Can't assign texture to material with code

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Godot Version

Godot 4.6.2

Question

I am currently trying to create a customisation system for the NPCs in my game, and I’m having trouble getting their clothes to change colour. He is the code I have in the ready function trying to set their pants to black:

	skinMat = Material.new()
	skinMat.albedo_texture = skinTex
	bottomMat = Material.new()
	bottomMat.albedo_texture = clothTex
	bottomMat.albedo_color = Color(0,0,0)

skinTex and clothTex are set outside of the ready function as such:

@onready var skinTex = preload("res://Textures/NPCs/skinTexture.png")
@onready var clothTex = preload("res://Textures/NPCs/clothTexture.png")

The material is then applied as such:

	elif bottomType == APR_BOTTOM_LONG:
		mesh.set_surface_override_material(2,bottomMat)
		mesh.set_surface_override_material(3,bottomMat)

However, whenever I try to run the game, I get the following error:

Invalid assignment of property or key 'albedo_texture' with value of type 'CompressedTexture2D' on a base object of type 'Material'.

Wondering how I correctly assign this texture to a material using code.

Thanks!

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Material doesn’t have albedo_texture, did you mean to use StandardMaterial3D?

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That worked perfectly, thank you so much!