Create Object and Material at Runtime with Unity 2017+

A quick guide on how to create Objects and Materials at Runtime. I use it for debug objects etc. This is how it looks like when I use it:


// creating a Primitive
GameObject debugSphere = GameObject.CreatePrimitive(PrimitiveType.Sphere);
debugSphere.name = "debugSphere";
// set the position to your objects position and scale it down
debugSphere.GetComponent().position =
new Vector3(
transform.position.x + xPosition,
transform.position.y + 0,
transform.position.z + zPosition);
debugSphere.GetComponent().localScale = new Vector3(0.2f, 0.2f, 0.2f);
// create a temporary Material and color it
Material debugMaterial = new Material(Shader.Find("Standard"));
debugMaterial.color = new Color(1.0f, 0.7f, 0.0f);
debugSphere.GetComponent().material = debugMaterial;

For what you can choose as PrimitiveType see https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/PrimitiveType.html (At the point of writing it was: Sphere, Capsule, Cylinder, Cube, Plane, Quad)

For what you can choose as Material (Standard etc.) create a material and click on the Shader dropdown.
For Shaders in Subfolders (ex. FX) you write “FX/Water” etc.