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PlayMaker Help & Tips => PlayMaker Help => Topic started by: MarkD on July 13, 2019, 02:01:20 PM

Title: Change Material (Shared) [SOLVED]
Post by: MarkD on July 13, 2019, 02:01:20 PM

Hey there,

I'd like to change a material that is shared by multiple objects.  The context is that I would like to fade out a large number of objects at the same time, but I don't want to have to have an individual script on each object.  So I'd like to lower the alpha on a shared material and have all of the objects that share that material fade out.

Using Set Material with a prefab throws warnings about attempting to change a shared object and all of my searches of the Ecosystem hasn't turned up anything.

Does anyone know how to do this or knows how to write an action that can?

Title: Re: Change Material (Shared)
Post by: waveform on July 13, 2019, 05:38:09 PM

that`s very easy to do that, you will able to do that by use the "set material color" action, then leave the Material field to None

Title: Re: Change Material (Shared)
Post by: MarkD on July 13, 2019, 05:46:36 PM

Yep - that changes the material for that instanced object, but the other objects that share that same material remain unchanged.  I'd like to fade out a material and have ALL of the objects that share that material fade out, too.

Thoughts on that?

Title: Re: Change Material (Shared)
Post by: waveform on July 13, 2019, 05:48:35 PM

if you want to change the a lot amount of materials just drag drop the original material from project panel into material field

Title: Re: Change Material (Shared)
Post by: MarkD on July 13, 2019, 06:06:04 PM

Bam!  That did it!  Thank you!