<function name="PrePlayerDraw" parent="GM" type="hook"> <description>Called before the player is drawn. See also <page>GM:PostPlayerDraw</page>. </description> <realm>Client</realm> <args> <arg name="player" type="Player">The player that is about to be drawn.</arg> <arg name="flags" type="number">The <page text="STUDIO_">Enums/STUDIO</page> flags for this render operation.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="boolean">Return `true` to prevent default player rendering, which hides the player.</ret> </rets> </function> ⤶ ⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>⤶ Draw the player transparent, without having to worry about visual overdraw.⤶ </description>⤶ <code>⤶ local drawingPlayer = false⤶ hook.Add( "PrePlayerDraw", "DrawPlayerTransparentPre", function( ply )⤶ if ( drawingPlayer ) then return end⤶ ⤶ render.OverrideColorWriteEnable( true, false )⤶ drawingPlayer = true⤶ ply:DrawModel() -- This will call PrePlayerDraw again⤶ drawingPlayer = false⤶ render.OverrideColorWriteEnable( false, false )⤶ ⤶ render.SetBlend( 0.4 )⤶ end )⤶ ⤶ hook.Add( "PostPlayerDraw", "DrawPlayerTransparentPost", function( ply )⤶ render.SetBlend( 1 )⤶ end )⤶ </code>⤶ <output>⤶ <upload src="70c/8df02f607438889.png" size="1588653" name="image.png" />⤶ </output>⤶ </example>