Changing the Texture of a Skinned Mesh Renderer

Hello,

I've got this code that will change the texture of an object upon collision, but it won't change the texture of the Skinned Mesh Renderer. I cannot find a way around this, so if you'll take a look at my code maybe we can all figure it out.

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class changeToHelmColor : MonoBehaviour {
5.     public Texture normTexture;
6.     public Texture helmTexture;
7.     public Collider helm;
8.  
9.    
10.     // Use this for initialization
11.     void Start () {
12.         renderer.material.mainTexture = normTexture;
13.         //other.tag = "Helm";
14.     }
15.    
16.     // Update is called once per frame
17.     void Update () {
18.        
19.     }
20.    
21.     void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) {
22.         helm = other;
23.  
24.         if(other.tag != "Helm") {
25.             print ("nice try");
26.         } else {
27.             renderer.material.mainTexture = helmTexture;
28.         }
29.     }
30. }

See the Skinned Mesh Renderer isn't at the root of the model. It's a child of the 3d model called Global.

It works great on every object except the one I want to change

 

Add a gameobject variable at the top

then in the else

put (name of game object variable).renderer.material.mainTexture = helmTexture;

and in the inspector attach whatever object you are changing into the variable.

 

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class changeToHelmColor : MonoBehaviour {
5.     public Texture normTexture;
6.     public Texture helmTexture;
7.     public Collider helm;
8.     private SkinnedMeshRenderer skinnedMeshRenderer; // skinned mesh renderer member variable
9.    
10.     // Use this for initialization
11.     void Start () {
12.         skinnedMeshRenderer = GetComponentInChildren<SkinnedMeshRenderer>();  // get the first Skinned mesh renderer component (only active ones!) in the objects children
13.         skinnedMeshRenderer.material.mainTexture = normTexture;
14.         //other.tag = "Helm";
15.     }
16.    
17.     // Update is called once per frame
18.     void Update () {
19.        
20.     }
21.    
22.     void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) {
23.         helm = other;
24.  
25.         if(other.tag != "Helm") {
26.             print ("nice try");
27.         } else {
28.             skinnedMeshRenderer.material.mainTexture = helmTexture;
29.         }
30.     }
31. }

Just get the first active SkinnedMeshRenderer instance using GetComponentInChildren. If have more (i.e. because your skinned mesh consists from many smaller ones), you may want to use GetComponentsInChildren instead.

http://unity3d.com/support/document...etComponentInChildren.html?from=MonoBehaviour

Otherwise, consider using Transform.Find("child/which/contains/skinnedMeshRenderer") to find the child object containing the Skinned mesh you wish to change and use GetComponent<SkinnedMeshRenderer>() to get a reference to it.