Updated the decal dynamic material instance for better code flow.

Updated .gitignore to ignore vscode editor files.

.gitignore

@@ -71,4 +71,6 @@ Intermediate/*
 Plugins/*/Intermediate/*
 
 # Cache files for the editor to use
-DerivedDataCache/*
\ No newline at end of file
+DerivedDataCache/*
+.vscode
+*.code-workspace

Source/DodgeSound/DodgeSoundCharacter.cpp

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ ADodgeSoundCharacter::ADodgeSoundCharacter()
 	static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder<UMaterial> DecalMaterialAsset(TEXT("Material'/Game/TopDownCPP/Blueprints/M_Cursor_Decal.M_Cursor_Decal'"));
 	if (DecalMaterialAsset.Succeeded())
 	{
-		decalMaterial = DecalMaterialAsset.Object;
-		CursorToWorld->SetDecalMaterial(decalMaterial);
+		decalDynamicMaterial = UMaterialInstanceDynamic::Create(DecalMaterialAsset.Object, NULL);
+		CursorToWorld->SetDecalMaterial(decalDynamicMaterial);
 	}
 	CursorToWorld->DecalSize = FVector(16.0f, 32.0f, 32.0f);
 	CursorToWorld->SetRelativeRotation(FRotator(90.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f).Quaternion());
@@ -73,22 +73,16 @@ void ADodgeSoundCharacter::Tick(float DeltaSeconds)
 			FRotator CursorR = CursorFV.Rotation();
 			CursorToWorld->SetWorldLocation(TraceHitResult.Location);
 			CursorToWorld->SetWorldRotation(CursorR);
-			UMaterialInstanceDynamic* material = UMaterialInstanceDynamic::Create(decalMaterial, CursorToWorld); //UMaterialInstanceDynamic::Create(CursorToWorld->GetMaterial(0), CursorToWorld->GetOwner());
 			if (TraceHitResult.GetActor()) {
-				/*if (tags.Num() > 0) {
-					UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("%s"), *TraceHitResult.GetActor()->Tags[0].ToString());
-				}*/
-				
-
 				if (TraceHitResult.GetActor()->ActorHasTag(FName(TEXT("Enemy")))) {
 					UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("Hovering over an enemy."));
-					material->SetVectorParameterValue(TEXT("DecalColor"), FLinearColor::Red);
-					
+					decalDynamicMaterial->SetVectorParameterValue(TEXT("DecalColor"), FLinearColor::Red);
 				}
-				else {
-					material->SetVectorParameterValue(TEXT("DecalColor"), FLinearColor::Green);
+				else 
+				{
+					decalDynamicMaterial->SetVectorParameterValue(TEXT("DecalColor"), FLinearColor::Green);
 				}
-				CursorToWorld->SetDecalMaterial(material);
+				CursorToWorld->SetDecalMaterial(decalDynamicMaterial);
 			}
 		}
 	}

Source/DodgeSound/DodgeSoundCharacter.h

@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ private:
 	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = Camera, meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
 	class UDecalComponent* CursorToWorld;
 
-	UMaterial* decalMaterial;
+	UMaterialInstanceDynamic* decalDynamicMaterial;
 };