Using a .blend import with .png texture, is there a way to use a shader on the node?

[Jackod]

Godot Version

4.2.2

Question

Hey guys, bit new here please bear me,

I am importing my 3d model and texture using the blender import, so I end up with a .blend and .png file. I want to be able to shift the colour of the texture, is there a way for me to attach a shader to this node?

I have tried creating a .gdshader file and in the node script importing it and using self.material_override, but no luck so far, I get Invalid set index 'material_override' (on base: 'Node3D (landing_pad.gd)') with value of type 'Shader'.

Cheer

[gertkeno]

Could you do this from the editor? you can set the model to “editable children” from right clicking it in the scene tree.

The shader needs to be attached to a ShaderMaterial

var new_mat := ShaderMaterial.new()
new_mat.shader = load("myshader.gdshader")
self.material_override = new_mat

[Jackod]

Thanks for the response,

The first part I was doing wrong what bringing these items into the scene incorrectly, seems to work much better creating a new inherited instance from them. I then found I don’t need a shader in this scenario as I can just edit the color under the Albedo tab of the texture

The editable children tip will be very helpful, as I wanted multiple colored versions of this asset in the scene.

Thanks again for the help, will keep this in mind if I need to use a shader in the future.