Question Access material from code that was overridden in URP Renderer

Hello!

I have a URP Renderer which is used to add a hologram effect to some objects by overriding material for targets in a layer mask. However, now I need to access this overridden material from code to change its color, but I only seem to be able to access the default material for the object though. How do I access the overridden material from code?

Thanks!

 

Needs more info, perhaps a code snippet. Is this about Material Property Blocks? Or as simple as accessing .material rather than .sharedMaterial?

 

Thanks for the reply.

I'm using the Universal Render Pipeline (URP), not Material Property Blocks.

I have an object called "Avatar" which has a material called "AvatarBody" as default. Sometimes, I set its layer to "Hologram" which adds a hologram effect using RenderObjects in URP.

Now, if I execute the following snippet after adding the hologram layer to an avatar,

Debug.Log(_currentAvatar.gameObject.GetComponentInChildren<Renderer>().materials)

it will only return the "AvatarBody" material, not the "Hologram" material, even though I can see it is added to the Avatar.

 

Hmmm I'm not familiar with RenderObjects. But from the looks of it, this Hologram material does not seem to be part of the MeshRenderer material list. You probably need to access the RenderObjects instance in some way and access its override material property.

Since the object is on the Hologram layer, you can use the layer to determine if it is currently using that RenderObject material - in case RenderObject is a global object, like ScriptableObject.