Mark objects not to render by certain cameras?

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Hello. I’m trying to create a first person game where the player uses a third-person body instead of first person arms similarly to how Crytek have made some games before so that the player has visible legs, arms and torso. As far as I know Crytek hide the head of the player so that you don’t see the insides of your own eyeballs and teeth everywhere you look. Obviously I can’t just make a body without a head because I need shadows to render with the head and also I want to have mirrors using accurate planar reflections so the player will be able to see themselves in them.

tl;dr
Is there a way I can make only the controlled pawn’s camera not render the head and keep the mirror and shadow casting light sources rendering the head?

Thanks.

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Opening the player’s blueprint and clicking on a component such as the head you can designate whether ‘owner can see’ with a tickbox. I made it so that the owner can’t see the head which also hides the shadow by default so just enable ‘hidden shadow’ in lighting.

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This is good for the owner’s camera, what about all these other cameras in the game?

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Does anyone know how to do this^? I’m also lookin for a way to not-render certain objects that aren’t owned by the player.

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Im also looking for a way to do this. Any ideas?

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