Substance material not updating in play mode

Unity Engine
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I have a substance material that does rebuild textures fine in the editor. However as soon as I enter play mode and attempt to modify a paremeter, it does not rebuild its texture. In fact, it seems to revert to a cached version of the texture and even overrides the changes I have done in the editor.

Here is the code used to test this:

    public GameObject bulb;
    public Color offColor;
    public Color onColor;
   
    ProceduralMaterial bulbmaterial;
   

   
    void Start() {
        bulbmaterial = bulb.renderer.material as ProceduralMaterial;
        bulbmaterial.SetProceduralColor("light_color", offColor);
        bulbmaterial.SetColor("light_color", offColor);
        bulbmaterial.RebuildTextures();
    }

Are we missing something obvious or have we stumbled upon a bug?

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Would you be so kind as to report this as a bug so we can investigate? This will give us the added advantage of a repro and Unity version, along with steps and your project that can be tested by our QA and assigned to the right developers. Unity > Help > Report a bug. If you’ve had no traction after a few weeks, feel free to drop the reference number here and we can try and chase it. - Cheers!

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Thanks for the reply! Case 655203
However, this may not be a bug but rather a weird implementation in Unity or the Allegorithmic specs. We are still investigating. The cause seems to be a blend node in the substance yielding an unexpected result when the material is instantiated.

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