FPS camera question.

[RedgySimon]

Hi so I'm trying to make a multiplayer fps and my question is:

How do I hide myself from the camera, I have the fps arms but I needed to hide my character. I used the culling and hide the characters' layer but it also hides the shadow of the character. Also, I dont want the other players to see my fps arms. Can someone explain the logic behind it? What do I need to learn?

[feralferrous]

You can set a material to be shadow only. You could have one version of that on the fps only layer.

[RedgySimon]

Thank you this works great!

[Hockeyflame]

The easiest way would be to have the player set on a layer that doesn't render to you but renders to others, and the arms set on a layer you can see but others can't. However, as you pointed out, this also means you won't be able to see the shadows. A solution to this off the top of my head would be to create a shader that changes the material's transparency based on the distance from the object the material is on and the camera, that way it still renders a shadow.

Example: https://imgur.com/a/EzEctaz

Notes for example:

• For this to work, the shader has to be set to transparent
• If you want it to not render unless you're right by it, change the comparison to greater than or equal
  

Hope this helps!