Different color/alpha for each object sharing the same material

[rainerpl]

Hi,

Im fairly new to babylonjs.

I need give meshes materials which alpha/color properties depend on the mesh'es location/distance/placement relative to each other( or some internal mesh property that is different for each mesh )
The scene setup is very simple.
I have thousands of cubes( all sharing the same material ).
Now, i want to make it so that the cube's alpha and color values depend on how close a mesh is to another mesh in the scene. This would create a dynamic 
range of alpha/color values which are always changing( as meshes change ).

I know I could give each mesh its own material, but that would hit the performance( and i need the meshes to share almost all material properties except alpha/color )
Is there a way to share a material between thousands of meshes, but allow each mesh have its own alpha value ?

[JohnK]

Hi @rainerpl and welcome to the forum from me. SPS is the way to go

Playground https://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#WCDZS#8

Docs https://doc.babylonjs.com/how_to/solid_particle_system#colors-and-uvs