[CS 1.6/BUG] See through smokes

[Freeman-AM]

Is it possible to fix this bug ?
It's too long to explain just watch the vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx1A4HDzhPA

[healthycs16]

That's a pretty cool bug. :P

[WaLkZa]

s1lentq/ReGameDLL_CS#180

[WaLkZa]

@mikela-valve

[Maxi605]

@mikela-valve can this be considered to be fixed for a future update?

[SamVanheer]

The code to show the sprite is in CBasePlayer::Radio on the server side.
Unfortunately it's a player attachment sprite so a proper fix will require an env_sprite with kRenderTransAlpha (alpha tested) attached to the player using MOVETYPE_FOLLOW.

I see that SV_Physics_Follow adds entvars_t::v_angle to the followed entity position so that could be used to offset the sprite's position to match the original behavior.

You can use a modified CSprite::AnimateAndDie to play the sprite for the same amount of time as the original:

inline void AnimateForTime( float framerate, float lifetime ) 
{ 
	SetThink(&CSprite::AnimateUntilDead); 
	pev->framerate = framerate;
	pev->dmgtime = gpGlobals->time + lifetime; 
	pev->nextthink = gpGlobals->time; 
}

[incognico]

Unrelated to the issue, only curious:

I see that SV_Physics_Follow adds entvars_t::v_angle to the followed entity position

Is there a logical reason for that? Why is v.origin not just copied 1:1 like the v.angles are in SV_Physics_Follow?