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Dacromir
Dacromir

Reputation: 228

How do I set the color of a single meshinstance?

I have a simple character scene that I instance several times in the main level scene. It's a kinematic body with a meshinstance and a collision shape as children. I've attached the following script to the scene, with the intent that I could easily change the body color of a character in the editor.

tool
extends KinematicBody

const char_material = preload("res://Materials/Character_material.tres")
export var body_color: Color setget change_color

func change_color(new_color: Color):
    var new_material = char_material
    new_material.albedo_color = new_color
    $BodyMesh.material_override = new_material
    body_color = new_color

This script works as expected, except that when I change the color of one character all characters change color. What's the best way to change the color of only one character?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1737

Answers (1)

Theraot
Theraot

Reputation: 40315

All the instances of this KinematicBody are getting the same char_material, which you modify in change_color. Duplicate the material before modifying it:

var new_material := char_material.duplicate()

Upvotes: 1

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