Changing a materials emission value on mouse over?

Hi,

is it possible to change the emission value of a material on mouse over via script? I want to highlight an object when hovering over it with the mouse and I think doing so through raising the emission value could be a good option.

Anybody has ideas on how to do that or has a different approach to highlighting an object?

thanks in advance

 

I suppose you know how to call stuff when you mouse over an object from the last thread...

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Renderer-material.html

Read the example there, I suppose it should work calling m_Material.emission instead of m_Material.color.

 

I find that adjusting the emission isn't enough. Either enable and disable it like so;

Code (CSharp):

1.     private Renderer _renderer;
2.  
3.     void Start ()
4.     {
5.         _renderer = GetComponent<Renderer>();  
6.     }
7.  
8.     public void OnMouseEnter()
9.     {
10.         _renderer.material.EnableKeyword("_EMISSION");
11.     }
12.  
13.     public void OnMouseExit()
14.     {
15.         _renderer.material.DisableKeyword("_EMISSION");
16.     }

or swap out the material.

 

Thanks guys. I will try it.

 

I got it to work. Thanks guys

 

That is frustrating that you need to use the enable/disable keyword. By just doing a SetColor("_EmissionColor"... I can see the emissive property change but not actually update in the viewport.