Changing PhysicMaterial at runtime

Hi guys,

Thanks for reading my post. I'm hoping for help on how to swap the PhysicMaterial on a Terrain at runtime.

Current test implementation:

Code (CSharp):

1. public Terrain terrain;
2.  
3. void Update()
4. {
5. if(Input.getKeyDown(KeyCode.K))
6. {
7. terrain.collider.GetComponent<PhysicMaterial>() = "Oily";
8. print("Changed to Oily");
9. }
10. }

I'm getting an obvious error, "the left-hand side of an assignment must be a variable, property, or indexer" but I really have no idea how else this could be implemented.

Help pls?

 

I've also tried this implementation but it gives me a debug log message of "There is no PhysicMaterial" attached to the "Terrain" game object." But I've doublechecked and there certainly is.

Code (CSharp):

1. if (Input.GetKeyDown (KeyCode.K))
2.         {
3.             {
4.                 //terrain.collider.GetComponent<PhysicMaterial>() = ("Oily");
5.                 terrain.GetComponent<Collider>().GetComponent<PhysicMaterial>().name = ("Oily");
6.                 print ("Changed to Oily");
7.             }
8.         }

 

Try looking at this page / example: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider-material.html

In that example, they modify properties of the material. You could just as well assign to the material itself. You could create a variable for the material(s) in the script, and assign them in the editor to swap between when needed in your code.