how to change physics material of a colider in runtime

hello I was wondering if I can change the physics material of an object's colider. for example, changing it from metal to bouncy. is it even possible?

Yes, you can change `collider.material`, by either assigning a PhysicMaterial:

var myMaterial : PhysicMaterial;

function Start () {
   collider.material = myMaterial;
}

or changing individual properties (`collider.material.bouncyness`, etc.).

You can pre-create the desired material in the editor Unity or use available in "Assets/Standard Assets/Physic Materials". Then place it into "Assets/Resources/PhysicMaterials". And for runtime change:

gameObject.collider.material = (PhysicMaterial)Resources.Load("PhysicMaterials/Wood");

Use the following code to assign when you import resources:

public void OnPostprocessModel(GameObject importedObject)
{
    CapsuleCollider capColl = importedObject.AddComponent<CapsuleCollider>();
    capColl.material = (PhysicMaterial)Resources.Load("PhysicMaterials/Wood");
}

In c#

this.collider.material=new PhysicMaterial(“Wood”);

But don’t forgot we need to refresh rigidbody for applying changes.

before change:
rigidbody.isKinematic = true ;
rigidbody.Sleep();

after change:
rigidbody.isKinematic = false ;
rigidbody.Wakeup();

Yes, that is possible. You can set the active `PhysicMaterial` by setting `collider.material`. To make sure that the materials are included in the scene, you can create an array of PhysicMaterials which you set at design time

Make a public array of PhysicMaterials in the class

public PhysicMaterial materials[]

If you fill this list from the inspector in the Unity editor, you can then assign one of the materials at runtime:

collider.material = materials
*```*

Be careful if you decide to change the properties of a PhysicMaterial object at runtime instead of/without changing the sharedMaterial (or material) property of the colliders using it. In some cases, the physics engine will continue to use the old properties of a PhysicMaterial object. See this forum post of mine for more information.