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VisualShaderNodeBillboard

Inherits: VisualShaderNode < Resource < RefCounted < Object

A node that controls how the object faces the camera to be used within the visual shader graph.

Description

The output port of this node needs to be connected to Model View Matrix port of VisualShaderNodeOutput.

Properties

BillboardType

billboard_type

1

bool

keep_scale

false

Enumerations

enum BillboardType: 🔗

BillboardType BILLBOARD_TYPE_DISABLED = 0

Billboarding is disabled and the node does nothing.

BillboardType BILLBOARD_TYPE_ENABLED = 1

A standard billboarding algorithm is enabled.

BillboardType BILLBOARD_TYPE_FIXED_Y = 2

A billboarding algorithm to rotate around Y-axis is enabled.

BillboardType BILLBOARD_TYPE_PARTICLES = 3

A billboarding algorithm designed to use on particles is enabled.

BillboardType BILLBOARD_TYPE_MAX = 4

Represents the size of the BillboardType enum.

Property Descriptions

BillboardType billboard_type = 1 🔗

Controls how the object faces the camera. See BillboardType.

bool keep_scale = false 🔗

  • void set_keep_scale_enabled(value: bool)

  • bool is_keep_scale_enabled()

If true, the shader will keep the scale set for the mesh. Otherwise, the scale is lost when billboarding.