Making textures Scroll/ animate textures

Questions & Answers
1

how do i get a set texture to scroll from left to right, and or change a materials image over time?

2

http://www.unifycommunity.com/wiki/index.php?title=Animating_Tiled_texture

That script will step through a texture sheet. The important bit is this particular line of code

renderer.material.SetTextureOffset ("_MainTex", offset);

With that you can also write a script that animates offset over time smoothly. In fact, here's an example of one:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class AnimatedUVs : MonoBehaviour 
{
    public int materialIndex = 0;
    public Vector2 uvAnimationRate = new Vector2( 1.0f, 0.0f );
    public string textureName = "_MainTex";

    Vector2 uvOffset = Vector2.zero;

    void LateUpdate() 
    {
        uvOffset += ( uvAnimationRate * Time.deltaTime );
        if( renderer.enabled )
        {
            renderer.materials[ materialIndex ].SetTextureOffset( textureName, uvOffset );
        }
    }
}

For changing the image, the most efficient way is to use a tiling texture, but if you must use different source images, you can use this:

http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/Material-mainTexture.html

I.e.

renderer.material.mainTexture = myTexture;
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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour {
    public float scrollSpeed = 0.5F;
    public Renderer rend;
    void Start() {
        rend = GetComponent<Renderer>();
    }
    void Update() {
        float offset = Time.time * scrollSpeed;
        rend.material.SetTextureOffset("_MainTex", new Vector2(offset, 0));
    }
}

This code is in C#

7

For URP materials

using UnityEngine;

// animate a texture

public class AnimateMaterial : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float rateX;
    public float rateY;
    private Renderer r;
    private float offsetX;
    private float offsetY;
    private void Start() {
        r=GetComponent<Renderer>();
    }
    void Update() 
    {
        offsetX += rateX * Time.deltaTime;
        offsetY += rateY * Time.deltaTime;
        r.materials[0].SetTextureOffset( "_BaseMap", new Vector2(offsetX, offsetY) );
    }
}
3

Hi, if you want animate multiple materials check this, hopes help you.

5

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6

unity wiki link is now: http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php?title=Animating_Tiled_texture