Godot: 3DLabel

Created on 14 Apr 2019 · 5Comments · Source: godotengine/godot

Hi,
I've been trying for a day to generate labels that hover over my script generated grid landscape, I've looked into '2D to 3D' and 'GUI in 3D'. They work but trying to shoehorn those solutions into my project isn't working. I'd like to know why there isn't a simple '3DLabel' node that puts a plane with text on it with a make billboard checkbox so it always faces the camera if checked.

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enhancement core gui

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PiezoMnemonic

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You could also position a Label dynamically using Camera.unproject_position() (and fade/scale it depending on distance if needed).

We should probably have a demo project for this as it's a common question :slightly_smiling_face:

Calinou on 14 Apr 2019

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It think this should be possible with a Sprite3D node.

LinuxUserGD on 14 Apr 2019

You could also position a Label dynamically using Camera.unproject_position() (and fade/scale it depending on distance if needed).

We should probably have a demo project for this as it's a common question :slightly_smiling_face:

Calinou on 14 Apr 2019

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I'd also like to put labels flat on the ground in game, mostly to label distances. Yes I could just have a library of 0 to 100 sprites but i'd like to prevent the odd instance when you need sprite 101 that just doesn't exist. ( also sprites take up bytes )

PiezoMnemonic on 16 Apr 2019

You can use 9 sprites and use them when needed if distances are far enough. You can fetch them to place they are needed and set their coordinates from placeholder object that are already there.