Material Constructor

Parameters

Description

Create a temporary Material.

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 SetColor, SetTexture, SetFloat, SetVector, SetMatrix to populate the shader property values.

See Also: Materials, Shaders.

// Creates a material from shader and texture references.
var shader : Shader;
var texture : Texture;
var color : Color;

function Start() {
    var rend = GetComponent.<Renderer>();

    rend.material = new Material(shader);
    rend.material.mainTexture = texture;
    rend.material.color = color;
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour {
    public Shader shader;
    public Texture texture;
    public Color color;
    void Start() {
        Renderer rend = GetComponent<Renderer>();
        rend.material = new Material(shader);
        rend.material.mainTexture = texture;
        rend.material.color = color;
    }
}

// Creates a cube and assigns a material with a builtin Specular shader.
function Start () {
    var cube = GameObject.CreatePrimitive(PrimitiveType.Cube);
    var rend = cube.GetComponent.<Renderer>();
    rend.material = new Material(Shader.Find("Specular"));
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour {
    void Start() {
        GameObject cube = GameObject.CreatePrimitive(PrimitiveType.Cube);
        Renderer rend = cube.GetComponent<Renderer>();
        rend.material = new Material(Shader.Find("Specular"));
    }
}