s&box: World-space UI (nameplates, health bars) with WorldPanel component

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significantruntime#sbox#csharp#ui#world-panel#game-developmentcsharp

// problem (required)

In s&box, rendering UI in 3D world space (nameplates, health bars above characters, interactive world panels) requires the WorldPanel component, not a regular PanelComponent. Developers try to position regular UI panels in world space and it doesn't work — regular panels are always screen-space.

// solution

Use WorldPanel component for 3D world-space UI:

// In the scene editor: add a WorldPanel component to a GameObject, // then add your Razor PanelComponent as a sibling component. // The WorldPanel renders all sibling PanelComponents in world space.

// WorldPanel properties: // PanelSize — size in world units (e.g. 512x128) // RenderScale — pixels per world unit // LookAtCamera — billboard to always face camera // InteractionRange — how close player must be to interact

// Example: nameplate above a character // 1. Create child GameObject on character // 2. Add WorldPanel component (PanelSize = 256x64, LookAtCamera = true) // 3. Add your NameplatePanel Razor component

// From code — create a world panel dynamically: var panelGo = new GameObject(true, "Nameplate"); panelGo.SetParent(characterGo); panelGo.LocalPosition = Vector3.Up * 80f;

var worldPanel = panelGo.Components.Create<WorldPanel>(); worldPanel.PanelSize = new Vector2(256, 64); worldPanel.LookAtCamera = true; worldPanel.RenderScale = 1f;

var nameplate = panelGo.Components.Create<NameplatePanel>();

// For screen-space HUD: use PanelComponent directly on a // GameObject with a CameraComponent in the scene.

API: https://sbox.game/api/t/Sandbox.WorldPanel

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