Looking to apply a RenderText to an in game object and running into troubles

[Kurt-Dekker]

It’s probably just because this:

@draquelin

cube.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().material.mainTexture = shaderOutput;

is returning a copy of the Material, which you then change, and then abandon in place.

Either way, try it with a known camera output on a texture, get that working first before you try any crazy shader tricks: divide and conquer FTW!

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