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UMaterialBillboardComponent

A 2d material that will be rendered always facing the camera.

Inheritance Hierarchy

UObjectBase

UObjectBaseUtility

UObject

UActorComponent

USceneComponent

UPrimitiveComponent

UMaterialBillboardComponent

References

Module	Engine
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Classes/Components/MaterialBillboardComponent.h
Include	#include "Components/MaterialBillboardComponent.h"

Syntax

class UMaterialBillboardComponent : public UPrimitiveComponent

Remarks

A 2d material that will be rendered always facing the camera.

Variables

		Name	Description
	TArray< FMateri...	Elements	Current array of material billboard elements

Constructors

	Name	Description
	UMaterialBillboardComponent ( const FObjectInitializer& ObjectIn... )

Functions

		Name	Description
	void	AddElement ( UMaterialInterface* Material, UCurveFloat* DistanceToOpacity..., bool bSizeIsInScreenSpace, float BaseSizeX, float BaseSizeY, UCurveFloat* DistanceToSizeCur... )	Adds an element to the sprite.
	void	SetElements ( const TArray< FMaterialSpriteElemen... )	Set all elements of this material billboard component

Overridden from UPrimitiveComponent

	Name	Description
FPrimitiveSc...	CreateSceneProxy()	Creates a proxy to represent the primitive to the scene manager in the rendering thread.
UMaterialInt...	GetMaterial ( int32 ElementIndex )	Returns the material used by the element at the specified index
void	GetUsedMaterials ( TArray< UMaterialInterface* > ..., bool bGetDebugMaterials )	Retrieves the materials used in this component
void	SetMaterial ( int32 ElementIndex, UMaterialInterface* Material )	Changes the material applied to an element of the mesh.

Overridden from USceneComponent

		Name	Description
	FBoxSphereBo...	CalcBounds ( const FTransform& LocalToWorld )	Calculate the bounds of the component. Default behavior is a bounding box/sphere of zero size.
	bool	GetMaterialPropertyPath ( int32 ElementIndex, UObject& OutOwner, FString& OutPropertyPath, FProperty& OutProperty )	Returns full material property path and UObject owner property object Path examples: Material property path with array element and inner struct Materials[0].InnerStruct.Material Material property path with array element Materials[0] Simple material property path Materials

Overridden from UObject

		Name	Description
	void	PostLoad()	Do any object-specific cleanup required immediately after loading an object.

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