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Render meshes with different colors but with the same material

Discussion in 'General Graphics' started by Bloody-Swamp, Dec 10, 2015.

  1. Bloody-Swamp

    Bloody-Swamp

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    Hello folks,

    I'm puzzled on how to render multiple meshes with different colors each one using the same material because of the batching I want to have. Like SpriteRenderer where you can set different Color each time but you always have the same sprite and material so it won't break the batching. You have this "feature" also on LineRenderer with Start Color / End Color.

    Anybody has any idea how to achieve this?
     
    Bloody-Swamp, Dec 10, 2015
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  2. Jordi-Bonastre

    Jordi-Bonastre

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    If you want to change the color, you should change it in this way:
    Code (CSharp):
    1. this.GetComponent<Renderer>().material.color=color;
    But, as you can read here, this workaround breaks the shared material reference:
     
    Jordi-Bonastre, Dec 10, 2015
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  3. Zomby138

    Zomby138

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    How about changing the vertex colours of the meshes and using those in the shader.
     
    Zomby138, Dec 10, 2015
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  4. Bloody-Swamp

    Bloody-Swamp

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    Thank you for your replies, I found my solution: mesh.colors32 = new Color32[] { ... };
     
    Bloody-Swamp, Dec 10, 2015
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