From 338abded1284b4390a14e179722fc89639fc72bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: contriteobserver <contriteobserver@github.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 02:20:58 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ColladaLoader now assigns individual materials to submeshes
 as needed

Optional assignment of individual materials to submeshes, addresses #3606
---
 code/AssetLib/Collada/ColladaLoader.cpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/code/AssetLib/Collada/ColladaLoader.cpp b/code/AssetLib/Collada/ColladaLoader.cpp
index 99cb8c305..3bd2a7d02 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/Collada/ColladaLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/Collada/ColladaLoader.cpp
@@ -557,7 +557,12 @@ void ColladaLoader::BuildMeshesForNode(const ColladaParser &pParser, const Colla
                 faceStart += submesh.mNumFaces;
 
                 // assign the material index
-                dstMesh->mMaterialIndex = matIdx;
+                std::map<std::string, size_t>::const_iterator matIt = mMaterialIndexByName.find(submesh.mMaterial);
+                if (matIt != mMaterialIndexByName.end()) {
+                    dstMesh->mMaterialIndex = matIt->second;
+                } else {
+                    dstMesh->mMaterialIndex = matIdx;
+                }
                 if (dstMesh->mName.length == 0) {
                     dstMesh->mName = mid.mMeshOrController;
                 }