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Fixed in 5.4.0
Votes
83
Found in
4.3.1f1
Issue ID
581075
Regression
No
Can't animate color value of materials
In the animation window it is possible to enter a new value for any of the rgba channels and the curve changes appropriately, however the value is returned to the default after the enter button is pressed.
Reproduced with:
Unity Version 4.3.1f1 (cebd4d9b5122)
Unity Version 4.3.2f1 (0517a5ae8669)
[edit]
If you want to animate color values with the animation window with Unity 4.3+, you need to use the Animator component. The old component (Animation) is legacy and is not in active development anymore.
[edit]
You can convert the legacy animations to the new system to animate the material properties in the new Animation Window, take a look at this thread:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/how-convert-legacy-animations-to-the-new-system.269207/
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JamesChard
Feb 09, 2014 06:15
This issue appears to happen when setting key frame animations to legacy in the debug panel. Really hope this gets fixed soon.
AMO_Noot
Feb 06, 2014 23:30
This has been a pretty big issue since November; how long are we going to have to wait for a fix?
Dave-Hampson
Feb 03, 2014 10:59
There's a thread on this issue here: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/211535-Problem-with-animation-material-parameters-in-Unity4-3
Also I just followed the steps in this video in 4.3.3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMl8bl-mCdU and it seemed to work fine.
wertymk
Feb 01, 2014 12:59
Yes this is a very serious issue. Used to be able to do this no problem but now am forced to do it in code. In the future, if it ain't broken don't fix it.
SnoozePouch
Jan 31, 2014 07:40
This has broken a lot of out simple animated components, the whole game feels much poorer because of it - please fix this fast. Animated UVs and colors may seem unimportant, but they add a ton of atmosphere and are very inconvenient to do in code, especially when the curves are not linear.
Rob-Fireproof
Jan 28, 2014 17:37
This is a big deal for us too. We've got a workaround using a script, but it's a really poor solution.
Gronk
Jan 27, 2014 21:55
It's on all material properties. Can't animate anything in our custom shaders, or even default shaders. Maybe it's a shader property issue that got broken?
This has offlined all our VFX production.. Needs fixed ASAP.
NOT_Lonely
Jan 24, 2014 05:15
Nasty bug:( I forced to do this from code, that very inconvenient.
enhawk
Jan 21, 2014 10:25
Initially I thought this was a bug with 2D ToolKit but appears to be in the animation timeline. Fix would be nice!
Workaround:
Create a function to change the color / alpha in your code then call it from the timeline.
JONGS
Jan 20, 2014 09:34
please............................................... ?( + ?+)?