Hello there! If you’re familiar with Minecraft then you must know the sapling “block”.
How can I make such a block using BabylonJS?
How can I make such a block using BabylonJS?
Hey @EnderAdel,
You’re referring to this? Sapling – Official Minecraft Wiki
There’s a very old and well known CG trick that’s used to create grass, which is just 2 planes vertically oriented to the ground, and crossing each other in a perpendicular manner. You then have to apply a sapling texture to it with alpha (transparency) values all around it.
Here’s a picture that helps illustrate how it’s done: 
Here’s a video that talks about the technique…this uses the unity engine, but the same principles can be used for Babylon as well.
Hope this is helpful.
How can I create such a module in BabylonJS?
Just following the same core concepts from the video.
Highest level workflow…create 2 planes, orient them the way you want, apply texture.
That’s the most simple path.
Can’t I do that with BabylonJS alone?
Yup! absolutely.
Create 2 planes in Babylon, apply textures in Babylon.
A quick search through our docs will help on both those subjects:
If you’re not familiar with how to create meshes with Babylon, I’d start here:
https://doc.babylonjs.com/babylon101/discover_basic_elements
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