- Name
- Billboarding
- Aliases
Billboarding
Using a 2D sprite that always faces the camera within a polygonal 3D environment to fake a 3D effect.
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Overview
A form of sprite scaling, this technique was commonly used for rendering trees in early 3D games. Although this has become less common in modern games, sprites are still frequently used when rendering smoke, fire and foliage.
External link
- Sprite Polygon Mix, All The Tropes
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- Breath of Fire III (Game)
- Breath of Fire IV (Game)
- Bunker Punks (Game)
- Castle Crashers (Game)
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Game)
- Catacomb 3-D (Game)
- Colin McRae Rally (Game)
- Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (Game)
- Crysis (Game)
- Descent (Game)
- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (Game)
- Divinity II: Ego Draconis (Game)
- Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga (Game)
- Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (Game)
- Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Game)
- Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Game)
- Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation (Game)
- Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past (Game)
- Final Fantasy Tactics (Game)
- Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (Game)
- Forgive me Father (Game)
- Gothic 3 (Game)
- Gothic 3 : Forsaken Gods (Game)
- Gran Turismo (Game)
- Grandia (Game)
- Gunship 2000 (Game)
- Gunship 2000 Scenario Disk and Mission Builder (Game)
- Hogs of War (Game)
- Jeremy McGrath Supercross '98 (Game)
- La Pucelle: Tactics (Game)
- Mario Kart 64 (Game)
- Medieval: Total War (Game)
- Mega Man Legends (Game)
- Mega Man Legends 2 (Game)
- Mischief Makers (Game)
- Nerf Arena Blast (Game)
- Paper Mario (Game)
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Game)
- Paradise Killer (Game)
- Populous: The Beginning (Game)
- Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? (Game)
- Pro Rally (Game)
- Project Gotham Racing (Game)
- Project Gotham Racing 2 (Game)
- Project Gotham Racing 3 (Game)
- Project Gotham Racing 4 (Game)
- Quake (Game)
- Quest 64 (Game)
- Ragnarok Online (Game)
- Rise of the Triad: Dark War (Game)
- Risen (Game)
- Star Cruiser (Game)
- Star Cruiser 2 (Game)
- Star Fox (Game)
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (Game)
- StarBlade (Game)
- Super Mario 64 (Game)
- Super Mario 64 DS (Game)
- System Shock (Game)
- Tales of Destiny (Game)
- Tales of Hearts (Game)
- Tales of Phantasia (Game)
- The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (Game)
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Game)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Game)
- The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion (Game)
- The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition (Game)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest (Game)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Game)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Game)
- The Ultimate Doom (Game)
- Tomb Raider (Game)
- Tomb Raider II (Game)
- Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (Game)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (Game)
- Turok (Game)
- Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (Game)
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (Game)
- Two Worlds (Game)
- Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds (Game)
- Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (Game)
- Umihara Kawase Shun (Game)
- Unreal (Game)
- V-Rally 3 (Game)
- Virtual Hydlide (Game)
- We Ski (Game)
- Wibarm (Game)
- Wild Arms 2 (Game)
- Wolfenstein 3D (Game)
- Xenoblade Chronicles (Game)
- Xenogears (Game)