Hi everyone,

 

I have a mod where the player can morph into entities that he "owns". He can call upon them whenever and all that. i do have an issue however in multiplayer. The models seem to "jitter" when a second player logs in and sees the morphed player (his new model shows up) but it jitters which is odd. I was wondering if there is any way to smooth out this jitter.

 

here is my event

 

@SubscribeEvent
public void onRenderPlayerPre(RenderPlayerEvent.Pre pre) {

	BattlePlayerProperties bpp = BattlePlayerProperties.get(pre.entityPlayer); // Client Side Player
	if (bpp == null) {
		return;
	}

	if(bpp.isMorphed()) {
		pre.setCanceled(true); // this stops the player from rendering
		EntityPlayer thePlayer = Minecraft.getMinecraft().thePlayer;
		float modelYOffset;
		if(pre.entityPlayer.equals(thePlayer)){
		modelYOffset = -1.625F;
		} else{
		modelYOffset = 0F;
		}
		int modelId = bpp.getModelId();	//default is -1 which is steve model
		double x = pre.entityPlayer.posX - thePlayer.posX;
		double y = pre.entityPlayer.posY - thePlayer.posY;
		double z = pre.entityPlayer.posZ - thePlayer.posZ;


		Render renderPlayerModel = PlayerRenderingRegistry.getRendererByModelId(modelId);
		renderPlayerMode.doRender(pre.entityPlayer, x, y + modelYOffset, z, 0F, 0.0625F);
	}
}

 

it seems the issue has to do with the x, y, and z x coordinates that I calculate so that the new model renders in the correct spot for the player. Any ideas how to fix the jitter? it only seems to happen when the second player sees the morphed player and this second player moves around  while the morphed player is stationary. I think it may also be happening when the morphed player moves around but it isn't as noticeable I don't think.

I solved it, this is the math and yes its sucky

//Actual entity position equation is actualPos = lastTickPos + (currentTicPos - lastTickPos) * partialTicks - Thanks to diesieben07 for this
//But you have to calculate the lastTicPos and currentTicPos based on the past/present positions of the two players to put the model in the right spot

double x = (pre.entityPlayer.prevPosX - thePlayer.prevPosX) + ((pre.entityPlayer.posX - thePlayer.posX) - (pre.entityPlayer.prevPosX - thePlayer.prevPosX))*pre.partialRenderTick;
double y = (pre.entityPlayer.prevPosY - thePlayer.prevPosY) + ((pre.entityPlayer.posY - thePlayer.posY) - (pre.entityPlayer.prevPosY - thePlayer.prevPosY))*pre.partialRenderTick;
double z = (pre.entityPlayer.prevPosZ - thePlayer.prevPosZ) + ((pre.entityPlayer.posZ - thePlayer.posZ) - (pre.entityPlayer.prevPosZ - thePlayer.prevPosZ))*pre.partialRenderTick;