[Wilson [29th ID]]

What I'm trying to do is turn off the player's view model (an easy console command) and rely on his own p_ model (the model everyone else sees of his weapon).

The problem I'm having is that it seems whenever you take an entity and attach it to a player (aiment), the player cannot see that entity's model. It's as if it just makes it invisible only to that player. Even the parachute mods we've seen - the person with the parachute cannot see his own parachute even if he looks up.

Is there a way to make the aiment'd entity's model visible to the player it's attached to?

[Wilson [29th ID]]

Update: I managed to see what this looks like by altering the ES_Number so I could control my body remotely - I put my player model inside my view so I wasn't technically attached, and the desired effect is beyond belief - if I can figure out how to do this without the separate player model (by making an aiment viewable to the client it's attached to), the gameplay will be much more advanced.

So overall, is there a way to make the aiment visible to the client it's attached to?

[watch]

From weapons.cpp. Hope it helps, I'm not at home so I can't fiddle with it.

void CBasePlayerItem::AttachToPlayer ( CBasePlayer *pPlayer )
{
	pev->movetype = MOVETYPE_FOLLOW;
	pev->solid = SOLID_NOT;
	pev->aiment = pPlayer->edict();
	pev->effects = EF_NODRAW; // ??
	pev->modelindex = 0;// server won't send down to clients if modelindex == 0
	pev->model = iStringNull;
	pev->owner = pPlayer->edict();
	pev->nextthink = gpGlobals->time + .1;
	SetTouch( NULL );
}

[Wilson [29th ID]]

Thanks for your help watch.

One thing I noticed in messing with it was that if I tried to change pev_effects to make it visible or invisible (EF_NODRAW), nothing was altered for anyone.

That got me thinking...the reason we see other players holding a weapon is because of their pev_weaponmodel value...so theoretically that is not the weapon entity that we are looking at.

What happens to the weapon entity when a player is holding it? Does it get killed or turn invisible? Should I really be asking how to allow a player to see his own pev_weaponmodel ?

[VEN]

Does it [...] turn invisible?

Yes.

Should I really be asking how to allow a player to see his own pev_weaponmodel ?

I do not see a point.

p-model is for 3rd person view
v-model is for 1st person view

So what would be the point in displaying 3rd person view model in 1st person view?

[Wilson [29th ID]]

Because if you are able to see your own p-model instead of v-model, the weapon model will actually point in different directions and different positions based on your aim, similar to that of Red Orchestra or even the old game Goldeneye.

http://29th.org/video/dynamicaim.zip -- this is what it would look like, minus the white player model holding it (that's the only way I could test it)

[XxAvalanchexX]

Hiho, Wilson! You always try to do the craziest stuff. ;)

This particular issue seems to be an engine limitation, so it makes the workaround even trickier. Based off of your DoD Paratrooper mod, I was able to create the following:

 #include <amxmodx>
 #include <engine>
 #include <fakemeta>

 new aiment[33], maxPlayers;

 public plugin_init()
 {
    register_clcmd("say aiment","make_aiment");
    register_forward(FM_AddToFullPack,"fw_addtofullpack",1);
    maxPlayers = get_maxplayers();
 }

 public plugin_precache()
 {
    precache_model("models/parachute_khaki.mdl");
 }

 public fw_addtofullpack(es_handle,e,ent,host,hostflags,player,pSet)
 {
    new owner = get_es(es_handle,ES_AimEnt);

    if(owner > 0 && owner < maxPlayers+1 && ent == aiment[owner])
        set_es(es_handle,ES_AimEnt,0);

    return FMRES_IGNORED;
 }

 public make_aiment(id)
 {
    aiment[id] = create_entity("info_target");
    entity_set_model(aiment[id],"models/parachute_khaki.mdl");
    entity_set_int(aiment[id],EV_INT_movetype,MOVETYPE_FOLLOW);
    entity_set_edict(aiment[id],EV_ENT_aiment,id);
    entity_set_int(aiment[id],EV_INT_sequence,1);
    entity_set_float(aiment[id],EV_FL_animtime,20.0);
    entity_set_float(aiment[id],EV_FL_framerate,1.0);
 }

This allows the aiment to be seen by the player that it is attached to. However, for some reason its vertical location seems to become twice as high as it should be. But, hopefully this will give you a jumping off point.

Cheers!

[Wilson [29th ID]]

Awesome, Avalanche, thanks so much for the help!

[manchimocyrus]

Give this model parachute_khaki.mdl .

[Wilson [29th ID]]

It's available in DoD Paratrooper, from the Approved Plugins forums. If I get a chance later I'll post a direct link.