How to change the color of a game object (hierarchy of Unity basic shapes)

Unity Engine
1

I have a temporary “eneny” that is make up of basic shapes. To change the color I use the code below.

selectedTarget.renderer.material.color = Color.red;

However, this just changes the color of his head which happens to te the top shape in the hierarchy. How can I change just the body, feet, or all the shapes that make up the “enemy”?

2

You’ll need to go through thte hierarchy and do the same with each renderer. otherwise you could instance a copy of the material and assign it to all the parts using .sharedMaterial at which point you can edit the material to reflect the change everywhere its shared.

3

.sharedMaterial makes the entire game the same color!! I do not see a way to step though the hierarchy. Where do I do that?

4

Can you do something like…

At top of Class define an array to hold the renderers
Component[ ] renderers;

In Start() Cache the renderers
renderers = gameObject.GetComponentsInChildren(typeof(Renderer));

Then, when you want to change the colors:
foreach (Renderer renderer in renderers)
{
renderer.material.color = Color.red;
}

This is C# and ‘off the top of my head’ without testing, but it may get you moving in a direction.

Regards,
Matt.