Blend mode and other material properties not being saved or rendered when programmatically altered

[Joe_Gabriel1]

@GeorgeButler separate post for reference:

Blend Mode Not Working in Studio

Problem. Whenever I save material parameters in the inspector, the saved settings are not remembered. When I programmatically change the blend mode to anything other than normal I still see no results in the simulator. However in the Inspector object preview, the blend modes do show the expected results when changed. However. They do not save. I’ve got a project if ya’ll would like to check it out. Thanks!