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I'm trying to access the MeshRenderer component from a Custom Editor, but I can't seem to figure out the syntax in C#.

In JS what I'm trying to accomplish:

var mat : Material = target.renderer.material;

In C#, this is what I've got:

GameObject go = (GameObject)target;
Material mat = go.renderer.material;

However, Unity tells me that I can't cast target as a GameObject.

Answer 1

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This did the trick for me:

scriptName = (scriptName)target;    
go = (GameObject)scriptName.gameObject;

answered Nov 06 '11 at 02:52 AM

karl_
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Answer 2

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Have you tried using the 'as' keyword instead? Like changing "(GameObject)target" to "target as GameObject"?

Another thing you can try is casting it to a transform first:

Transform go = target as Transform;
Material mat = go.gameObject.renderer.material;

hope it helps,

Yoerick

answered Nov 03 '11 at 08:41 PM

Yoerick
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While this didn't solve my issue, I did learn about the differences between prefix casting and fast casting: http://gen5.info/q/2008/06/13/prefix-casting-versus-as-casting-in-c/

Nov 03 '11 at 09:23 PM karl_

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Custom Editor - Cast target as GameObject?