How to make player model actor invisible to the player camera but allow other cameras to see it

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I have a problem, one that I cannot seem to find a solution for anywhere I look.

Basically, I have a camera and a player model, I don’t want to be able to see my player body shown in this image.

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I want to make the player body invisible to the own player’s camera, but I want to body to be visible to other player’s cameras as it is a multiplayer game. I have tried making the player body a child of the camera, but that rotates the player body as the camera would rotate because it is a child of the camera and bugs out the player model.

Is there anyway I can make my player body invisible to just its own player camera and no-one else’s without making the player body a child of the camera?

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I believe you are looking for the “Owner No See” option in your mesh component’s rendering properties.

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If i am correct I need to make the model a child of the camera before I can set “owner no see” but I don’t want that because then my player model rotates with the camera

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You just need to make sure that the owner of the mesh is the player that also owns the camera. If you are using a character that contains both a camera and mesh component, the possessing player controller should own it after possession.

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Try out this tutorial. It covers the opposite of what you need, but since it hides the head, it’s still relevant.

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No, the mesh can be set to OwnerNoSee and, provided it is part of the character/pawn being controlled, it will not be seen by the player controlling it.

Alternatively, if you don’t mind C++, look into UpdateHiddenComponents(), which is part of the player controller class:

	/**
	 * Builds a list of components that are hidden based upon gameplay
	 * @param ViewLocation the view point to hide/unhide from
	 * @param HiddenComponents the list to add to/remove from
	 */
	virtual void UpdateHiddenComponents(const FVector& ViewLocation, TSet<FPrimitiveComponentId>& /*HiddenComponents*/) {}