Unity Script Reference

Renderer Inherits from Component

General functionality for all renderers.

A renderer is what makes an object appear on the screen. For any game object or component its renderer can be accessed trough a renderer property:

JavaScripts

// make the object invisible!
renderer.enabled = false;

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
void Awake() {
renderer.enabled = false;
}
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

def Awake():
renderer.enabled = false

Use this class to access the renderer of any object, mesh or particle system. Renderers can be disabled to make objects invisible (see enabled), and the materials can be accessed and modified through them (see material).

See Also: Renderer components for meshes, particles, lines and trails.

Variables

isPartOfStaticBatch	Has this renderer been statically batched with any other renderers?
worldToLocalMatrix	Matrix that transforms a point from world space into local space (Read Only).
localToWorldMatrix	Matrix that transforms a point from local space into world space (Read Only).
enabled	Makes the rendered 3D object visible if enabled.
castShadows	Does this object cast shadows?
receiveShadows	Does this object receive shadows?
material	The material of this object.
sharedMaterial	The shared material of this object.
sharedMaterials	All the shared materials of this object.
materials	All the materials of this object.
bounds	The bounding volume of the renderer (Read Only).
lightmapIndex	The index of the lightmap applied to this renderer.
lightmapTilingOffset	The tiling & offset used for lightmap.
isVisible	Is this renderer visible in any camera? (Read Only)

Messages Sent

OnBecameVisible	OnBecameVisible is called when the object became visible by any camera.
OnBecameInvisible	OnBecameInvisible is called when the object is no longer visible by any camera.

Inherited members

Inherited Variables

transform	The Transform attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
rigidbody	The Rigidbody attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
camera	The Camera attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
light	The Light attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
animation	The Animation attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
constantForce	The ConstantForce attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
renderer	The Renderer attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
audio	The AudioSource attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
guiText	The GUIText attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
networkView	The NetworkView attached to this GameObject (Read Only). (null if there is none attached)
guiTexture	The GUITexture attached to this GameObject (Read Only). (null if there is none attached)
collider	The Collider attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
hingeJoint	The HingeJoint attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
particleEmitter	The ParticleEmitter attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
gameObject	The game object this component is attached to. A component is always attached to a game object.
tag	The tag of this game object.
name	The name of the object.
hideFlags	Should the object be hidden, saved with the scene or modifiable by the user?

Inherited Functions

GetComponent	Returns the component of Type type if the game object has one attached, null if it doesn't.
GetComponent.<T>
GetComponent	Returns the component with name type if the game object has one attached, null if it doesn't.
GetComponentInChildren	Returns the component of Type type in the GameObject or any of its children using depth first search.
GetComponentInChildren.<T>
GetComponentsInChildren	Returns all components of Type type in the GameObject or any of its children.
GetComponentsInChildren.<T>
GetComponents	Returns all components of Type type in the GameObject.
GetComponents.<T>
CompareTag	Is this game object tagged tag?
SendMessageUpwards	Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object and on every ancestor of the behaviour
SendMessage	Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object.
BroadcastMessage	Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object or any of its children.
GetInstanceID	Returns the instance id of the object.
ToString	Returns the name of the game object.

Inherited Class Functions

operator bool	Does the object exist?
Instantiate	Clones the object original and returns the clone.
Instantiate.<T>
Destroy	Removes a gameobject, component or asset.
DestroyImmediate	Destroys the object obj immediately. It is strongly recommended to use Destroy instead.
FindObjectsOfType	Returns a list of all active loaded objects of Type type.
FindObjectOfType	Returns the first active loaded object of Type type.
operator ==	Compares if two objects refer to the same
operator !=	Compares if two objects refer to a different object
DontDestroyOnLoad	Makes the object target not be destroyed automatically when loading a new scene.