Originally discussed in this thread

The manual states that draw_obj is able to render view-entities. However, I'm unable to get that to work!

Here's the example code from the above thread. You'll need to provide your own "dummy.bmp":

Code:
PANEL* atestpanel = {
	flags=LIGHT;
	size_x = 50;
	size_y = 50;
	red = 200;
	green = 100;
	blue = 20;
}

ENTITY* atestent = {
	type="dummy.bmp";
	pan = 180;
	x = 200;
}

function main() {
	video_set(800,600,0,2);
	set(atestpanel,SHOW);
	atestent.flags2|=SHOW;
	while(!key_space) { 
		draw_text("Showing Originals",1,570,vector(255,255,255));
		wait(1);
	}
	while(key_space) wait(1);
	reset(atestpanel,SHOW);
	atestent.flags2&=~SHOW;
	while(1) {

		if(key_space) {
			atestpanel.pos_x = 30; //So we should have two panels shown
			draw_obj(atestpanel);
			atestpanel.pos_x = 100;
			draw_obj(atestpanel);

			atestent.z = 50;	//So we should have two entities shown
			draw_obj(atestent);
			atestent.z = 0;
			draw_obj(atestent);
		}
		
		draw_text("Using draw_obj when you press [SPACE].",1,570,vector(255,255,255));
		wait(1);
	}	
}


I'll quote myself from the other thread:

Quote:


This little test project displays a testpanel (orange) and a testentity ("dummy.bmp"). Sweet. This should convince you that the settings of the entity are not at fault.
Now, if you hit space, we get to the interesting part.

Here, draw_obj is used (as long as the spacebar is pressed) to draw two panels and two entities, in theory. The manual explicitly states:
Quote:

The SHOW flag of the object needs not be set.




So I reset the SHOW-flag.
As you can see, two panels are correctly rendered. Neat!
However, as you can also see, the entity is not shown.
For the curious, setting the entities' SHOW-flag won't help with draw_obj - it still won't be rendered (though you will see the entity at the last set position, obviously, but that's not due to draw_obj).


It seems then that draw_obj does not work for view entities, contrary to what the manual states. This, however, seems like a really useful function - it'd be great if we could use it like this!

If I misunderstood something or this is a fault in my code, my apologies.

Thanks in advance!

Perhaps this post will get me points for originality at least.

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