Billboard with 3d plane

[furyweb]

IS it possible to do a billboard effect with a 3D model plane. I want to be able to move around it and have the texture change to the 8 angle as I go round the plane, but also have the plane face you as you go round it. Is this even possible.

[Empyre]

I don't understand what you want.  You want it to have 8 rotations and yet always face you?

[furyweb]

So just like the 2D sprites as you rotate round it, it shows all 8 angles. Well I want the sprite to change or in this case the texture to change to the angle ive rotated round the 3D plane.

[Dexiaz]

Erm, still not get it.

 

Just make a rotating polyobj 3d floor which will rotate your 2D object. (???)

 

Or give some references to your question, I don't think your idea came from nothing. You saw it somewhere, did you?

[furyweb]

So basically I want to create sprites with normal and specular maps. Problem is there is no way of doing it in GZDoom only on textures. So my other solution was to use a flat 3D plane and have the sprite displayed on that and then change as you move round it.

[Dexiaz]

Now that's getting absolutely clear.

 

Sorry, but that's impossible to do as you want. The Engine doesn't support such things.