[Feature Request]: Multiplayer Camo Card Sync (solving compatibility issues with custom player models as a side-mission)

[Prof-CerebralCondensate]

Describe the Suggestion

I adore the quantum armor, how it works, and all of its various features, but I feel as though the Camo Card irks me the most.

I help run a server that offers custom player models server-side, so we can see each other's custom models. I finally managed to build myself a set and quickly realized that the camo card only seems to hide the armor client-side.
This normally wouldn't be a worry. However, when camo is enabled, it appears to lose its 'rigidity' (for lack of a better term) when worn by a custom player model.

I'll describe this further.
It seems with Camo disabled, the armor forces a custom player model to be hidden, aside from the head.
(Both client-side and server-side)
With Camo enabled, the armor stops forcing that state on the player model, and clipping suddenly occurs with more complex shapes.
(Only Server-Side)

Client-side, the armor simply vanishes. Server-Side, your body is now clipping through your armor undesirably. This essentially only offers the ultimatum to players with custom models to either deal with the armor visually clipping for others, or have Camo always disabled.

I would like to respectfully request that the Camo Card work exactly as it does client-side, but server-side as well.
This would fill in compatibility with mods like Customizable Player Models without changing any of the base functionality.

You really don't have to keep Customizable Player Models in mind here either. That's just an example of many mods that might run into similar visual issues. If the Camo Card simply worked across clients, that would essentially solve the problem.

Thank you for your time and attention, again, I adore this armor!

Screenshots and Videos

Here's what another player sees, looking at my player model, from their perspective. My player model achieves its appearance by physically shifting the leg height and waist. This is obviously compensated for if Camo isn't part of the equation. Wearing the armor hides the unique shape. Excellent! That's unexpected, but perfect behavior!

Once the Camo Card in the legs has been activated, however, the shape is un-hidden both client-side and server-side, but the armor is not hidden server-side, leading to undesirable clipping that only other players can see!

Additional Context

Multiplayer Camo Card Sync

[pedroksl]

Hey. There is a bad combo of stuff happening here that needs addressing for it to work properly.

Single/Multiplayer sync is an obvious issue, and should be fixed regardless.
Model clipping on the other hand is the result of some things.

I made the armor very tight fit to the player model, and that results in z-fighting in some places. I could've just bloated the model to make it slightly larger than the player model, but I didn't like how it ended up looking. So, instead, I decided to hide parts of the model that were under the armor. This should've fixed it, but of course it didn't, because I didn't take mods that change the player model into account.

The camo card on the other hand, was a request by a player that just wanted to be able to see their cool skin while playing, instead of the armor. So it does just that: hides the armor for the player. What happens when the armor isn't being rendered? You guessed it: the player model comes back. So your second picture is the result of the player model not being hidden, because it shouldn't be needed, but the armor still being rendered, resulting in the weird clipping.

Now... If I were to change the armor model and remove the player model part hiding, you would have clipping 100% of the time, so I'm guessing this isn't a solution for anything, and player models should stay hidden. This does cause issues with some custom model mod's, though. So it seems like there's no solution that solves everything. Unless I specifically added some way to let the player decide if player models should be hidden or not, maybe in a config screen for the camo card.

As for the syncing part of the issue: I'm in the middle of a very big port of this mod to 26.1, so I can't take a look at older versions right now. But I will as soon as I make some time.

[Prof-CerebralCondensate]

"Now... If I were to change the armor model and remove the player model part hiding, you would have clipping 100% of the time, so I'm guessing this isn't a solution for anything, and player models should stay hidden. "

Indeed. I think the fact that the armor hides the player model is actually really good, and works exactly how I would like (Client-side)
I wouldn't ask for that feature to be removed. I really don't mind that model parts are hidden. Please, absolutely keep the player model part hiding while camo is disabled. That's something most armor doesn't do, and I really like the attention to detail there.

The problem is the armor stays when Camo is active. (Server-side). If the armor parts simply vanished for other players, the problem would be solved cleanly. Model parts would be unhidden as they should, and the armor would be invisible to other players. No clipping.

I've read through the Feature Request for the Camo Card, and I know there wasn't a request for multiplayer support there, but think about it. Who would use the Camo Card in Single Player? Mostly streamers and let's-players maybe? Hiding armor is a largely social feature. Not many people play Minecraft in 3rd person, and the only other place you'd see your own character model is in the inventory screen. You'd see your own player model on full display maybe once or twice per session. From reading that feature request, I can see multiplayer was never mentioned, but I can kind of see it implied there.

Once again, I'm requesting that the Camo Card work exactly as it does client-side, but synced to server-side as well, so that what the player sees matches what other players see. Not asking for the removal of model hiding, not asking for any features to be changed. I simply think the Camo Card should function and appear to other players as it does to the wearer.

Obviously no rush on that. I'm thankful you got back to me so quickly in any case.