PostRenderFor() Is Not Always Called

[LagMasterSam]

PostRenderFor() is not called for an Actor if it's not within the player's field of view. Is there anyway to force it to always be called?

I've tried setting bPostRenderIfNoVisible to True but that only prevents other objects within the player's field of view from blocking PostRenderFor().

[Jrubzjeknf]

I guess its what you call optimization. ;)

What are you exactly trying to achieve?

[LagMasterSam]

I need it to be called all the time because I want to draw an indicator that shows which direction the Actor is from the player when it's "off screen".

[Mysterial]

That sounds like a bug. I'm away from the code until Monday so I'll check it when I get back.

[LagMasterSam]

That sounds like a bug. I'm away from the code until Monday so I'll check it when I get back.

Thanks again Mysterial. :) I used this code to test it.



state NormalTickProcess
{
simulated event Tick( float DeltaTime )
{
if ( !bPRF )
LogInternal("*** No Call ***");
else
{
LogInternal("*** Call ***");
bPRF = False;
}
}
}

simulated event PostRenderFor(PlayerController PC, Canvas Canvas, vector CameraPosition, vector CameraDir)
{
bPRF = True;
Canvas.SetDrawColor(255,0,0);
Canvas.SetPos(20,20);
Canvas.DrawText("Hello", FALSE);
}

defaultproperties
{
bPRF=True
bPostRenderIfNotVisible=True
}


My log indicated both Calls and No Calls corresponding to the number of times "Hello" was not displayed as I rotated my view.

[Mysterial]

This will be fixed in the patch.

[BakerCo]

man yalls mod support is .... EPIC :p;):rolleyes::o:cool:

[VerteX]

epic hax!!!!!!!!!!!!! =d

[LagMasterSam]

This will be fixed in the patch.

That's good to hear. It will make things much easier. :)

[schizoslayer]

Also worth noting that if a pawn isn't considered Relevant to a client then it won't exist on that client. This can result in similar results to this but likely won't be related to the same bug.

If you make all pawns relevant then this can negatively affect network performance.

[LagMasterSam]

Indeed. However, the Actor was only spawned on the client in my case. :)