Material

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Material

Inherits: Resource < RefCounted < Object

Inherited By: BaseMaterial3D, CanvasItemMaterial, FogMaterial, PanoramaSkyMaterial, ParticleProcessMaterial, PhysicalSkyMaterial, PlaceholderMaterial, ProceduralSkyMaterial, ShaderMaterial

Abstract base Resource for coloring and shading geometry.

Description

Material is a base Resource used for coloring and shading geometry. All materials inherit from it and almost all VisualInstance3D derived nodes carry a Material. A few flags and parameters are shared between all material types and are configured here.

Tutorials

Properties

Material	next_pass
int	render_priority

Methods

bool	_can_do_next_pass ( ) virtual const
bool	_can_use_render_priority ( ) virtual const
Mode	_get_shader_mode ( ) virtual const
RID	_get_shader_rid ( ) virtual const
Resource	create_placeholder ( ) const
void	inspect_native_shader_code ( )

Constants

RENDER_PRIORITY_MAX = 127

Maximum value for the render_priority parameter.

RENDER_PRIORITY_MIN = -128

Minimum value for the render_priority parameter.

Property Descriptions

Material next_pass

void set_next_pass ( Material value )
Material get_next_pass ( )

Sets the Material to be used for the next pass. This renders the object again using a different material.

Note: This only applies to StandardMaterial3Ds and ShaderMaterials with type “Spatial”.

int render_priority

void set_render_priority ( int value )
int get_render_priority ( )

Sets the render priority for transparent objects in 3D scenes. Higher priority objects will be sorted in front of lower priority objects.

Note: This only applies to StandardMaterial3Ds and ShaderMaterials with type “Spatial”.

Note: This only applies to sorting of transparent objects. This will not impact how transparent objects are sorted relative to opaque objects. This is because opaque objects are not sorted, while transparent objects are sorted from back to front (subject to priority).