Certain actions such as reloading the crossbow or pulling the bowstring hide the shield model. Where is the implementation for this, and what's the best way to use it if possible?

Edited September 5, 20223 yr by CrackedScreen
Marking thread as solved

It's hardcoded in ItemInHandRenderer.evaluateWhichHandsToRender()

In that case, are there any forge event handlers which allow me to do this or any existing examples where player arms are hidden?

RenderHandEvent, you cancel the event to stop the rendering. e.g.

@Mod.EventBusSubscriber(modid = MODID, value = Dist.CLIENT)
public class ClientEvents {

    @SubscribeEvent
    public static void renderHand(RenderHandEvent event) {

        if (event.getHand() == InteractionHand.OFF_HAND) {
            if (Minecraft.getInstance().player.getItemInHand(InteractionHand.MAIN_HAND).is(Items.DIAMOND)) {
                event.setCanceled(true);
            }
        }
    }
}

Edited September 5, 20223 yr by warjort

This works, thanks for helping. Marking this thread as solved.