Its driving me nuts that you didn't anchor your canvas to the top left when you downsized it. Great video otherwise though - thanks!

Looks good and the lighting as well

extra like for psycho track and editing style : D

You divide by 3.142 then divide that number by 2, surely thats the same as just dividing by 6.284?

use pivot point of the plane at down center and use emissive color problem solved

amazing 😲 my unreal 5 project was running at a slideshow pace

Is there a way to include the hud? or UI

Still relevant today with unreal 5! Thanks for this, checking my texture import settings made a world of difference among other things.

thanks for the tutorial! I will definitely need this in the future to do aewvs I'm a fan of the game, because I don't have a computer or a laptop

is your cross a pgn?

thank you

Thank you very much!

I played this piece in orchestra. Soooo goood

thanks ;-;

Very very thanks! XD

Holy Shit dude!! this is excellent!! All of your videos are.

link us the project file in UE?

Searched for "texel density unreal". This is first in the search result. Thank you and have a good one.

Thanks budd! Didnt know about realtime option

Does anyone know if using this billboard material, you can populate a landscape using the foliage placement tool? I gotten the billboards to rotate but when I add these meshes to the foliage tool for placement...they do not look at the camera?

hey bro just letting you know that 4 years ago your videos inspired me to become a gamedev and have been working daily ever since! :D Not sure you care but thx!

Nice. Very helpful especially pointing out that there are different engine rendering levels you can set to (low, medium, high, epic, etc)

Yeah not working, thanks for wasting my time. Rotating on the z axis big guy :T

UE4 - How to Make vertical* Billboard Material

This solved my dilemma, thank you. But like others, I'd love to know how this actually works!

If you want a simpler material which uses fewer instructions (and also allows you to orient up and down as well if you want), I just figured out the following material: XAxisVector = (CameraPosition() - ObjectPosition()).Normalized() YAxisVector = Cross(Constant(0, 0, 1), XAxisVector).Normalized() ZAxisVector = Cross(XAxisVector, YAxisVector).Normalized() VertexLocalPosition = AbsoluteWorldPosition() - ObjectPosition() RotatedPosition = Transform3x3Matrix(VertexLocalPosition, XAxisVector, YAxisVector, ZAxisVector) WorldOffsetPosition = RotatedPosition - VertexLocalPosition Plug WorldOffsetPosition into the material's WorldOffsetPosition pin. It works by finding a vector from the object to the camera. Then it uses cross products to find 3 orthonormal vectors, using the vector from the object to the camera as the X axis. These three vectors can be used in a transformation matrix to specify a change of basis/rotation to face the camera. Since WOP is an offset from the original location and not the new location of vertices, we subtract the original locations to get an offset. This new version uses ~93 instructions while the video's version uses ~135 instructions. If you would like the material to not rotate up and down, just multiply the XAxisVector by Constant(1, 1, 0) to set the Z component to 0. Here is a diagram: ibb.co/4YQVbrn

For those looking for an explanation of what the material in the video is doing, here it is: I'm going to explain it with pseudocode since I can't post my blueprint screenshot. CameraPosition * (1, 1, 0) - This part is actually unnecessary. It sets the Z value of CameraPosition to 0, but the Z value is never used, so it is pointless. Direction = (ObjectPosition - CameraPosition).Normalize() - This finds a unit vector pointing from the camera to the object in question. Angle = Custom Node(Direction) - This can actually just be replaced by the ArcTangent2 node if you break the Direction vector into X and Y and plug them in. ArcTan2 finds the angle, in radians, that the Direction vector is pointed along the XY plane. NormalizedAngle = (Angle) / 3.142 / 2 - This simply divides the resulting angle by 2*pi which gives a value between 0 and 1 representing the rotation. We use 2*pi because the angle was in radians and 2*pi is a full circle in radians. RotatedNormalizedAngle = NormalizedAngle + 0.25 - This rotates the normalized angle by 90 degrees. I don't use this and simply orient my plane with the rotation (0, 90, 0) instead and use NormalizedAngle value. The RotateAboutAxis node takes input positions and does exactly what it says: it rotates the Positions around the NormalizedRotationAxis with the rotation pivot point at PivotPoint. The RotationAngle is how much to rotate the positions by. If you click on the node, you'll notice the property "Period" which represents what a full rotation is. Since it is set to 1.0, that means a RotationAngle of 0.25 would be 90 degrees, 0.5 would be 180 degrees, etc. I have the following values plugged into my RotateAboutAxis node: NormalizedRotationAxis: Constant3Vector(0, 0, 1) - I want it to rotate around the vertical, Z axis. RotationAngle: NormalizedAngle - As explained before, this value represents the rotation required to rotate the plane to face the camera. PivotPoint: ObjectPosition - Instead of using the confusing TexCoord things in the video, I simply plug in the ObjectPosition node. This node provides the center of the object in world space. Makes sense, because we want the plane to rotate around its center when it faces the camera. Position: AbsoluteWorldPosition - This returns the absolute world positions of the vertices for this object. These positions are being rotated to face the camera.

www.patreon.com/zeshkanstudio I'll share my assets because i need a new pc

What about performance of this method?

any update for UE4.25, 4.26

Looking Great!

What about shadow color, did I see the difference

I wish every Unreal tutorial could be like this.

This was awesome to watch! Thanks!

why this man sound like he recorded this shit at 3 am

Great video, is the Grass package free

Deadline is coming!

docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Resources/Showcases/Stylized/Materials/index.html

Hey I tried this and it works fine except I can't find the billboard material that I see here in your vid. I applied this to a standard plane and it works except it rotates on the X axis instad of the Z. Obviously this is because the plane comes in and has to be rotated first. I am new to UE4 so can you explain a little better where to find the billboard plate that you have here. Great tut by the way absolutely love it and appreciate your effort for sharing with the community. Just my ignorance needs a little more help. Lol

Really good looking water, but this isn't dynamic at all

also want to check the tessellation is checked too. is there a better way to do this now days?

Mine is rotating on the Z Axis... I created a basic plane and followed the video step by step. Is your plane any different from the basic ue4's plane? To make this work you need to create a plane with the Y axis as Forward and Z axis as Up, otherwise it will rotate on the wrong axis. You need to uncheck "Convert Scene" in the UE4 importing tab, otherwise the engine will mess with the pivot of the mesh. In blender you can export the plane with those options as pivot orientation.

does it work for fortnite?

I got the point where you added the RotateAboutAxis node...but the AbsolutePositionNode didnt appear. Im on 4.25 any ideas?

Thanks for the way Jack shared

good music choice haha

hi, there's a little problem with me, it doesn't rotate from the right axis, how do I correct this?

Thank you

This plugin or Blueprint does not work in UE 4.24!!! Can you please get updated version of this plugin? Or maybe someone knows where to download updated version? When I drag and drop the blueprint in empty black scene then that blueprint shows BAD SIZE!!! WTF is that???

That's really great , Can you share the material ? and rain effect?