No clone method for Material about babylon.js

[deltakosh]

Yes they all have the same material. I will add a clone function I think, this is the best way here

[melaugui]

For now, here is a workaround, by assigning a new material to each clone:

BABYLON.SceneLoader.ImportMesh("Suzanne", "3Dmodels/" + name + "/", name + ".babylon", scene, function (newMeshes, particleSystems, skeletons) {

        var suzanne = newMeshes[0];

        for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            var clone = suzanne.clone("clone"+i)

            //new material for each clone
            var newMat = new BABYLON.StandardMaterial("mat" + i, scene);
            clone.material = newMat;
            clone.material.emissiveColor = new BABYLON.Color3(Math.random(), Math.random(), Math.random());
        }
    });

[kentmw]

Thanks for the workaround! However, my simple example didn't highlight the importance of the clone method.

I am importing a complicated mesh with a material that uses a texture that has been built to look like a real life object with all the appropriate colors and uv mappings. Creating a new material from scratch won't work as I'd have to copy every property from the original material.

[melaugui]

For sure then ;)
Thx to @deltakosh, Clone() function is nearly ready, it will be available in the very next version.