Billboard effect

[Raoulemilian]

A billboard is a special effect that causes a node to rotate automatically to face the camera, regardless of the direction from which the camera is looking. It is usually applied to a single textured polygon representing a complex object such as a tree.
I want to create some grass polygons which rotate everytime to face the camera. It is possible to do such thing in AC?

 

[Mitch9]

Vanilla AC supports billboards specifically for spectator meshes, tho you can use them for any object you want. Unfortunately, every billboard spawned is its own separate object so performance goes out the window. Using them for grass would reduce your fps to a slideshow.
You are better off using csp's grassFX; it's pretty customizable except you cant (afaik) assign even a normal map to them, just the diffuse texture.

 

[Johnr777]

Or TreeFX, it can do what you are asking