This was resolved, but heres the solution anyway.
Essentaily I couldn’t figure out the order to hit the buttons in, trying to make a material group then modify the material and such. The key is the “New Material” button, when you click on the menu to select a material for a material group. Materials are independent of objects, so when ever you select a material group and make a material for it MAKE SURE you arnt just re-editing the same material in the last group! The name of materia groups is the name of their material, this works within objects becauseif two groups use the same material, they should be in the same group anyway.