How to Fix Pink Materials in Unity 2023 | Render Pipeline Basics

Let's learn how to fix pink materials in Unity in 2023! Pink materials happen in Unity when your material doesn't match with your render pipeline. Let's learn how to check which render pipeline you're using, which render pipeline you should use, and how to correct all of these scenarios. Let's go!

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00:00 Why does this happen?
00:26 Types of pipelines
01:09 How to tell which pipeline you're using
01:42 Which pipeline should you use?
02:22 How to upgrade to HDRP/URP
02:38 How to convert to the built-in pipeline
03:00 Manually fixing materials

[ralfocamargocoba]

This is by far the most useful video in all youtube regarding the pink problem in Unity. There are several videos explaining several ways to fix this problem for a specific case each one so one never truly understands how to fix it next time they face it. You take the time to explain why this happens in first place and such a relevant topic that surprisingly nobody talks about which is the 3 main renderer pipelines in Unity. Like seriusly how is it that not many videos start by this tiny massive detail at all? and the best of all, in a 3 minutes video straight to the point. You not only have a like but a new subscriber.

[Kondo]

Thank you! I was feeling overwhelmed with the pink everything problem in my project, you explained things in a really clear and concise way!

[liminal_vibes]

Thank you very much, I searched all day for a tutorial to fix that in RP. Geat work 👍

[ralfocamargocoba]

This video didn't really give me the solution but it gave me the information I needed to track the problem and correct it for my specific case. For those who still strugle after following the steps, try checking the shaders used by the materials imported. On this section you can see listed the renderers installed on your project. I had to try different pipelines and shaders until finding the correct one. Turns out, many asset creators use different unity versions. This can lead into some prefabs having the pink colors and others not even within the same project. For someone who doesn't know this this detail it would be almost impossible to correct the problem. Thank you so much for this helpful video.

[Undercardband]

You have a pleasant voice. Thanks for the help

[aymkam]

Great video and helped me save the asset. thanks

[psychxx]

I mean even today, March 2024, it's still all so confusing when you actually try to fix it. But now I understand the purpose of each.

Context: I initially created a 3D core project, imported "Kyle the robot" asset, made for URP, everything turned pink. Panicked, created a URP project, re-imported all my packages (without checking compatibility), now kyle is fine, but my trees are pink haha.

Luckly I haven't done much on my project yet, was just starting to learn how to make an Open World Survival game.
At this point, i'll just create a new project and make sure the assets i get are compatible.

I'll stick to the built in renderers for now as i'm still learning.

[Oswaldo_Veraza]

Finally I found it how to fix that, I saw a lot of videos on spanish but I didn't get a solution. Thank u

[shivangipriya]

Thank you. Can help to change FBX from website to vrm ??

[RyuichiroNagi]

So I'm working on a project in UPR but I'm still getting this issue and when I try converting them, it doesn't seem to change anything.

[crappylittleelf]

You save me once again T-T




















First btw

[TheosResearchDiary]

3rd of 4th video I clicked trying to figure it out.
Yours stuck - thanks for the tutorial!

[Cricketdude]

I'm using URP, but when I try to change the material it only lets me convert it to HDRP rather than the URP I need, any fixes?