<function name="PreDrawViewModel" parent="GM" type="hook"> <description> Called before the view model has been drawn. By default this hook also calls <page>WEAPON:PreDrawViewModel</page>, so you can use that if developing a scripted weapon. See <page>GM:PostDrawViewModel</page> for a hook that runs immediately after rendering a view model. See <page>GM:PreDrawViewModels</page> for a hook that runs before **all** view models are drawn within a frame. For view model hands, see <page>GM:PreDrawPlayerHands</page>. <rendercontext hook="true" type="3D"></rendercontext> </description> <realm>Client</realm> <args> <arg name="vm" type="Entity">This is the view model entity before it is drawn. On server-side, this entity is the predicted view model.</arg> <arg name="ply" type="Player">The owner of the view model.</arg> <arg name="weapon" type="Weapon">This is the weapon that is from the view model.</arg> <arg name="flags" type="number" added="2025.12.16">The <page text="STUDIO_">Enums/STUDIO</page> flags for this render operation.</arg>⤶ </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="boolean">Return true to prevent the default view model rendering. This also affects <page>GM:PostDrawViewModel</page>.</ret> </rets> </function>