Decals and models

[Rick]

If you're using a decal to signify a selection of a character and your floor is s model then it seems you have to set it to draw on models. However this then makes it draw on your character as well. Is there a way to exclude an entity from having a decal drawing on it?

[macklebee]

Decals are inherently only set to include/exclude based on object class - brush, model, or terrain. The only suggestion I can think of is trying to remove the 'decalmode' material flag portion of your character's shader file. Suggest saving and applying it as a separate shader name to the character's material file. I don't know if this will work, but if it does then it seems like setting the decal mode per entity would be more preferable than per class.

 

Edit: It does work - just remove the decalmode lines from the shader file:

if (decalmode==1) materialflags += 4;//brush
if (decalmode==2) materialflags += 8;//model
if (decalmode==4) materialflags += 16;//terrain

[Rick]

Thanks Mack!

[Mattline1]

Oh, this is useful information.