Billboard ClassDelta Engine Documentation
A quad mesh that always has a fixed orientation with respect to the camera View code on GitHub
Inheritance Hierarchy

System Object
  DeltaEngine.Entities Entity
    DeltaEngine.Entities DrawableEntity
      DeltaEngine.Rendering3D Entity3D
        DeltaEngine.Rendering3D Billboard
          DeltaEngine.Rendering3D.Particles.Tests MockEnemy

Namespace: DeltaEngine.Rendering3D
Assembly: DeltaEngine.Rendering3D (in DeltaEngine.Rendering3D.dll) Version: 1.1.1.0 (1.1.1)
Syntax

public class Billboard : Entity3D

The Billboard type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  NameDescription
Public methodBillboard
Initializes a new instance of the Billboard class
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Methods

  NameDescription
Public methodAdd T  (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Public methodAddTag (Inherited from Entity.)
Public methodClearTags (Inherited from Entity.)
Public methodContains T  (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Public methodContainsBehavior T  (Inherited from Entity.)
Public methodContainsTag (Inherited from Entity.)
Protected methodDeactivate (Inherited from Entity.)
Public methodDispose (Inherited from Entity.)
Public methodGet T  (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Protected methodGetActiveBehaviors (Inherited from Entity.)
Protected methodGetComponentsForSaving (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Protected methodGetDrawBehaviors (Inherited from DrawableEntity.)
Public methodGetInterpolatedArray T  (Inherited from DrawableEntity.)
Public methodGetInterpolatedList T  (Inherited from DrawableEntity.)
Public methodGetOrDefault T  (Inherited from Entity.)
Public methodGetTags (Inherited from Entity.)
Protected methodNextUpdateStarted (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Public methodOnDraw T  (Inherited from DrawableEntity.)
Protected methodOnOrientationChanged (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Protected methodOnPositionChanged (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Protected methodOnScaleChanged (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Public methodRemove T  (Inherited from Entity.)
Public methodRemoveTag (Inherited from Entity.)
Public methodSet (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Public methodSetComponents (Inherited from Entity.)
Public methodSetWithoutInterpolation T  (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Public methodStart T  (Inherited from Entity.)
Public methodStop T  (Inherited from Entity.)
Public methodToggleVisibility (Inherited from DrawableEntity.)
Public methodToString (Inherited from Entity.)
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Fields

  NameDescription
Protected fieldcomponents (Inherited from Entity.)
Protected fieldlastOrientation (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Protected fieldlastPosition (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Protected fieldlastTickLerpComponents
Each element can either be a Lerp, a Lerp List or an array of Lerp objects. View code on GitHub
(Inherited from DrawableEntity.)
Public fieldplaneQuad
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Properties

  NameDescription
Public propertyIsActive (Inherited from DrawableEntity.)
Public propertyIsPauseable (Inherited from Entity.)
Public propertyIsVisible (Inherited from DrawableEntity.)
Public propertyNumberOfComponents (Inherited from Entity.)
Public propertyOrientation (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Public propertyPosition (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Public propertyRenderLayer (Inherited from DrawableEntity.)
Public propertyScale (Inherited from Entity3D.)
Public propertyUpdatePriority (Inherited from Entity.)
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Remarks

Tests: DeltaEngine.Rendering3D.Tests.BillboardTests
Examples

8 unit tests call DeltaEngine.Rendering3D.Billboard
[Test, ApproveFirstFrameScreenshot]
public void DrawBillboardCameraAligned()
{
    new Billboard(Vector3D.Zero, new Size(1.0f, 1.0f), material);
}
[Test, ApproveFirstFrameScreenshot]
public void DrawColoredBillboardCameraAligned()
{
    material.DefaultColor = Color.Yellow;
    new Billboard(Vector3D.Zero, Size.One, material);
}
[Test, ApproveFirstFrameScreenshot]
public void DrawBillboardUpAxisAligned()
{
    new Billboard(Vector3D.Zero, Size.One, material,
        BillboardMode.CameraFacing | BillboardMode.UpAxis);
}
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