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Ogre::v1::BillboardSet Class Reference

A collection of billboards (faces which are always facing the given direction) with the same (default) dimensions, material and which are fairly close proximity to each other. More...

#include <OgreBillboardSet.h>

+ Inheritance diagram for Ogre::v1::BillboardSet:

Public Member Functions

 BillboardSet (IdType id, ObjectMemoryManager *objectMemoryManager, SceneManager *manager, unsigned int poolSize=20, bool externalDataSource=false, uint8 renderQueueId=110u)
 Usual constructor - this is called by the SceneManager. More...
 
 ~BillboardSet () override
 
virtual SortMode _getSortMode () const
 Gets the sort mode of this billboard set. More...
 
virtual void _notifyBillboardResized ()
 Internal callback used by Billboards to notify their parent that they have been resized. More...
 
virtual void _notifyBillboardRotated ()
 Internal callback used by Billboards to notify their parent that they have been rotated. More...
 
virtual void _notifyCurrentCamera (const Camera *camera, const Camera *lodCamera)
 Overridden from MovableObject. More...
 
void _releaseManualHardwareResources () override
 
void _setNullDatablock () override
 Sets the datablock to a null pointer. More...
 
virtual void _sortBillboards ()
 Sort the billboard set. More...
 
virtual void _updateBounds ()
 Update the bounds of the billboardset. More...
 
void _updateRenderQueue (RenderQueue *queue, Camera *camera, const Camera *lodCamera) override
 Overridden from MovableObject. More...
 
void _updateRenderQueueImpl (RenderQueue *queue, Camera *camera, const Camera *lodCamera)
 Internal version that does not call _notifyCurrentCamera (i.e. you've already done it) More...
 
void beginBillboards (size_t numBillboards=0)
 Begin injection of billboard data; applicable when constructing the BillboardSet for external data use. More...
 
virtual void clear ()
 Empties this set of all billboards. More...
 
BillboardcreateBillboard (const Vector3 &position, const ColourValue &colour=ColourValue::White)
 Creates a new billboard and adds it to this set. More...
 
BillboardcreateBillboard (Real x, Real y, Real z, const ColourValue &colour=ColourValue::White)
 Creates a new billboard and adds it to this set. More...
 
void endBillboards ()
 Finish defining billboards. More...
 
virtual bool getAutoextend () const
 Returns true if the billboard pool automatically extends. More...
 
bool getAutoUpdate () const
 Return the auto update state of this billboard set. More...
 
virtual BillboardgetBillboard (unsigned int index) const
 Returns a pointer to the billboard at the supplied index. More...
 
virtual BillboardOrigin getBillboardOrigin () const
 Gets the point which acts as the origin point for all billboards in this set. More...
 
virtual BillboardRotationType getBillboardRotationType () const
 Sets billboard rotation type. More...
 
bool getBillboardsInWorldSpace ()
 Gets whether billboards are treated as being in world space. More...
 
virtual BillboardType getBillboardType () const
 Returns the billboard type in use. More...
 
virtual const Vector3getCommonDirection () const
 Gets the common direction for all billboards (BBT_ORIENTED_COMMON) More...
 
virtual const Vector3getCommonUpVector () const
 Gets the common up-vector for all billboards (BBT_PERPENDICULAR_SELF and BBT_PERPENDICULAR_COMMON) More...
 
virtual bool getCullIndividually () const
 Returns whether or not billboards in this are tested individually for culling. More...
 
virtual Real getDefaultHeight () const
 See setDefaultDimensions - this gets 1 component individually. More...
 
virtual Real getDefaultWidth () const
 See setDefaultDimensions - this gets 1 component individually. More...
 
const LightListgetLights () const override
 Gets a list of lights, ordered relative to how close they are to this renderable. More...
 
const StringgetMovableType () const override
 Overridden from MovableObject. More...
 
virtual int getNumBillboards () const
 Returns the number of active billboards which currently make up this set. More...
 
virtual unsigned int getPoolSize () const
 Returns the current size of the billboard pool. More...
 
void getRenderOperation (RenderOperation &op, bool casterPass) override
 Overridden from MovableObject. More...
 
virtual bool getSortingEnabled () const
 Returns true if sorting of billboards is enabled based on their distance from the camera. More...
 
Real getSquaredViewDepth (const Camera *cam) const
 Overridden, see Renderable. More...
 
virtual Ogre::FloatRect const * getTextureCoords (uint16 *oNumCoords)
 getTextureCoords() returns the current texture coordinate rects in effect. More...
 
virtual bool getUseAccurateFacing () const
 Gets whether or not billboards use an 'accurate' facing model based on the vector from each billboard to the camera, rather than an optimised version using just the camera direction. More...
 
bool getUseIdentityWorldMatrix () const override
 Overriden from Renderable. More...
 
void getWorldTransforms (Matrix4 *xform) const override
 Overridden from MovableObject. More...
 
void injectBillboard (const Billboard &bb, const Camera *camera)
 Define a billboard. More...
 
virtual bool isPointRenderingEnabled () const
 Returns whether point rendering is enabled. More...
 
void notifyBillboardDataChanged ()
 When billboard set is not auto updating its GPU buffer, the user is responsible to inform it about any billboard changes in order to reflect them at the rendering stage. More...
 
virtual void removeBillboard (Billboard *pBill)
 Removes a billboard from the set. More...
 
virtual void removeBillboard (unsigned int index)
 Removes the billboard at the supplied index. More...
 
virtual void setAutoextend (bool autoextend)
 Tells the set whether to allow automatic extension of the pool of billboards. More...
 
void setAutoUpdate (bool autoUpdate)
 Set the auto update state of this billboard set. More...
 
virtual void setBillboardOrigin (BillboardOrigin origin)
 Sets the point which acts as the origin point for all billboards in this set. More...
 
virtual void setBillboardRotationType (BillboardRotationType rotationType)
 Sets billboard rotation type. More...
 
virtual void setBillboardsInWorldSpace (bool ws)
 Sets whether billboards should be treated as being in world space. More...
 
virtual void setBillboardType (BillboardType bbt)
 Sets the type of billboard to render. More...
 
void setBounds (const Aabb &aabb, Real radius)
 Set the bounds of the BillboardSet. More...
 
virtual void setCommonDirection (const Vector3 &vec)
 Use this to specify the common direction given to billboards of type BBT_ORIENTED_COMMON or BBT_PERPENDICULAR_COMMON. More...
 
virtual void setCommonUpVector (const Vector3 &vec)
 Use this to specify the common up-vector given to billboards of type BBT_PERPENDICULAR_SELF or BBT_PERPENDICULAR_COMMON. More...
 
virtual void setCullIndividually (bool cullIndividual)
 Sets whether culling tests billboards in this individually as well as in a group. More...
 
void setDatablock (HlmsDatablock *datablock) override
 Assigns a datablock (i.e. HLMS Material) to this renderable. More...
 
virtual void setDefaultDimensions (Real width, Real height)
 Sets the default dimensions of the billboards in this set. More...
 
virtual void setDefaultHeight (Real height)
 See setDefaultDimensions - this sets 1 component individually. More...
 
virtual void setDefaultWidth (Real width)
 See setDefaultDimensions - this sets 1 component individually. More...
 
void setMaterial (const MaterialPtr &material) override
 Sets the given material. Overrides HLMS materials. More...
 
virtual void setPointRenderingEnabled (bool enabled)
 Set whether or not the BillboardSet will use point rendering rather than manually generated quads. More...
 
virtual void setPoolSize (size_t size)
 Adjusts the size of the pool of billboards available in this set. More...
 
virtual void setSortingEnabled (bool sortenable)
 Enables sorting for this BillboardSet. More...
 
virtual void setTextureCoords (Ogre::FloatRect const *coords, uint16 numCoords)
 BillboardSet can use custom texture coordinates for various billboards. More...
 
virtual void setTextureStacksAndSlices (uchar stacks, uchar slices)
 setTextureStacksAndSlices() will generate texture coordinate rects as if the texture for the billboard set contained 'stacks' rows of 'slices' images each, all equal size. More...
 
virtual void setUseAccurateFacing (bool acc)
 Sets whether or not billboards should use an 'accurate' facing model based on the vector from each billboard to the camera, rather than an optimised version using just the camera direction. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Ogre::MovableObject
 MovableObject (IdType id, ObjectMemoryManager *objectMemoryManager, SceneManager *manager, uint8 renderQueueId)
 Constructor. More...
 
 MovableObject (ObjectData *objectDataPtrs)
 Don't use this constructor unless you know what you're doing. More...
 
virtual ~MovableObject ()
 Virtual destructor - read Scott Meyers if you don't know why this is needed. More...
 
LightList_getLightList ()
 Returns a pointer to the current list of lights for this object. More...
 
SceneManager_getManager () const
 Get the manager of this object, if any (internal use only) More...
 
ObjectData_getObjectData ()
 Returns a direct access to the ObjectData state. More...
 
const Matrix4_getParentNodeFullTransform () const
 Returns the full transformation of the parent sceneNode or the attachingPoint node. More...
 
virtual void _notifyAttached (Node *parent)
 Internal method called to notify the object that it has been attached to a node. More...
 
void _notifyManager (SceneManager *man)
 Notify the object of it's manager (internal use only) More...
 
virtual void _notifyParentNodeMemoryChanged ()
 
virtual void _notifyStaticDirty () const
 Called by SceneManager when it is telling we're a static MovableObject being dirty Don't call this directly. More...
 
virtual void _restoreManualHardwareResources ()
 Notifies the movable object that hardware resources should be restored. More...
 
void addQueryFlags (uint32 flags)
 As setQueryFlags, except the flags passed as parameters are appended to the existing flags on this object. More...
 
void addVisibilityFlags (uint32 flags)
 As setVisibilityFlags, except the flags passed as parameters are appended to the existing flags on this object. More...
 
void detachFromParent ()
 Detaches an object from a parent SceneNode if attached. More...
 
RealAsUint getCachedDistanceToCamera () const
 Returns the distance to camera as calculated in cullFrustum() More...
 
Real getCachedDistanceToCameraAsReal () const
 Returns the distance to camera as calculated in cullFrustum() More...
 
bool getCastShadows () const
 Returns whether shadow casting is enabled for this object. More...
 
unsigned char getCurrentMeshLod () const
 
uint32 getLightMask () const
 Get a bitwise mask which will filter the lights affecting this object. More...
 
ListenergetListener () const
 Gets the current listener for this object. More...
 
Aabb getLocalAabb () const
 Retrieves the local axis-aligned bounding box for this object. More...
 
float getLocalRadius () const
 See getLocalAabb and getWorldRadius. More...
 
const StringgetName () const
 Returns the name of this object. More...
 
NodegetParentNode () const
 Returns the node to which this object is attached. More...
 
SceneNodegetParentSceneNode () const
 
uint32 getQueryFlags () const
 Returns the query flags relevant for this object. More...
 
Real getRenderingDistance () const
 Gets the distance at which batches are no longer rendered. More...
 
Real getRenderingMinPixelSize () const
 Returns the minimum pixel size an object needs to be in both screen axes in order to be rendered. More...
 
uint8 getRenderQueueGroup () const
 Gets the queue group for this entity, see setRenderQueueGroup for full details. More...
 
Real getShadowRenderingDistance () const
 Gets the distance at which batches are no longer casting shadows. More...
 
SkeletonInstancegetSkeletonInstance () const
 
UserObjectBindingsgetUserObjectBindings ()
 Return an instance of user objects binding associated with this class. More...
 
const UserObjectBindingsgetUserObjectBindings () const
 Return an instance of user objects binding associated with this class. More...
 
uint32 getVisibilityFlags () const
 Returns the visibility flags relevant for this object. More...
 
bool getVisible () const
 Gets this object whether to be visible or not, if it has a renderable component. More...
 
Aabb getWorldAabb () const
 Gets the axis aligned box in world space. More...
 
Aabb getWorldAabbUpdated ()
 Gets the axis aligned box in world space. More...
 
float getWorldRadius () const
 Gets the bounding Radius scaled by max( scale.x, scale.y, scale.z ). More...
 
float getWorldRadiusUpdated ()
 Gets the bounding Radius scaled by max( scale.x, scale.y, scale.z ). More...
 
virtual void instanceBatchCullFrustumThreaded (const Frustum *frustum, const Camera *lodCamera, uint32 combinedVisibilityFlags)
 
bool isAttached () const
 Returns true if this object is attached to a Node. More...
 
bool isStatic () const
 Checks whether this MovableObject is static. More...
 
bool isVisible () const
 Returns whether or not this object is supposed to be visible or not. More...
 
const LightListqueryLights () const
 Gets a list of lights, ordered relative to how close they are to this movable object. More...
 
void removeQueryFlags (uint32 flags)
 As setQueryFlags, except the flags passed as parameters are removed from the existing flags on this object. More...
 
void removeVisibilityFlags (uint32 flags)
 As setVisibilityFlags, except the flags passed as parameters are removed from the existing flags on this object. More...
 
void setCastShadows (bool enabled)
 Sets whether or not this object will cast shadows. More...
 
void setLightMask (uint32 lightMask)
 Set a bitwise mask which will filter the lights affecting this object. More...
 
void setListener (Listener *listener)
 Sets a listener for this object. More...
 
void setLocalAabb (const Aabb box)
 Sets the local axis-aligned bounding box for this object. More...
 
void setName (const String &name)
 Sets a custom name for this node. More...
 
void setQueryFlags (uint32 flags)
 Sets the query flags for this object. More...
 
void setRenderingDistance (Real dist)
 Sets the distance at which the object is no longer rendered. More...
 
void setRenderingMinPixelSize (Real pixelSize)
 Sets the minimum pixel size an object needs to be in both screen axes in order to be rendered. More...
 
virtual void setRenderQueueGroup (uint8 queueID)
 Sets the render queue group this entity will be rendered through. More...
 
void setShadowRenderingDistance (Real dist)
 Sets the distance at which the object is no longer casting shadows. More...
 
bool setStatic (bool bStatic)
 Turns this Node into static or dynamic. More...
 
void setVisibilityFlags (uint32 flags)
 Sets the visibility flags for this object. More...
 
void setVisible (bool visible)
 Tells this object whether to be visible or not, if it has a renderable component. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Ogre::AnimableObject
 AnimableObject ()
 
virtual ~AnimableObject ()
 
virtual AnimableValuePtr createAnimableValue (const String &valueName)
 Create a reference-counted AnimableValuePtr for the named value. More...
 
const StringVectorgetAnimableValueNames () const
 Gets a list of animable value names for this object. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Ogre::IdObject
 IdObject (IdType id)
 We don't call generateNewId() here, to prevent objects in the stack (i.e. More...
 
IdType getId () const
 Get the unique id of this object. More...
 
bool operator() (const IdObject &left, const IdObject &right)
 
bool operator() (const IdObject *left, const IdObject *right)
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Ogre::Renderable
 Renderable ()
 
virtual ~Renderable ()
 Virtual destructor needed as class has virtual methods. More...
 
virtual void _setHlmsHashes (uint32 hash, uint32 casterHash)
 Manually sets the hlms hashes. Don't call this directly. More...
 
virtual void _updateCustomGpuParameter (const GpuProgramParameters_AutoConstantEntry &constantEntry, GpuProgramParameters *params) const
 Update a custom GpuProgramParameters constant which is derived from information only this Renderable knows. More...
 
void addPoseWeight (size_t index, float w)
 
virtual bool getCastsShadows () const
 Method which reports whether this renderable would normally cast a shadow. More...
 
uint8 getCurrentMaterialLod () const
 
const Vector4getCustomParameter (size_t index) const
 Gets the custom value associated with this Renderable at the given index. More...
 
const CustomParameterMapgetCustomParameters () const
 
HlmsDatablockgetDatablock () const
 
const StringgetDatablockOrMaterialName () const
 
uint32 getHlmsCasterHash () const
 
uint32 getHlmsHash () const
 
MaterialPtr getMaterial () const
 Retrieves the material this renderable object uses. More...
 
unsigned short getNumPoses () const
 
virtual unsigned short getNumWorldTransforms () const
 Returns the number of world transform matrices this renderable requires. More...
 
virtual bool getPolygonModeOverrideable () const
 Gets whether this renderable's chosen detail level can be overridden (downgraded) by the camera setting. More...
 
bool getPoseHalfPrecision () const
 
bool getPoseNormals () const
 
TexBufferPackedgetPoseTexBuffer () const
 
float getPoseWeight (size_t index) const
 
float * getPoseWeights () const
 
uint8 getRenderQueueSubGroup () const
 
bool getUseIdentityProjection () const
 Returns whether or not to use an 'identity' projection. More...
 
bool getUseIdentityView () const
 Returns whether or not to use an 'identity' view. More...
 
virtual bool getUseIdentityViewProjMatrixIsDynamic () const
 Returns whether the Hlms implementation should evaluate getUseIdentityProjection per object at runtime, or if it can assume the Renderable will remain with the same setting until the datablock is flushed (performance optimization) More...
 
virtual OGRE_DEPRECATED const AnygetUserAny () const
 
UserObjectBindingsgetUserObjectBindings ()
 Return an instance of user objects binding associated with this class. More...
 
const UserObjectBindingsgetUserObjectBindings () const
 Return an instance of user objects binding associated with this class. More...
 
const VertexArrayObjectArraygetVaos (VertexPass vertexPass) const
 
bool hasCustomParameter (size_t index) const
 Checks whether a custom value is associated with this Renderable at the given index. More...
 
bool hasSkeletonAnimation () const
 
virtual void postRender (SceneManager *sm, RenderSystem *rsys)
 Called immediately after the Renderable has been rendered. More...
 
virtual bool preRender (SceneManager *sm, RenderSystem *rsys)
 Called just prior to the Renderable being rendered. More...
 
void removeCustomParameter (size_t index)
 Removes a custom value which is associated with this Renderable at the given index. More...
 
void setCustomParameter (size_t index, const Vector4 &value)
 Sets a custom parameter for this Renderable, which may be used to drive calculations for this specific Renderable, like GPU program parameters. More...
 
void setDatablock (IdString datablockName)
 Assigns a datablock (i.e. More...
 
void setDatablockOrMaterialName (String materialName, String groupName)
 First tries to see if an HLMS datablock exist with the given name, if not, tries to search among low level materials. More...
 
void setMaterialName (const String &name, const String &groupName)
 Sets the name of the Material to be used. Prefer using HLMS. More...
 
virtual void setPolygonModeOverrideable (bool override)
 Sets whether this renderable's chosen detail level can be overridden (downgraded) by the camera setting. More...
 
void setPoseWeight (size_t index, float w)
 
void setRenderQueueSubGroup (uint8 subGroup)
 Sets the render queue sub group. More...
 
void setUseIdentityProjection (bool useIdentityProjection)
 Sets whether or not to use an 'identity' projection. More...
 
void setUseIdentityView (bool useIdentityView)
 Sets whether or not to use an 'identity' view. More...
 
virtual OGRE_DEPRECATED void setUserAny (const Any &anything)
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from Ogre::MovableObject
typedef FastArray< MovableObject * > MovableObjectArray
 
- Public Types inherited from Ogre::Renderable
typedef map< size_t, Vector4 >::type CustomParameterMap
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from Ogre::MovableObject
static void buildLightList (const size_t numNodes, ObjectData t, const LightListInfo &globalLightList)
 
static void calculateCastersBox (const size_t numNodes, ObjectData t, uint32 sceneVisibilityFlags, AxisAlignedBox *outBox)
 
static void cullFrustum (const size_t numNodes, ObjectData t, const Camera *frustum, uint32 sceneVisibilityFlags, MovableObjectArray &outCulledObjects, const Camera *lodCamera)
 
static void cullLights (const size_t numNodes, ObjectData t, uint32 sceneLightMask, LightListInfo &outGlobalLightList, const FrustumVec &frustums, const FrustumVec &cubemapFrustums)
 See SceneManager::cullLights & see MovableObject::cullFrustum. More...
 
static uint32 getDefaultLightMask ()
 Get the default light mask for all future MovableObject instances. More...
 
static uint32 getDefaultQueryFlags ()
 Get the default query flags for all future MovableObject instances. More...
 
static uint32 getDefaultVisibilityFlags ()
 Get the default visibility flags for all future MovableObject instances. More...
 
static void setDefaultLightMask (uint32 mask)
 Set the default light mask for all future MovableObject instances. More...
 
static void setDefaultQueryFlags (uint32 flags)
 Set the default query flags for all future MovableObject instances. More...
 
static void setDefaultVisibilityFlags (uint32 flags)
 Set the default visibility flags for all future MovableObject instances. More...
 
static void updateAllBounds (const size_t numNodes, ObjectData t)
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from Ogre::Renderable
static uint8 getDefaultRenderQueueSubGroup ()
 
static void setDefaultRenderQueueSubGroup (uint8 subGroup)
 Sets the default render queue sub group for all future Renderable instances. More...
 
- Public Attributes inherited from Ogre::MovableObject
size_t mGlobalIndex
 Index in the vector holding this MO reference (could be our parent node, or a global array tracking all movable objecst to avoid memory leaks). More...
 
size_t mParentIndex
 Index in the vector holding this MO reference (could be our parent node, or a global array tracking all movable objecst to avoid memory leaks). More...
 
RenderableArray mRenderables
 
- Public Attributes inherited from Ogre::Renderable
uint8 mCustomParameter
 
uint32 mHlmsGlobalIndex
 Index in the vector holding this Rendrable reference in the HLMS datablock. More...
 
bool mRenderableVisible
 Control visibility at Renderable (e.g. More...
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from Ogre::MovableObject
static const FastArray< Realc_DefaultLodMesh
 

Detailed Description

A collection of billboards (faces which are always facing the given direction) with the same (default) dimensions, material and which are fairly close proximity to each other.

Remarks
Billboards are rectangles made up of 2 tris which are always facing the given direction. They are typically used for special effects like particles. This class collects together a set of billboards with the same (default) dimensions, material and relative locality in order to process them more efficiently. The entire set of billboards will be culled as a whole (by default, although this can be changed if you want a large set of billboards which are spread out and you want them culled individually), individual Billboards have locations which are relative to the set (which itself derives it's position from the SceneNode it is attached to since it is a MoveableObject), they will be rendered as a single rendering operation, and some calculations will be sped up by the fact that they use the same dimensions so some workings can be reused.
A BillboardSet can be created using the SceneManager::createBillboardSet method. They can also be used internally by other classes to create effects.
Note
Billboard bounds are only automatically calculated when you create them. If you modify the position of a billboard you may need to call _updateBounds if the billboard moves outside the original bounds. Similarly, the bounds do no shrink when you remove a billboard, if you want them to call _updateBounds, but note this requires a potentially expensive examination of every billboard in the set.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ BillboardSet()

Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::BillboardSet ( IdType  id,
ObjectMemoryManager objectMemoryManager,
SceneManager manager,
unsigned int  poolSize = 20,
bool  externalDataSource = false,
uint8  renderQueueId = 110u 
)

Usual constructor - this is called by the SceneManager.

Parameters
nameThe name to give the billboard set (must be unique)
poolSizeThe initial size of the billboard pool. Estimate of the number of billboards which will be required, and pass it using this parameter. The set will preallocate this number to avoid memory fragmentation. The default behaviour once this pool has run out is to double it.
externalDataSourceIf true, the source of data for drawing the billboards will not be the internal billboard list, but external data. When driving the billboard from external data, you must call _notifyCurrentCamera to reorient the billboards, setPoolSize to set the maximum billboards you want to use, beginBillboards to start the update, and injectBillboard per billboard, followed by endBillboards.
See also
BillboardSet::setAutoextend

◆ ~BillboardSet()

Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::~BillboardSet ( )
override

Member Function Documentation

◆ _getSortMode()

virtual SortMode Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::_getSortMode ( ) const
virtual

Gets the sort mode of this billboard set.

◆ _notifyBillboardResized()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::_notifyBillboardResized ( )
virtual

Internal callback used by Billboards to notify their parent that they have been resized.

◆ _notifyBillboardRotated()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::_notifyBillboardRotated ( )
virtual

Internal callback used by Billboards to notify their parent that they have been rotated.

◆ _notifyCurrentCamera()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::_notifyCurrentCamera ( const Camera camera,
const Camera lodCamera 
)
virtual

Overridden from MovableObject.

See also
MovableObject

◆ _releaseManualHardwareResources()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::_releaseManualHardwareResources ( )
inlineoverridevirtual

Reimplemented from Ogre::MovableObject.

◆ _setNullDatablock()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::_setNullDatablock ( )
overridevirtual

Sets the datablock to a null pointer.

Use case: If you will be destroying an HlmsDatablock and all Renderables associated by it; it makes no sense to change the Renderable's datablock to a default one, only to be destroyed immediately after (you pay an unnecessary performance price).

Remarks
Do not attempt to render a Renderable whose datablock has been set to null. It will crash. You can call setDatablock afterwards though. Use at your own risk, hence the _underscore. See http://ogre3d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=91791&p=534476#p534476

Reimplemented from Ogre::Renderable.

◆ _sortBillboards()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::_sortBillboards ( )
virtual

Sort the billboard set.

Only called when enabled via setSortingEnabled

◆ _updateBounds()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::_updateBounds ( )
virtual

Update the bounds of the billboardset.

◆ _updateRenderQueue()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::_updateRenderQueue ( RenderQueue queue,
Camera camera,
const Camera lodCamera 
)
overridevirtual

Overridden from MovableObject.

See also
MovableObject

Reimplemented from Ogre::MovableObject.

◆ _updateRenderQueueImpl()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::_updateRenderQueueImpl ( RenderQueue queue,
Camera camera,
const Camera lodCamera 
)

Internal version that does not call _notifyCurrentCamera (i.e. you've already done it)

◆ beginBillboards()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::beginBillboards ( size_t  numBillboards = 0)

Begin injection of billboard data; applicable when constructing the BillboardSet for external data use.

Parameters
numBillboardsIf you know the number of billboards you will be issuing, state it here to make the update more efficient.

◆ clear()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::clear ( )
virtual

Empties this set of all billboards.

◆ createBillboard() [1/2]

Billboard* Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::createBillboard ( const Vector3 position,
const ColourValue colour = ColourValue::White 
)

Creates a new billboard and adds it to this set.

Remarks
Behaviour once the billboard pool has been exhausted depends on the BillboardSet::setAutoextend option.
Parameters
positionThe position of the new billboard realtive to the certer of the set
colourOptional base colour of the billboard.
Returns
On success, a pointer to a newly created Billboard is returned.
On failure (i.e. no more space and can't autoextend), NULL is returned.
See also
BillboardSet::setAutoextend

◆ createBillboard() [2/2]

Billboard* Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::createBillboard ( Real  x,
Real  y,
Real  z,
const ColourValue colour = ColourValue::White 
)

Creates a new billboard and adds it to this set.

Remarks
Behaviour once the billboard pool has been exhausted depends on the BillboardSet::setAutoextend option.
Parameters
xThe x position of the new billboard relative to the center of the set
yThe y position of the new billboard relative to the center of the set
zThe z position of the new billboard relative to the center of the set
colourOptional base colour of the billboard.
Returns
On success, a pointer to a newly created Billboard is returned.
On failure (i.e. no more space and can't autoextend), NULL is returned.
See also
BillboardSet::setAutoextend

◆ endBillboards()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::endBillboards ( )

Finish defining billboards.

◆ getAutoextend()

virtual bool Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getAutoextend ( ) const
virtual

Returns true if the billboard pool automatically extends.

See also
BillboardSet::setAutoextend

◆ getAutoUpdate()

bool Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getAutoUpdate ( ) const
inline

Return the auto update state of this billboard set.

◆ getBillboard()

virtual Billboard* Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getBillboard ( unsigned int  index) const
virtual

Returns a pointer to the billboard at the supplied index.

Note
This method requires linear time since the billboard list is a linked list.
Parameters
indexThe index of the billboard that is requested.
Returns
On success, a valid pointer to the requested billboard is returned.
On failure, NULL is returned.

◆ getBillboardOrigin()

virtual BillboardOrigin Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getBillboardOrigin ( ) const
virtual

Gets the point which acts as the origin point for all billboards in this set.

Returns
A member of the BillboardOrigin enum specifying the origin for all the billboards in this set.

Referenced by Ogre::v1::BillboardParticleRenderer::getBillboardOrigin().

◆ getBillboardRotationType()

virtual BillboardRotationType Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getBillboardRotationType ( ) const
virtual

Sets billboard rotation type.

Returns
A member of the BillboardRotationType enum specifying the rotation type for all the billboards in this set.

◆ getBillboardsInWorldSpace()

bool Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getBillboardsInWorldSpace ( )
inline

Gets whether billboards are treated as being in world space.

◆ getBillboardType()

virtual BillboardType Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getBillboardType ( ) const
virtual

Returns the billboard type in use.

◆ getCommonDirection()

virtual const Vector3& Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getCommonDirection ( ) const
virtual

Gets the common direction for all billboards (BBT_ORIENTED_COMMON)

◆ getCommonUpVector()

virtual const Vector3& Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getCommonUpVector ( ) const
virtual

Gets the common up-vector for all billboards (BBT_PERPENDICULAR_SELF and BBT_PERPENDICULAR_COMMON)

◆ getCullIndividually()

virtual bool Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getCullIndividually ( ) const
virtual

Returns whether or not billboards in this are tested individually for culling.

◆ getDefaultHeight()

virtual Real Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getDefaultHeight ( ) const
virtual

See setDefaultDimensions - this gets 1 component individually.

◆ getDefaultWidth()

virtual Real Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getDefaultWidth ( ) const
virtual

See setDefaultDimensions - this gets 1 component individually.

◆ getLights()

const LightList& Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getLights ( ) const
overridevirtual

Gets a list of lights, ordered relative to how close they are to this renderable.

Remarks
Directional lights, which have no position, will always be first on this list.

Implements Ogre::Renderable.

◆ getMovableType()

const String& Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getMovableType ( ) const
overridevirtual

Overridden from MovableObject.

Implements Ogre::MovableObject.

◆ getNumBillboards()

virtual int Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getNumBillboards ( ) const
virtual

Returns the number of active billboards which currently make up this set.

◆ getPoolSize()

virtual unsigned int Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getPoolSize ( ) const
virtual

Returns the current size of the billboard pool.

Returns
The current size of the billboard pool.
See also
BillboardSet::setAutoextend

◆ getRenderOperation()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getRenderOperation ( RenderOperation op,
bool  casterPass 
)
overridevirtual

Overridden from MovableObject.

See also
MovableObject

Implements Ogre::Renderable.

◆ getSortingEnabled()

virtual bool Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getSortingEnabled ( ) const
virtual

Returns true if sorting of billboards is enabled based on their distance from the camera.

See also
BillboardSet::setSortingEnabled

◆ getSquaredViewDepth()

Real Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getSquaredViewDepth ( const Camera cam) const

Overridden, see Renderable.

◆ getTextureCoords()

virtual Ogre::FloatRect const* Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getTextureCoords ( uint16 oNumCoords)
virtual

getTextureCoords() returns the current texture coordinate rects in effect.

By default, there is only one texture coordinate rect in the set, spanning the entire texture from 0 through 1 in each direction.

See also
BillboardSet::setTextureCoords()

◆ getUseAccurateFacing()

virtual bool Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getUseAccurateFacing ( ) const
inlinevirtual

Gets whether or not billboards use an 'accurate' facing model based on the vector from each billboard to the camera, rather than an optimised version using just the camera direction.

◆ getUseIdentityWorldMatrix()

bool Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getUseIdentityWorldMatrix ( ) const
overridevirtual

Overriden from Renderable.

Reimplemented from Ogre::Renderable.

◆ getWorldTransforms()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::getWorldTransforms ( Matrix4 xform) const
overridevirtual

Overridden from MovableObject.

See also
MovableObject

Implements Ogre::Renderable.

◆ injectBillboard()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::injectBillboard ( const Billboard bb,
const Camera camera 
)

Define a billboard.

◆ isPointRenderingEnabled()

virtual bool Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::isPointRenderingEnabled ( ) const
inlinevirtual

Returns whether point rendering is enabled.

◆ notifyBillboardDataChanged()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::notifyBillboardDataChanged ( )
inline

When billboard set is not auto updating its GPU buffer, the user is responsible to inform it about any billboard changes in order to reflect them at the rendering stage.

Calling this method will cause GPU buffers update in the next render queue update.

◆ removeBillboard() [1/2]

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::removeBillboard ( Billboard pBill)
virtual

Removes a billboard from the set.

Note
This version is more efficient than removing by index.

◆ removeBillboard() [2/2]

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::removeBillboard ( unsigned int  index)
virtual

Removes the billboard at the supplied index.

Note
This method requires linear time since the billboard list is a linked list.

◆ setAutoextend()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setAutoextend ( bool  autoextend)
virtual

Tells the set whether to allow automatic extension of the pool of billboards.

Remarks
A BillboardSet stores a pool of pre-constructed billboards which are used as needed when a new billboard is requested. This allows applications to create / remove billboards efficiently without incurring construction / destruction costs (a must for sets with lots of billboards like particle effects). This method allows you to configure the behaviour when a new billboard is requested but the billboard pool has been exhausted.
The default behaviour is to allow the pool to extend (typically this allocates double the current pool of billboards when the pool is expended), equivalent to calling this method with autoExtend = true. If you set the parameter to false however, any attempt to create a new billboard when the pool has expired will simply fail silently, returning a null pointer.
Parameters
autoextendtrue to double the pool every time it runs out, false to fail silently.

◆ setAutoUpdate()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setAutoUpdate ( bool  autoUpdate)

Set the auto update state of this billboard set.

Remarks
This methods controls the updating policy of the vertex buffer. By default auto update is true so the vertex buffer is being update every time this billboard set is about to be rendered. This behavior best fit when the billboards of this set changes frequently. When using static or semi-static billboards, it is recommended to set auto update to false. In that case one should call notifyBillboardDataChanged method to reflect changes made to the billboards data.

◆ setBillboardOrigin()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setBillboardOrigin ( BillboardOrigin  origin)
virtual

Sets the point which acts as the origin point for all billboards in this set.

Remarks
This setting controls the fine tuning of where a billboard appears in relation to it's position. It could be that a billboard's position represents it's center (e.g. for fireballs), it could mean the center of the bottom edge (e.g. a tree which is positioned on the ground), the top-left corner (e.g. a cursor).
The default setting is BBO_CENTER.
Parameters
originA member of the BillboardOrigin enum specifying the origin for all the billboards in this set.

Referenced by Ogre::v1::BillboardParticleRenderer::setBillboardOrigin().

◆ setBillboardRotationType()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setBillboardRotationType ( BillboardRotationType  rotationType)
virtual

Sets billboard rotation type.

Remarks
This setting controls the billboard rotation type, you can deciding rotate the billboard's vertices around their facing direction or rotate the billboard's texture coordinates.
The default settings is BBR_TEXCOORD.
Parameters
rotationTypeA member of the BillboardRotationType enum specifying the rotation type for all the billboards in this set.

◆ setBillboardsInWorldSpace()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setBillboardsInWorldSpace ( bool  ws)
inlinevirtual

Sets whether billboards should be treated as being in world space.

Remarks
This is most useful when you are driving the billboard set from an external data source.

◆ setBillboardType()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setBillboardType ( BillboardType  bbt)
virtual

Sets the type of billboard to render.

Remarks
The default sort of billboard (BBT_POINT), always has both x and y axes parallel to the camera's local axes. This is fine for 'point' style billboards (e.g. flares, smoke, anything which is symmetrical about a central point) but does not look good for billboards which have an orientation (e.g. an elongated raindrop). In this case, the oriented billboards are more suitable (BBT_ORIENTED_COMMON or BBT_ORIENTED_SELF) since they retain an independent Y axis and only the X axis is generated, perpendicular to both the local Y and the camera Z.
In some case you might want the billboard has fixed Z axis and doesn't need to face to camera (e.g. an aureola around the player and parallel to the ground). You can use BBT_PERPENDICULAR_SELF which the billboard plane perpendicular to the billboard own direction. Or BBT_PERPENDICULAR_COMMON which the billboard plane perpendicular to the common direction.
Note
BBT_PERPENDICULAR_SELF and BBT_PERPENDICULAR_COMMON can't guarantee counterclockwise, you might use double-side material (cull_hardware node) to ensure no billboard are culled.
Parameters
bbtThe type of billboard to render

◆ setBounds()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setBounds ( const Aabb aabb,
Real  radius 
)

Set the bounds of the BillboardSet.

Remarks
You may need to call this if you're injecting billboards manually, and you're relying on the BillboardSet to determine culling.

◆ setCommonDirection()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setCommonDirection ( const Vector3 vec)
virtual

Use this to specify the common direction given to billboards of type BBT_ORIENTED_COMMON or BBT_PERPENDICULAR_COMMON.

Remarks
Use BBT_ORIENTED_COMMON when you want oriented billboards but you know they are always going to be oriented the same way (e.g. rain in calm weather). It is faster for the system to calculate the billboard vertices if they have a common direction.
The common direction also use in BBT_PERPENDICULAR_COMMON, in this case the common direction treat as Z axis, and an additional common up-vector was use to determine billboard X and Y axis.
See also
setCommonUpVector
Parameters
vecThe direction for all billboards.
Note
The direction are use as is, never normalised in internal, user are supposed to normalise it himself.

◆ setCommonUpVector()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setCommonUpVector ( const Vector3 vec)
virtual

Use this to specify the common up-vector given to billboards of type BBT_PERPENDICULAR_SELF or BBT_PERPENDICULAR_COMMON.

Remarks
Use BBT_PERPENDICULAR_SELF or BBT_PERPENDICULAR_COMMON when you want oriented billboards perpendicular to specify direction vector (or, Z axis), and doesn't face to camera. In this case, we need an additional up-vector to determine the billboard X and Y axis. The generated billboard plane and X-axis guarantee perpendicular to specify direction.
See also
setCommonDirection
The specify direction is billboard own direction when billboard type is BBT_PERPENDICULAR_SELF, and it's shared common direction when billboard type is BBT_PERPENDICULAR_COMMON.
Parameters
vecThe up-vector for all billboards.
Note
The up-vector are use as is, never normalised in internal, user are supposed to normalise it himself.

◆ setCullIndividually()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setCullIndividually ( bool  cullIndividual)
virtual

Sets whether culling tests billboards in this individually as well as in a group.

Remarks
Billboard sets are always culled as a whole group, based on a bounding box which encloses all billboards in the set. For fairly localised sets, this is enough. However, you can optionally tell the set to also cull individual billboards in the set, i.e. to test each individual billboard before rendering. The default is not to do this.
This is useful when you have a large, fairly distributed set of billboards, like maybe trees on a landscape. You probably still want to group them into more than one set (maybe one set per section of landscape), which will be culled coarsely, but you also want to cull the billboards individually because they are spread out. Whilst you could have lots of single-tree sets which are culled separately, this would be inefficient to render because each tree would be issued as it's own rendering operation.
By calling this method with a parameter of true, you can have large billboard sets which are spaced out and so get the benefit of batch rendering and coarse culling, but also have fine-grained culling so unnecessary rendering is avoided.
Parameters
cullIndividualIf true, each billboard is tested before being sent to the pipeline as well as the whole set having to pass the coarse group bounding test.

◆ setDatablock()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setDatablock ( HlmsDatablock datablock)
overridevirtual

Assigns a datablock (i.e. HLMS Material) to this renderable.

Reimplemented from Ogre::Renderable.

◆ setDefaultDimensions()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setDefaultDimensions ( Real  width,
Real  height 
)
virtual

Sets the default dimensions of the billboards in this set.

Remarks
All billboards in a set are created with these default dimensions. The set will render most efficiently if all the billboards in the set are the default size. It is possible to alter the size of individual billboards at the expense of extra calculation. See the Billboard class for more info.
Parameters
widthThe new default width for the billboards in this set.
heightThe new default height for the billboards in this set.

◆ setDefaultHeight()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setDefaultHeight ( Real  height)
virtual

See setDefaultDimensions - this sets 1 component individually.

◆ setDefaultWidth()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setDefaultWidth ( Real  width)
virtual

See setDefaultDimensions - this sets 1 component individually.

◆ setMaterial()

void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setMaterial ( const MaterialPtr material)
overridevirtual

Sets the given material. Overrides HLMS materials.

Reimplemented from Ogre::Renderable.

◆ setPointRenderingEnabled()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setPointRenderingEnabled ( bool  enabled)
virtual

Set whether or not the BillboardSet will use point rendering rather than manually generated quads.

Remarks
By default a billboardset is rendered by generating geometry for a textured quad in memory, taking into account the size and orientation settings, and uploading it to the video card. The alternative is to use hardware point rendering, which means that only one position needs to be sent per billboard rather than 4 and the hardware sorts out how this is rendered based on the render state.
Using point rendering is faster than generating quads manually, but is more restrictive. The following restrictions apply:
  • Only the BBT_POINT type is supported
  • Size and appearance of each billboard is controlled by the material (Pass::setPointSize, Pass::setPointSizeAttenuation, Pass::setPointSpritesEnabled)
  • Per-billboard size is not supported (stems from the above)
  • Per-billboard rotation is not supported, this can only be controlled through texture unit rotation
  • Only BBO_CENTER origin is supported
  • Per-billboard texture coordinates are not supported
You will almost certainly want to enable in your material pass both point attenuation and point sprites if you use this option.
Parameters
enabledTrue to enable point rendering, false otherwise

◆ setPoolSize()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setPoolSize ( size_t  size)
virtual

Adjusts the size of the pool of billboards available in this set.

Remarks
See the BillboardSet::setAutoextend method for full details of the billboard pool. This method adjusts the preallocated size of the pool. If you try to reduce the size of the pool, the set has the option of ignoring you if too many billboards are already in use. Bear in mind that calling this method will incur significant construction / destruction calls so should be avoided in time-critical code. The same goes for auto-extension, try to avoid it by estimating the pool size correctly up-front.
Parameters
sizeThe new size for the pool.

◆ setSortingEnabled()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setSortingEnabled ( bool  sortenable)
virtual

Enables sorting for this BillboardSet.

(default: off)

Parameters
sortenabletrue to sort the billboards according to their distance to the camera

◆ setTextureCoords()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setTextureCoords ( Ogre::FloatRect const *  coords,
uint16  numCoords 
)
virtual

BillboardSet can use custom texture coordinates for various billboards.

This is useful for selecting one of many particle images out of a tiled texture sheet, or doing flipbook animation within a single texture.

The generic functionality is setTextureCoords(), which will copy the texture coordinate rects you supply into internal storage for the billboard set. If your texture sheet is a square grid, you can also use setTextureStacksAndSlices() for more convenience, which will construct the set of texture coordinates for you.
When a Billboard is created, it can be assigned a texture coordinate set from within the sets you specify (that set can also be re-specified later). When drawn, the billboard will use those texture coordinates, rather than the full 0-1 range.
Parameters
coordsis a vector of texture coordinates (in UV space) to choose from for each billboard created in the set.
numCoordsis how many such coordinate rectangles there are to choose from.
Remarks
Set 'coords' to 0 and/or 'numCoords' to 0 to reset the texture coord rects to the initial set of a single rectangle spanning 0 through 1 in both U and V (i e, the entire texture).
See also
BillboardSet::setTextureStacksAndSlices() Billboard::setTexcoordIndex()

◆ setTextureStacksAndSlices()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setTextureStacksAndSlices ( uchar  stacks,
uchar  slices 
)
virtual

setTextureStacksAndSlices() will generate texture coordinate rects as if the texture for the billboard set contained 'stacks' rows of 'slices' images each, all equal size.

Thus, if the texture size is 512x512 and 'stacks' is 4 and 'slices' is 8, each sub-rectangle of the texture would be 128 texels tall and 64 texels wide.

Remarks
This function is short-hand for creating a regular set and calling setTextureCoords() yourself. The numbering used for Billboard::setTexcoordIndex() counts first across, then down, so top-left is 0, the one to the right of that is 1, and the lower-right is stacks*slices-1.
See also
BillboardSet::setTextureCoords()

◆ setUseAccurateFacing()

virtual void Ogre::v1::BillboardSet::setUseAccurateFacing ( bool  acc)
inlinevirtual

Sets whether or not billboards should use an 'accurate' facing model based on the vector from each billboard to the camera, rather than an optimised version using just the camera direction.

Remarks
By default, the axes for all billboards are calculated using the camera's view direction, not the vector from the camera position to the billboard. The former is faster, and most of the time the difference is not noticeable. However for some purposes (e.g. very large, static billboards) the changing billboard orientation when rotating the camera can be off putting, therefore you can enable this option to use a more expensive, but more accurate version.
Parameters
accTrue to use the slower but more accurate model. Default is false.

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