[1.14.4] How to add render layers to players

[Huntrex]

I created an item, I want to make it so when the player has said item in their inventory a skin would overlay the player's current skin.

[TheMikeste1]

So it would basically change the skin of the player?
I don't have my IDE available to see how to do this, but you could try updating the texture of the PlayerModel whenever the item is in their inventory instead of adding an overlay. That would eliminate the possibility of textures from the original skin poking through the overlay as well.

[eatthenight]

you create a custom render layer class and do your render code in there you can check if the player has the item in his inventory also add the layer e.g in the entity construct event if the entity is an instance of entityplayer. you can also look how the armor layer does it if you’re unsure.

[Huntrex]

How do I create the render layer and apply it, because whenever I have the item in my inventory, in the console it says "cannot render entity."

[eatthenight]

11 hours ago, Huntrex said:

How do I create the render layer and apply it, because whenever I have the item in my inventory, in the console it says "cannot render entity."

as i said look at the LayerArmor or LayerElytra class for example, you add the layer in the EntityConstruct event.