How do I move a gameObject to different layers?

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Hi.

Been racking my brain trying to figure out how to do this but no such insight.

I want to have the player’s gameObject switch layers on material change so that it avoid colliding with objects of the same material but don’t know how.

I have the 2 materials in an array which are swapped on MouseDown. Here is the code I have so far:

void OnMouseDown()
{
index++;
if(index >= materials.Length)
index = 0;
renderer.material = materials[index];
}

void playerShift()
{

if (GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player").renderer.material.name == "White")
	{
	gameObject.layer = LayerMask.NameToLayer("White"); // move to white layer 
	Debug.Log("layer switched to W");
	}
	
	else //(GameObject.Find("Sphere").renderer.material.name == "Black")
	{
	gameObject.layer = LayerMask.NameToLayer("Black"); // move to black layer 
	Debug.Log("layer switched to B");
	}

}

I call the playerShift function in the Update.

On another note. Should I separate this into its own script because at the moment its part the playerMovement script.

Thanks for any help or insight you can provide.

2

As you are changing the materials its names are not “Black” and “White” but “Black (Instance)” and “White (Instance)”.

On your other question, yes, I think it would be better to have this code in a separate component, just for organizational purpose.