3d flat planes?

10-30-2003, 05:33 AM	#1
Immelman	is this possible: make a unit:a flat plane. then animatate the skin only, and make it so that the plane only faces in one direction, so its like 2d art in a 3d game engine.

10-30-2003, 09:30 AM	#2
Arkhoon	making a plane face a direction ok but animating a skinn... am not sure its possible...

10-30-2003, 02:12 PM	#3
Immelman	1.I dont know how to make it so that it'll always face one direction, 2. faxmaster sed you could animate a skin

10-30-2003, 02:51 PM	#4
Arkhoon	1/ billboard

10-30-2003, 08:59 PM	#5
Immelman	billboard?

10-30-2003, 09:12 PM	#6
Nozdormu	Yes..you could. The Water Elemental has an animated skin, for example...it's just an odd idea I suppose.

10-30-2003, 09:15 PM	#7
faxmaster	You animate skins using replaceable textures. Basicaly you have one texture for one frame of animation, and another for the next. Then you have the model switch between the textures. Unfortuanatly thats all I know. Try the skinning forum and see if they have anything more.

10-31-2003, 12:01 PM

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billboard?

yeah thats a stuff used fr exemple at the end of the archer's bow thats not a sphere but a ... plane that always faces camera...

10-31-2003, 02:25 PM	#9
Immelman	who is this fr? i must simply pm him!

10-31-2003, 05:12 PM

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who is this fr? i must simply pm him!

>> what do you mean ?

10-31-2003, 05:34 PM	#11
Datajax	fr = for as in for example not fr exemple he thought it was a person i thijnk:////