Godot Weird Problem：Viewport Texture Error with Model

Posted by SysL, on January 23, 2025. [Link]

In Godot, if you set a ViewPort Texture directly on a Material Albedo you will receive a warning when running your game from the editor. This error appears to be harmless in game but it is annoying.


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To work around it, you can set it in code:

  1. Grab a reference to the mesh
  2. Grab a reference to the viewport/subviewport
  3. In the _ready() callback, set the texture.


@onready var mesh_instance_3d: MeshInstance3D = $MeshInstance3D
@onready var sub_viewport: SubViewport = $SubViewport

func _ready() -> void:
mesh_instance_3d.get_surface_override_material(0).albedo_texture = sub_viewport.get_texture()


This is not likely to be fixed anytime soon, it's been open since 2022...

Information from MamaDespik (Reddit, April 29, 2024)
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