Change Object Material With a button C#

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I'm trying to figure out how to change the material on an object using a button, so far I have this but I'm not fully understanding the reference to the game object that needs the material changed.

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class VideoScreenManager : MonoBehaviour {
 
     //Material Reference
     public Material newMaterialRef01;
     public Material newMaterialRef02;
     public Material newMaterialRef03;
     public Material newMaterialRef04;
     public Material newMaterialRef05;
     public Material newMaterialRef06; //Default White Material
 
     public void  GoColor01(){
 
         gameObject.name=("VideoPlayerScreen").renderer.material.color = newMaterialRef01;
     }
 }

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Answer by Jessespike · Feb 24, 2015 at 10:57 PM

You're trying to set a color property with a material.

Try this:

 gameObject.name=("VideoPlayerScreen").renderer.material = newMaterialRef01;

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KnightRiderGuy · Feb 24, 2015 at 11:01 PM 0

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I get this error Jessespike:

Assets/VideoScreenManager.cs(16,55): error CS1061: Type string' does not contain a definition for renderer' and no extension method renderer' of type string' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

KnightRiderGuy · Feb 24, 2015 at 11:22 PM 0

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I even tried putting a public reference to the game object and that still did not work??

KnightRiderGuy · Feb 25, 2015 at 12:30 AM 0

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Maybe it did not like that my VideoPlayerScreen game object was a child of a panel on a canvas because if I drag the script that was on my game manager outside of the canvas and put in directly on the VideoPlayerScreen game object and I just do this this way it works? Well it changes my materials anyway but not doing exactly what I wanted with the Video Texture script. I was trying to see if I could get buttons to change the video screen texture that the web cam plays on because the effect is cool but it does not work the way I want.... but that is another question all together though.

public void GoColor02(){ renderer.material = newMaterialRef02;

It works

Change Object Material With a button C#

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