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LineRenderer.generateLightingData

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public bool generateLightingData;

Description

Configures a line to generate Normals and Tangents. With this data, Scene lighting can affect the line via Normal Maps and the Unity Standard Shader, or your own custom-built Shaders.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

[RequireComponent(typeof(LineRenderer))] public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour { private LineRenderer lr;

void Start() { lr = GetComponent<LineRenderer>(); lr.material = new Material(Shader.Find("Standard")); lr.generateLightingData = true;

// Set some positions Vector3[] positions = new Vector3[3]; positions[0] = new Vector3(-2.0f, -2.0f, 0.0f); positions[1] = new Vector3(0.0f, 2.0f, 0.0f); positions[2] = new Vector3(2.0f, -2.0f, 0.0f); lr.positionCount = positions.Length; lr.SetPositions(positions); } }