🪧 Billboard

A Billboard is a 2D Material that will be rendered always facing the camera.

💂Authority

This class can only be spawned on 🟧 Client.

👪Inheritance

This class inherits from Base Actor Base Paintable .

🎒 Examples

Client/Index.lua

local my_billboard = Billboard(
    Vector(200, 200, 200), -- location
    "nanos-world::M_NanosMasked", -- material
    Vector2D(32, 32), -- size
    true
)

my_billboard:SetMaterialTextureParameter("Texture", "package://my_package/Client/image.jpg")

🏗️ Constructor

local my_billboard = Billboard(location?, material_asset?, size?, size_in_screen_space?)

Type	Name	Default	Description
Vector	location	Vector(0, 0, 0)
Material Reference	material_asset
Vector2D	size	Vector2D(32, 32)
boolean	size_in_screen_space	false	Size is in Screen or World Space

🗿 Static Functions

Inherited Actor Static Functions

Base Actorscripting-reference/classes/base-classes/actor

	Returns	Name	Description
	table of Base Actor	GetAll	Returns a table containing all Actors of the class this is called on
	Base Actor	GetByIndex	Returns a specific Actor of this class at an index
	number	GetCount	Returns how many Actors of this class exist
	iterator	GetPairs	Returns an iterator with all Actors of this class to be used with pairs()

This entity doesn't have own static functions.

🦠 Functions

Inherited Actor Functions

Base Actorscripting-reference/classes/base-classes/actor

	Returns	Name	Description
		AddImpulse	Applies a force in world world to this Actor
		AttachTo	Attaches this Actor to any other Actor, optionally at a specific bone
		Destroy	Destroys this Actor
		Detach	Detaches this Actor from AttachedTo Actor
		SetCollision	Sets this Actor's collision type
		SetDimension	Sets this Actor's Dimension
		SetForce	Adds a permanent force to this Actor, set to Vector(0, 0, 0) to cancel
		SetGravityEnabled	Sets whether gravity is enabled on this Actor
		SetVisibility	Sets whether the actor is visible or not
		SetHighlightEnabled	Sets whether the highlight is enabled on this Actor, and which highlight index to use
		SetOutlineEnabled	Sets whether the outline is enabled on this Actor, and which outline index to use
		SetLifeSpan	Sets the time (in seconds) before this Actor is destroyed. After this time has passed, the actor will be automatically destroyed.
		SetLocation	Sets this Actor's location in the game world
		SetRotation	Sets this Actor's rotation in the game world
		SetRelativeLocation	Sets this Actor's relative location in local space (only if this actor is attached)
		SetRelativeRotation	Sets this Actor's relative rotation in local space (only if this actor is attached)
		SetScale	Sets this Actor's scale
		SetNetworkAuthority	Sets the Player to have network authority over this Actor
		SetValue	Sets a value in this Actor
		TranslateTo	Smoothly moves this actor to a location over a certain time
		RotateTo	Smoothly rotates this actor to an angle over a certain time
	boolean	IsBeingDestroyed	Returns true if this Actor is being destroyed
	boolean	IsVisible	Returns true if this Actor is visible
	boolean	IsGravityEnabled	Returns true if gravity is enabled on this Actor
	boolean	IsInWater	Returns true if this Actor is in water
	boolean	IsNetworkDistributed	Returns true if this Actor is currently network distributed
	boolean	IsValid	Returns true if this Actor is valid (i.e. wasn't destroyed and points to a valid Actor)
	table of Base Actor	GetAttachedEntities	Gets all Actors attached to this Actor
	Base Actor or nil	GetAttachedTo	Gets the Actor this Actor is attached to
	table	GetBounds	Gets this Actor's bounds
	CollisionType	GetCollision	Gets this Actor's collision type
	number	GetID	Gets the universal network ID of this Actor (same on both client and server)
	Vector	GetLocation	Gets this Actor's location in the game world
	Player or nil	GetNetworkAuthority	Gets this Actor's Network Authority Player
	Rotator	GetRotation	Gets this Actor's angle in the game world
	Vector	GetForce	Gets this Actor's force (set by SetForce())
	number	GetDimension	Gets this Actor's dimension
	boolean	HasNetworkAuthority	Returns true if the local Player is currently the Network Authority of this Actor
	boolean	HasAuthority	Gets if this Actor was spawned by the client side
	Vector	GetScale	Gets this Actor's scale
	string	GetType	Gets the type of this Actor
	any	GetValue	Gets a value stored on this Actor at the given key. Please refer to Entity Values for more information
	Vector	GetVelocity	Gets this Actor's current velocity
		AddActorTag	Adds an Unreal Actor Tag to this Actor
		RemoveActorTag	Removes an Unreal Actor Tag from this Actor
	table of string	GetActorTags	Gets all Unreal Actor Tags on this Actor
	boolean	WasRecentlyRendered	Gets if this Actor was recently rendered on screen
	number	GetDistanceFromCamera	Gets the distance of this Actor from the Camera
	number	GetScreenPercentage	Gets the percentage of this Actor size in the screen
	function	Subscribe	Subscribes to an Event
		Unsubscribe	Unsubscribes all callbacks from this Event in this Actor within this Package, or only the callback passed

Inherited Paintable Functions

Base Paintablescripting-reference/classes/base-classes/paintable

	Returns	Name	Description
		SetMaterial	Sets the material at the specified index of this Actor
		SetMaterialFromCanvas	Sets the material at the specified index of this Actor to a Canvas object
		SetMaterialFromSceneCapture	Sets the material at the specified index of this Actor to a SceneCapture object
		SetMaterialFromWebUI	Sets the material at the specified index of this Actor to a WebUI object
		ResetMaterial	Resets the material from the specified index to the original one
		SetMaterialColorParameter	Sets a Color parameter in this Actor's material
		SetMaterialScalarParameter	Sets a Scalar parameter in this Actor's material
		SetMaterialTextureParameter	Sets a texture parameter in this Actor's material to an image on disk
		SetMaterialVectorParameter	Sets a Vector parameter in this Actor's material
		SetPhysicalMaterial	Overrides this Actor's Physical Material with a new one

This entity doesn't have own functions.

🚀 Events

Inherited Actor Events

Base Actorscripting-reference/classes/base-classes/actor

	Name	Description
	Destroy	Triggered when an Actor is destroyed
	DimensionChange	Triggered when an Actor changes it's dimension
	Spawn	Triggered when an Actor is spawned/created
	ValueChange	Triggered when an Actor has a value changed with :SetValue()

This entity doesn't have own events.