Removed all attempts to stop the sprite from appearing in portals. This may likely require a fundamental breakdown of the system itself in order to address the problem.

src/playsim/actor.h

@@ -669,22 +669,11 @@ public:
 	DVector3	Offset;
 	int			Flags;
 
-	// Engine only. 
-	// Used to do a backwards trace to disable rendering over portals.
-	bool		isUsed;
-	DVector3	PlrPos,
-				CamPos;
-	double		Distance;
-	sector_t	*CamSec;
-
-
 	// Functions
 	FViewPosition()
 	{
-		Offset = PlrPos = CamPos = { 0,0,0 };
-		isUsed = false;
-		Distance = 0.0;
-		CamSec = nullptr;
+		Offset = { 0,0,0 };
+		Flags = 0;
 	}
 
 	void Set(DVector3 &off, int f = -1)
@@ -699,16 +688,6 @@ public:
 	{
 		return Offset.isZero();
 	}
-
-	void ResetTraceInfo()
-	{
-		isUsed = false;
-		PlrPos = CamPos = {0,0,0};
-		Distance = 0.;
-		CamSec = nullptr;
-	}
-
-	bool TraceBack(AActor *Owner);
 };
 
 const double MinVel = EQUAL_EPSILON;

src/playsim/p_map.cpp

@@ -5441,43 +5441,8 @@ void P_AdjustViewPos(AActor *t1, DVector3 orig, DVector3 &campos, sector_t *&Cam
 	{
 		campos = trace.HitPos - trace.HitVector * 1 / 256.;
 	}
-//	DVector3 cpos = campos;
 	CameraSector = trace.Sector;
 	unlinked = trace.unlinked;
-
-	// Save the info for the renderers. Needed to disable sprites across portals.
-	VP->Distance = distance;
-	VP->isUsed = true;
-}
-
-struct EViewPosFinder
-{
-	AActor *Owner;
-};
-
-static ETraceStatus TraceToOwner(FTraceResults &res, void *userdata)
-{
-	// Try to guarantee hitting the owner if possible.
-	if (res.HitType != TRACE_HitActor)
-		return TRACE_Skip;
-
-	EViewPosFinder *data = (EViewPosFinder *)userdata;
-	ETraceStatus ret = (res.Actor == data->Owner) ? TRACE_Stop : TRACE_Skip;
-	return ret;
-}
-
-bool FViewPosition::TraceBack(AActor *Owner)
-{
-	if (!isUsed || !Owner)
-		return false;
-	
-	DVector3 vvec = (CamPos - PlrPos).Unit() * -1.0;
-	FTraceResults res;
-	EViewPosFinder TrcBack = {Owner};
-
-	bool ret = Trace(CamPos, CamSec, vvec, Distance, 0, 0, nullptr, res, TRACE_ReportPortals, TraceToOwner, &TrcBack);
-	
-	return ret;
 }
 
 //==========================================================================

src/rendering/hwrenderer/scene/hw_sprites.cpp

@@ -734,12 +734,6 @@ void HWSprite::Process(HWDrawInfo *di, AActor* thing, sector_t * sector, area_t
 		DVector3 thingorigin = thing->Pos();
 		if (thruportal == 1) thingorigin += di->Level->Displacements.getOffset(thing->Sector->PortalGroup, sector->PortalGroup);
 		if (fabs(thingorigin.X - vp.ActorPos.X) < 2 && fabs(thingorigin.Y - vp.ActorPos.Y) < 2) return;
-
-		// Try to do an inverted trace to get to the camera's body. This way, we know exactly behind which line to disable.
-		// Currently doesn't work.
-		FViewPosition *vpos = camera->ViewPos;
-		if (vpos && vpos->TraceBack(camera))
-			return;
 	}
 	// Thing is invisible if close to the camera.
 	if (thing->renderflags & RF_MAYBEINVISIBLE)

src/rendering/r_utility.cpp

@@ -794,7 +794,6 @@ void R_SetupFrame (FRenderViewpoint &viewpoint, FViewWindow &viewwindow, AActor
 	{
 		AActor *mo = viewpoint.camera;
 		FViewPosition *VP = mo->ViewPos;
-		if (VP) VP->ResetTraceInfo();
 		const DVector3 orig = { mo->Pos().XY(), mo->player ? mo->player->viewz : mo->Z() + mo->GetCameraHeight() };
 		viewpoint.ActorPos = orig;
 
@@ -880,10 +879,6 @@ void R_SetupFrame (FRenderViewpoint &viewpoint, FViewWindow &viewwindow, AActor
 					viewpoint.NoPortalPath = true;
 					P_AdjustViewPos(mo, orig, next, viewpoint.sector, unlinked, VP);
 					
-					VP->PlrPos = orig;
-					VP->CamPos = next;
-					VP->CamSec = viewpoint.sector;
-					
 					if (viewpoint.sector->PortalGroup != oldsector->PortalGroup || (unlinked && ((iview->New.Pos.XY() - iview->Old.Pos.XY()).LengthSquared()) > 256 * 256))
 					{
 						iview->otic = nowtic;