Good morning
Is there a way of creating a dynamic material for a Text3D item?
I want to change a parameter (Colour) on the material of my 3D Text, but haven’t figured out a way to do so in the Blueprint. I need to use a ‘Custom Event’ to start this, where i send the colour via vector.
I have got it working with a static mesh, but not 3D Text.
Thanks!
Hi!
Thank you for the reply. I’ve included a screenshot of how I’ve done so far.
I haven’t been able to replicate the BP how you’ve laid it out… I’m also not sure if that would be suitable, considering how the way I am getting the variable in.
Would you be so good to outline what I would need to do to finish this BP off, please?
Thanks!
Perfectly suitable!
Begin PlayThe whole thing, in case there was any doubt:
Do note the Text3d component has more than one material. You can apply the same DMI everywhere ofc.
The same setup would work with a Static Mesh Component, ofc.
Hi
Thank you so much for the detailed response.
I feel like a bit of an idiot but I am even struggling to replicate your BP. A few questions:
How do I create those ‘Set’ nodes you have?
How do I reference the DMI? You have a node called ‘My DMI’… how do I create that?
I am creating this blueprint on the Actor. Through that, I am getting ‘Text 3DComponent’ as opposed to ‘Text3D’. Is this ok?
I realise these are likely fairly basic questions, apologies.
Thank you!
How do I create those ‘Set’ nodes you have?
When nodes return values, the data is usually of a very specific type. Here:
You can assign this value to a variable for later use (to access the material and change its color). You could laboriously click about a dozen times and:
And then alt+drag:
Or right click the pin instead to:
Which I highly recommend. This variable is the same as any other variable when it comes Get (read) | Set (write to):
More on variables:
You have a node called ‘My DMI’
I renamed it to better reflect what it represents DMI - Dynamic Material Instnace. NewVar0 is just not good enough. Ideally, it should be called something along the lines of text3d_MainMenuFrontDMI… So the future you thanks you.
Yup! Text 3d is the default component user-friendly name:
Text 3dComponent is the data type:
You are a star for all your help! I haven’t had time to test just yet but am looking forward to doing so. Thank you!
It all works.
Again, thank you so much! Taken aback at the level of help.
If you’ve just saw this post after new update of text 3D plugin, you can now use “GetMaterialExtension” node for setting the colors of your text 3D component. By using return value you can drag for example “SetFrontColor” node and update your color. Also for the GetMaterialExtension input node called “InExtensionClass” you must put Text 3DDefault Class.
