Add a comment about the usage of chase_active

diff --git a/qcsrc/client/View.qc b/qcsrc/client/View.qc
index 540c077873613447ef72ee23c13694cd32c84c25..8420139180a1a2268654b57c77d476e7e42d9ef9 100644 (file)
--- a/qcsrc/client/View.qc
+++ b/qcsrc/client/View.qc
@@ -409,6 +409,9 @@ void CSQC_UpdateView(float w, float h)
        {
                if((autocvar_cl_chase_death && getstati(STAT_HEALTH) <= 0 && !intermission) || (autocvar_cl_chase_intermission && intermission) && intermission <= 1) // not during the map voting screen
                {
+                       // We must set chase_active in order to get a third person view (1st person weapon model hidden and own player model showing).
+                       // Ideally, there should be another way to enable third person mode, such as an R_SetView() function specifically for this purpose.
+
                        if(!autocvar_chase_active)
                                cvar_set("chase_active", "-1"); // -1 enables chase_active as well as marking it as set by this code, and not by the user (which would be 1)