static function Material (contents : String) : Material

Description

Create a temporary material from a shader source string.

If you have a script which implements a custom special effect, you implement all the graphic setup using shaders & materials. Use this function to create a custom shader & material inside your script. After creating the material, use SetColor, SetTexture, SetFloat, SetVector, SetMatrix to populate the shader property values.

// Creates an additive-blended material and uses it for rendering
var color = Color.white;
function Start () {
    var shaderText =
        "Shader \"Alpha Additive\" {" +
        "Properties { _Color (\"Main Color\", Color) = (1,1,1,0) }" +
        "SubShader {" +
        "    Tags { \"Queue\" = \"Transparent\" }" +
        "    Pass {" +
        "        Blend One One ZWrite Off ColorMask RGB" +
        "        Material { Diffuse [_Color] Ambient [_Color] }" +
        "        Lighting On" +
        "        SetTexture [_Dummy] { combine primary double, primary }" +
        "    }" +
        "}" +
        "}";
    renderer.material = new Material( shaderText );
    renderer.material.color = color;
}

See Also: ShaderLab documentation.

static function Material (shader : Shader) : Material

Description

Create a temporary Material from a Shader.

If you have a script which implements a custom special effect, you implement all the graphic setup using shaders & materials. Use this function to create a custom shader & material inside your script. After creating the material, use SetColor, SetTexture, SetFloat, SetVector, SetMatrix to populate the shader property values.

// Creates a material from shader&texture references
var shader : Shader;
var texture : Texture;
var color : Color;
function Start () {
    renderer.material = new Material (shader);
    renderer.material.mainTexture = texture;
    renderer.material.color = color;
}

// Creates a cube and assigns a material with a builtin Glossy shader.
function Start () {
    var cube = GameObject.CreatePrimitive (PrimitiveType.Cube);
    cube.renderer.material = new Material (Shader.Find(" Glossy"));
}

static function Material (source : Material) : Material

Description

Create a temporary Material by copying the shader and all properties from the source Material.