Always Render?

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Sph!nx (Posted 2008) [#1]

Hi again! I've made a player out of several models. body, arms and head, so I can control the parts by key/mouse input. The camera is positioned at the eyes location, inside its head. Now when I look down, I should see the arms, but I don't. (only in 3rd person view, not in FPS view). I believe it has something to do with the fact that the 'origin' of the arms model is behind the camera and I think Blitz only renders what's seen. Is there a command or way to set certain models so that they are always rendered, no matter if the origin is out of view? Thanks a lot!

stayne (Posted 2008) [#2]

The "near range" for your camera may be set too low. Try CameraRange camera,0.1,10000.

Sph!nx (Posted 2008) [#3]

That didn't do the trick. Thanks anyway!

Naughty Alien (Posted 2008) [#4]

..if camera is inside head, i assume your mesh has enabled backface culling, and therefore, its natural that you cant see a thing if camera is inside mesh...so, I suggest to put camera slightly in front of your character eyes, rather than inside..

Sph!nx (Posted 2008) [#5]

No, the backfaces are not rendered inside the head. I mean, I can see everything just fine, except my arms wont render, 'cause the origin is behind the camera...

big10p (Posted 2008) [#6]

Try MeshCullBox which was introduced in v1.97, I think, but isnt in the docs as they haven't been updated in years. It lets you set the render cull box on individual meshes. Do a search for it in the B3D forums for more info. I've never used it myself so can't help much.

Sph!nx (Posted 2008) [#7]

I did a little search on the MeshCullBox and it worked just fine! Thanks!