Hi, everyone! The UE documentation clearly says that: You should make an Instance of your Material if you wish to customize its parameters individually for achieving multiple looks, as the base Material can only have one global/default “version”. A regular (Constant) Material Instance can only be…

If you look at MeshComponent.cpp and look for: void UMeshComponent::SetVectorParameterValueOnMaterials(const FName ParameterName, const FVector ParameterValue) you will see that the code for the “Set Vector Parameter Value On Materials” BP node actually creates a MID : UMaterialInstanceDynamic* D…

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