Improved Widget Component

Widget3DComponent – Advanced 3D Widget for UE4/UE5

Overview:
Widget3DComponent is a C++ Unreal Engine plugin, designed as a direct replacement to the default WidgetComponent. Just like the WidgetComponent, it provides all its functionality, and it adds additional functionalities on top of that.

It can be used as a drop-in replacement for projects requiring advanced 3D world-space widgets. Widget3DComponent is an Engine-Level plugin, so you don’t have to keep adding it to your projects, just add it once in the Engine’s Plugin directory.

Features:

• World Space Real-Time Orientation:
  Widgets automatically face the camera when enabled, similar to a billboard or screen-space widget. This is achieved without tick-based rotation or manual scripting.

• Engine-Level Alignment:
  Proper orientation is handled internally at the render level with zero performance overhead. Manual implementation outside the component is unreliable and complex; Widget3DComponent solves this at the engine level.

• Custom Scaling:
  Easily scale world-space widgets using a custom vector for precise control over widget size in the scene.

Why it's Unique:

• The default WidgetComponent does not support real-time world-space orientation.

• Manual implementation requires per-frame calculations that are both complex
  and potentially unreliable.

• Widget3DComponent provides a simple, elegant solution, allowing you to focus
  on your project instead of reinventing the wheel.

Compatibility:

• Tested & Supported:
  • Unreal Engine 4.27.2 (Source build) 
  • Unreal Engine 5.6 (Source build)

• Likely compatible with versions in-between.

Usage:

• Enable Orientation
  Activate “World Widget Screen Align” for world-space widgets to face the camera automatically.

• Scale Widgets
  Adjust the “World Widget Screen Scale” vector to scale the widget dynamically in the scene. This only works, if “World Widget Screen Align” is already enabled.

Support & Updates
For feature requests, support, or reporting issues, contact us. Future enhancements will continue to improve functionality and UE version compatibility.