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Material

Inherits: Resource < RefCounted < Object

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

Abstract base class for applying visual properties to an object, such as color and roughness.

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

• 3D Material Testers Demo

• Third Person Shooter Demo

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 ( )

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Constants

RENDER_PRIORITY_MAX = 127

Maximum value for the render_priority parameter.

RENDER_PRIORITY_MIN = -128

Minimum value for the render_priority parameter.

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Property Descriptions

Material next_pass