
`Material`.`SetInt(name, value)`	Sets a named integer value.
`Material`.`SetMatrix(name, value)`	Sets a named matrix for the shader.
`Material`.`SetMatrixArray(name, values[])`	Sets a matrix array property.
`Material`.`SetOverrideTag(tag, val)`	Sets an override tag/value on the material.
`Material`.`SetPass(pass)`	Activate the given pass for rendering.
`Material`.`SetShaderPassEnabled(passName, enabled)`	Enables or disables a Shader pass on a per-Material level.
`Material`.`SetTexture(name, value)`	Sets a named texture.
`Material`.`SetTextureOffset(name, value)`	Sets the placement offset of texture propertyName.
`Material`.`SetTextureScale(name, value)`	Sets the placement scale of texture propertyName.
`Material`.`SetVector(name, value)`	Sets a named vector value.
`Material`.`SetVectorArray(name, values[])`	Sets a vector array property.

Inherited Members⚓︎

Inherited Properties⚓︎

Name	Description
`Material`.`hideFlags`	Should the object be hidden, saved with the Scene or modifiable by the user?
`Material`.`name`	The name of the object.

Inherited Methods⚓︎

Name	Description
`Material`.`GetInstanceID()`	Returns the instance id of the object.