B3d Render

The B3d Render modifier collects a bunch of special render options.

Billboard - Billboard forces the object's Y axis to point at the camera.

• Normal - Fully face camera (e.g. circular glows)
• Vertical - Face camera but remain vertical (e.g. trees)

Auto Fade - Corresponds to Blitz3d's AutoFade() command.

• Near - Distance from camera at which to start fading.
• Far - Distance from camera at which to completely fade out.

Auto Hide - Hides the object if it is not within the specified distance from the camera.

• Near - Nearest distance at which the object is visible.
• Far - Farthest distance at which the object is visible.

Occluded by Obscurer - Hides the object if its center is hidden behind an Obscurer.

Link to Cam Pos - Moves the object with the camera (e.g. Skybox).

Link to Cam Rot - Rotates the object with the camera (e.g. UI graphics).

Draw Order - Sets Blitz3d's EntityOrder():

• 0: normal
• greater than 0: draw first (behind everything else)
• less than 0: draw last (in front of everything else)

B3d Data Format

Billboards:

• Prefix: B3D_BB_[type]_
  • type: 1 = Normal, 2 = Vertical

AutoFade:

• Prefix: B3D_FADE_[near#]_[far#]_
  • near: Near distance
  • far: Far distance

AutoHide:

• Prefix: B3D_HIDE_[near#]_[far#]_
  • near: Near distance
  • far: Far distance

Occluded by Obscurer:

• Prefix: B3D_OCC_

Link to Camera Position:

• Prefix: B3D_LPOS_

Link to Camera Rotation:

• Prefix: B3D_LROT_

Draw Order:

• Prefix: B3D_ORDR_[num]_
  • num: EntityOrder