[RELEASED] Billboard Generator

If you are in the Asia-Pacific region you can get Billboard Generator right now for 50% of its original price on the Asset Store as part of the Singles Day sale!

 

The upcoming 8.5.0 update (releasing soon!) is going to add lots of great new features and improve most of the existing ones and, due to that the price of the asset is going to increase from 11 USD to 15 USD so, if you've been wanting to purchase Billboard Generator now is a good time

 

Version 8.5.0 has been submitted for review!

• Added a new RawTransform class that allows Transform operations to be performed on raw points and vectors
• Added a new IndexBillboardRenderer component that allows you to render specific parts of an atlas as individual billboards
• Added a new Rendering Scale Calculator editor tool that allows you (re-) calculate the rendering scale of a Billboard Atlas Asset without having to regenerate it
• Added new Billboard Atlas Packer editor tool that allows you to pack individual textures into an atlas
• Migrated some components' inspectors and some windows to use the new UI Elements
• Improved the DirectionalBillboardRenderer scale calculation to perform better
• Removed many unused fields and properties and simplified many parts of the source code
• Renamed onlyRenderTargetGameObject to isolateTarget
• Added TRUE target isolation using temporary scenes
• All editor classes are now internal to avoid build errors and misuse
• Added PathUtilities editor class that allows you to convert file and folder paths to project paths
• Added AtlasUtilities editor class that allows you to save generated atlases to asset files and reduces code duplication
• A huge number of rare or case-specific errors have been fixed

 

Version 8.5.0 is now live on the Asset Store!

 

A new getting started video that covers the basics and explains a lot of things about the latest version of Billboard Generator is out →

 

In the upcoming version (8.6.0) of Billboard Generator, the minimum officially supported editor version is going to be increased from 2019 LTS to 2020 LTS as 2019 LTS reaches EOL in the spring of 2022 (source).

 

Billboard Generator 8.6.0 is now live on the Asset Store. I highly recommend everyone that currently uses Billboard Generator to update to this version as it is a staging ground for the next big update 9.0.0

Release Notes:

• Updated some XML documentation
• Added a new autoBatchChildren field to the Batcher component
• Added a new PDF file containing video tutorial links
• Improved the code style and made it consistent across files
• Ensured compatibility with the latest Unity LTS release

This update is a staging ground for the next big update.

 

Version 8.7.0 (Thursday, 29 September 2022):

• Minor code style improvements
• Reduced allocations for all 3 types of billboards
• MakeQuad will no longer allocate 3 arrays when used
• Updated some code comments
• Renamed some fields (nonbreaking)
• Fixed issues with 4 and 8-directional billboards
• General optimizations
• Ensured compatibility with the latest Unity LTS release

 

Version 8.7.0 is now live on the Asset Store.

 

Version 8.8.0 (Wednesday, 03 May 2023):

• Code quality improvements
• Performance improvements
• New Simple Generator Window

 

Version 8.8.0 is now live on the Asset Store.