is Material instance possible?

[mekoid]

Hi
How do you create a new material with PM actions during the game play?
I have a material that has 2 variables input. And a lot of objects need to use this material , but with different variable values when occasionally something happens.

So it seems inevitably they need the material duplicates on the creation of the happening events separately.

But I couldnt find the suitable action that can do the job. So far my solution would be pre-create those duplicates to a enough number and grab them when needed. But it doesnt seem to be efficient enough.

So if anyone has any good ideas please let me know. Thanks in advance.

[Lane]

Why does it not seem efficient enough? Creating them beforehand is certainly the optimal way to do it.

You can assign the color or texture of a material at runtime, but I don't think there is any support for creating new materials.. At least, that I know of.

[mekoid]

I see. Thanks for the reply. I am kinda new to Unity. Just curious that ppl with more experience would say.

Why is it not efficient enough IMO? Let's say we have 100 objects that need the unique material. And we need to create the 100 materials beforehand. Yeah I know that's Unity's problem.