Hiding the Player Model in first person

#1 Hi Mincentro,

In player.h, add:

void prepBatchRender( SceneState *state, S32 mountedImageIndex );

Then take prepBatchRender (); from ShapeBase and put it in Player.

In player.cpp inside prepBatchRender (); find this:

else
{
   MatrixF mat = getRenderTransform();
   mat.scale( mObjScale );
   GFX->setWorldMatrix( mat );

   mShapeInstance->animate();
   mShapeInstance->render();
}

Change it, into this:

// Do not render the control object if we are in first person. 
// I forgot why we do not need
// to check this != controlObject. 
else if ( !isFirstPerson() || renderFirstPerson )
{
   MatrixF mat = getRenderTransform();
   mat.scale( mObjScale );
   GFX->setWorldMatrix( mat );

   mShapeInstance->animate();
   mShapeInstance->render();
}

#2 Heh I did a cheap hack to fix that a while ago, yours is much cleaner. :)

#3 Okay, I just made the source changes and got it compiling, but it's not calling the Player::prepBatchRender(); function, it's still calling the ShapeBase::prepBatchRender(); function to render the players.
In order to get it compiling though I needed to add

bool renderPlayer = true;
   renderPlayer = mDataBlock->renderFirstPerson;

to Player::prepbatchrender();

I noticed for the explosion and particle system it also uses the prepRenderImage(); function, when I added this to Player prepBatchRender() was called but Torque crashed. I've probably overlooked something simple at this point.

#4 No, I probably forgot to include something else. I am sorry, it was late. I know I too have prepRenderImage () added and it works.

#5 Thats okay ;)
I'll fiddle around with it tomorrow to get it working. Thanks for the starting point though, it's very much appreciated.

#6 It's just a matter of making sure the Player method is called instead of the ShapeBase one. The above *is* the solution :)

#7 Has anyone been able to get this to work on MS4? It crashes the game.

#8 I use the above in MS4.

#9 Stefan, I emailed you from public profile.

#10 Received and replied to, thanks.

#11 I followed these instructions, even started from scratch twice, and it still won't work. It doesn't like this:

else if ( !isFirstPerson() || renderFirstPerson )

Doesn't like the "renderFirstPerson" part, says something about it not being identified.

#12 Just a note here. The above changes no longer work in the later incarnation of MS4.
Just thought I'd mention it to anyone else bumping into this thread later on.

Cheers.