I do not want instanced materials but the original materials in asset...

I made a script that copy all materials from a gameobject to another. It 'a script that runs in the editor to press a button.

Code (csharp):

1. TargetComponents[j].gameObject.transform.GetComponent<Renderer>().material=ComponentsToAdd[i].gameObject.transform.GetComponent<Renderer>().materials;

Is a Unity 5 script, but would be the same in unity 4, it makes little difference, like:

Code (csharp):

1. TargetComponents[j].gameObject.transform.render.materials=ComponentsToAdd[i].gameObject.transform.render.materials;

Works but the materials that I copied are not the same but are instances. I would like to know how to tell him not to create instances but use their original materials in my asset.

Is possible?

 

I had a similar problem before Unity5 too, I used to create materials at runtime and then assigning it to various meshes and I got all instances. I solved this by storing the material reference in a pooling manager, then get the material from there. It seems that getting a material reference from another mesh create instances no matter what, so you may want to keep it somewhere else and reference from there.

 

Use sharedMaterials instead of materials.

--Eric

 

Yes, it is one of the first things I tried. Same result.

But I solved in another way.
I created a new static array where set the original materials.
Then set it as target gameobject materials array.
Work.

 

You need to say "sharedMaterials = " on the left side AND "renderer.sharedMaterials" on the right side.

 

Yep. But nothing changes. Always instaced materials without this declaration:

Code (csharp):

1. [SerializeField]
2. static Materials [] MyArrayMaterials;

.....
and after set the materials:

Code (csharp):

1. MyArrayMaterials=ComponentsToAdd.gameObject.transform.GetComponent<Renderer>().sharedMaterials;
2. TargetComponents[j].gameObject.transform.GetComponent<Renderer>().sharedMaterials=MyArrayMaterials;[code]