Can't Change Material On GameObject with Animator During Runtime.

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For some reason I can’t change the Materials on my spriteRenderer during runtime via script. I did some testing and this only happens on the gameobjects with an Animator. If I turn the animator off during runtime then I can change it just fine, and turning the animator back on will keep the material. I can’t even change the material through the inspector during runtime with the animator on. I can however, change the material, if I change it using animation clip timeline. Anyone know whats going on that is stopping me from changing the material freely?

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Animations always win. Doublecheck that nothing in the animation is manipulating anything to do with the Renderer, anywhere anytime in its timeline.

EDIT: just for curiosity I checked… it certainly does work as advertised. Run enclosed scene.

7476353–919211–ChangeAnimatedMaterial.unitypackage (42.5 KB)

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The animation State only manipulates 2 bones and nothing else.

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Weird. Try add a fresh “testing” sprite on one of the bones, see if you can modify that sprite’s material.

I also just tested that the same holds true for sprite renderers. Attached.

7476392–919217–ChangeAnimatedMaterial2.unitypackage (77.2 KB)