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BillboardMode

Determines the way the billboard will react to the camera.
Billboard mode is stored in lowest 3 bits although Oblivion vanilla nifs uses values higher than 7.

Choices

Number Name Description
0 ALWAYS_FACE_CAMERA Align billboard and camera forward vector. Minimized rotation.
1 ROTATE_ABOUT_UP Align billboard and camera forward vector while allowing rotation around the up axis.
2 RIGID_FACE_CAMERA Align billboard and camera forward vector. Non-minimized rotation.
3 ALWAYS_FACE_CENTER Billboard forward vector always faces camera ceneter. Minimized rotation.
4 RIGID_FACE_CENTER Billboard forward vector always faces camera ceneter. Non-minimized rotation.
5 BSROTATE_ABOUT_UP The billboard will only rotate around its local Z axis (it always stays in its local X-Y plane).
9 ROTATE_ABOUT_UP2 The billboard will only rotate around the up axis (same as ROTATE_ABOUT_UP?).

Storage Type

ushort

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