Render on top of initial render

[nick.ace]

I'm trying to get a 3D character to display on top of the screen as part of the HUD (so unaffected by anything in the scene as if it's it's own scene).

 

How could I achieve this effect?

[AggrorJorn]

I believe there is a material setting called "depth" or something like that which you can use for this.

[Guppy]

Anything you draw after world->Render() will be drawn ontop of the world - so an alternative approach would be to use the RTT( render to texture ) tutorial and and render the character as a transparent sprite ontop.

[Genebris]

I have made this with this script form wikidot: http://leadwerks.wikidot.com/wiki:render-to-texture-security-cam

Take the texture that this script creates and drw it in the interface.

[nick.ace]

@Aggror: I tried that, and it works to some extent, but when you use a mesh with multiple textures, the textures start cutting through each other. With the character I'm using, the person starts to look like a zombie.

 

@Genebris and Guppy: That looks like it should work. Thanks! I'll test later today.

 

Edit: I tested it, but the game crawls after that. I think I'm just going to take a much simpler route with prerendered images of the characters since this would be quicker and easier to implement.