Fix material deserialization assertion when creating new projects #606
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Problem
When creating a new project in OvEditor, users would encounter an assertion error:
This caused the editor to display a white screen and prevented normal project creation.
Root Cause
The issue occurred during material deserialization in
OvCore::Resources::Material::OnDeserialize(). The deserialization process:SetShader()to populate material properties from shader uniformsSetProperty()The
SetProperty()method has an assertion that fails if the property doesn't exist. This can happen when:Solution
Replaced all
SetProperty()calls withTrySetProperty()in the deserialization visitor. TheTrySetProperty()method:trueif successful,falseif the property doesn't existThis provides graceful handling of property mismatches between serialized materials and their current shaders, which is expected behavior during version updates or shader changes.
Changes
Sources/Overload/OvCore/src/OvCore/Resources/Material.cppSetProperty()toTrySetProperty()This is a minimal, defensive fix that maintains backwards compatibility while preventing assertions during normal editor operations.
Fixes #<issue_number>
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