Quick question - setting Material _ZWrite through script

Jamez0r

I'm creating a new Material through code in an Editor Window. The material uses the Spine/Sprite/Unlit shader, and I want to enable "Write to Depth".

I am doing this:

spineMaterial.SetFloat("_ZWrite", 1.0f);

Seems to be working great, just wanted to double check that setting it to 1 is the correct value for enabling it? Looked like it was checking for a 0 or a 1 value.

Thanks! :grinteeth:

Jamez0r

Harald

It's correct, no worries 🙂. While we are using material.SetInt() with 0 or 1 in our code here, it will have the same effect.

If in doubt you can always also setup the material accordingly and then switch the Inspector to Debug view to see the actual material settings.

Jamez0r

Harald wrote
It's correct, no worries 🙂. While we are using material.SetInt() with 0 or 1 in our code here, it will have the same effect.

If in doubt you can always also setup the material accordingly and then switch the Inspector to Debug view to see the actual material settings.

Awesome, thanks! Didn't know about the Debug view, that's going to be handy~

Harald

You're welcome! It's a bit hidden, but can be very helpful, e.g. to bypass custom Inspector code, which will not be executed when in Debug mode.