Material Read-Only Issue & Shader Error (76 vs 66 keywords) Fix
Hey everyone
I ran into a recurring shader issue while working with Meta materials in Unity, especially when adding objects like a Cube from Meta Building Blocks.
The material was read-only, so I couldn’t change its shader manually. Because of that, I kept getting a shader keyword mismatch between
Meta/Lit and Universal Render Pipeline/Lit.
Here’s how I fixed it
✅ I created a new material, then copied the material properties from the Meta material (so it had the same properties and color)
and pasted them into the new one.
Then, I assigned the new material as the parent in a Material Variant
by clicking the three dots next to the shader material and selecting “Create Variant for Renderer.”
Once I did that, the shader automatically switched to Universal Render Pipeline/Lit, and the error disappeared
It worked perfectly, but I’m curious if this is considered a good practice or just a workaround?
Sharing this here in case someone else faces the same problem while working with Meta Building Blocks and URP.
Hope this helps someone!
dhiran_karki Thank you for sharing this fix! I'm going to quote it in this comment so we can mark it as a "solution" for future devs. I'll also share with our engineering team.
dhiran_karki:
I kept getting a shader keyword mismatch between
Meta/Lit and Universal Render Pipeline/Lit.Here’s how I fixed it:
1. I created a new material
2. Then copied the material properties from the Meta material (so it had the same properties and color)
3. And pasted them (copied properties) into the new one
4.Then, I assigned the new material as the parent in a Material Variant
by clicking the three dots next to the shader material and selecting “Create Variant for Renderer.”Once I did that, the shader automatically switched to Universal Render Pipeline/Lit, and the error disappeared.
