Any tips for billboards

[Tottel]

Open some official maps in the map editor and see how the devs did it.
I dare to say they did a very neat job, so use it as reference.

[Shev]

Open some official maps in the map editor and see how the devs did it.
I dare to say they did a very neat job, so use it as reference.

Tried, but I can't replicate it without directly copying it.

[Austums]

Yeah, they have like twenty billboards but they're all grouped together. You can't see anything >_>

[Shev]

I think I've had some success by making extremely dim ones (.1-.2) and basically spamming them on a fixed axis at different angles and matching them up to where the light actually goes.

[palistov]

If the billboards are compounds in official maps, you cannot export them as an .expobj file; when you import a compound, it won't work

So break down the compound and export them all as an object. Once you import them, either delete all but one so you can work with it, or re-create the compound, and orient that with your window! Good luck!

[Shev]

If the billboards are compounds in official maps, you cannot export them as an .expobj file; when you import a compound, it won't work

So break down the compound and export them all as an object. Once you import them, either delete all but one so you can work with it, or re-create the compound, and orient that with your window! Good luck!

My goal is to figure out how to do billboards well without having to copy exactly from frictional games. I mean that's kinda lame tbh.

[Shev]

Anyone other tips for them?

[MrBigzy]

I dont think there's really much else to it. Just treat them like rays of light and put a bunch in, some at slightly different angles.

[Tanshaydar]

Well, what I did is, placing all of them with all kind of settings and see how they react.
Now I know which one and settings to pick for specific purposes.