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Game Development Materials in Unity Scripting Materials Animating Emissive Colors

Ericka Marable
Ericka Marable
1,953 Points
Posted by Ericka Marable
Ericka Marable
1,953 Points

Obsolete Code - Need the current code for the Emissive Materials section.

Here is the current error message: DynamicGI.UpdateMaterials (rend); 'UnityEngine.DynamicGI.UpdateMaterials(UnityEngine.Renderer)' is obsolete: 'DynamicGI.UpdateMaterials(Renderer) is deprecated; instead, use extension method from RenderedExtensions: 'renderer.UpdateGIMaterials()' (UnityUpgradable).'

I am assuming that I need to define the class in the top section where using UnityEngine; is located but I don't know what that library is. Please advise.

Alex Labins
Alex Labins
20,826 Points

Hi, Ericka.

The solution is actually quite simple, and I just figured it out. Simply ignore the old UpdateMaterials code; that's obsolete. In the new versions of Unity, they've made it so each -renderer- updates its GI materials. If you read that error message I think you'll get what I mean. Here is the code that fixes it, but try to see if you can figure it out from the error message first.

At the end of the Update() function:

// Use our "Renderer" to call its own "UpdateGIMaterials()" method

rend.UpdateGIMaterials();