From 849d205a3afb553eb49296393fad44671cc03494 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: salmonik <salmonik@tuta.io>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:35:13 +0100
Subject: Silent aim: restore view at FRAME_RENDER_START; preserve movement

- hook CHLClient::FrameStageNotify (vtable slot 35) and at FRAME_RENDER_START
  re-apply the player's original view angles after the engine has consumed the
  aimed usercmd; this fixes the slow pull with high-RPM weapons and the
  revolver leaving the view on the target
- silent aim also rewrites forwardmove/sidemove so the world-space movement
  wish vector is unchanged by the temporary aim angles
---
 src/esp.cpp  | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/hl2h.cpp | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/hl2h.h   |  1 +
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/esp.cpp b/src/esp.cpp
index f7c24ce..cd0ff36 100644
--- a/src/esp.cpp
+++ b/src/esp.cpp
@@ -526,6 +526,21 @@ bool aimbot_apply(CUserCmd *cmd) {
   return true;
 }
 
+// Keep the world-space movement wish direction unchanged when the usercmd
+// view angles are temporarily replaced by the silent-aim angles.
+static void preserve_movement(CUserCmd *cmd, float old_yaw, float new_yaw) {
+  float oy = old_yaw * PI_F / 180.0f;
+  float ay = new_yaw * PI_F / 180.0f;
+  float ofx = cosf(oy), ofy = sinf(oy);
+  float orx = sinf(oy), ory = -cosf(oy);
+  float afx = cosf(ay), afy = sinf(ay);
+  float arx = sinf(ay), ary = -cosf(ay);
+  float wx = ofx * cmd->forwardmove + orx * cmd->sidemove;
+  float wy = ofy * cmd->forwardmove + ory * cmd->sidemove;
+  cmd->forwardmove = wx * afx + wy * afy;
+  cmd->sidemove = wx * arx + wy * ary;
+}
+
 bool silent_aim_apply(CUserCmd *cmd) {
   unsigned bone_mask = aimbot_bone_mask();
   if (!bone_mask)
@@ -546,12 +561,15 @@ bool silent_aim_apply(CUserCmd *cmd) {
   while (ny > 180.0f) ny -= 360.0f;
   while (ny < -180.0f) ny += 360.0f;
 
+  preserve_movement(cmd, orig.y, ny);
+
   cmd->viewangles[0] = np;
   cmd->viewangles[1] = ny;
   cmd->viewangles[2] = orig.z;
 
-  // The usercmd keeps the aim angles (shot/prediction); the rendered camera
-  // is restored to where the player was actually looking.
+  // Restore now and again at FRAME_RENDER_START (after the engine consumed
+  // the aimed usercmd); the frame-stage restore is the one that sticks.
+  set_silent_restore(orig);
   if (g_iface.engine) {
     QAngle restore{orig.x, orig.y, orig.z};
     using SetViewFn = void (*)(void *, QAngle *);
diff --git a/src/hl2h.cpp b/src/hl2h.cpp
index 89d6b89..0491fd9 100644
--- a/src/hl2h.cpp
+++ b/src/hl2h.cpp
@@ -278,6 +278,31 @@ static void do_move(int seq) {
 using CreateMoveFn = bool (*)(void *, int, float, bool);
 static CreateMoveFn oCreateMove = nullptr;
 
+using FrameStageFn = void (*)(void *, int);
+static FrameStageFn oFrameStageNotify = nullptr;
+static QAngle g_silent_restore_angles{};
+static bool g_silent_restore_pending = false;
+
+void set_silent_restore(const QAngle &angles) {
+  g_silent_restore_angles = angles;
+  g_silent_restore_pending = true;
+}
+
+// FRAME_RENDER_START (ClientFrameStage_t: -1 undefined, 0 START, ...,
+// 4 NET_UPDATE_END, 5 RENDER_START).
+static void hkdFrameStageNotify(void *self, int stage) {
+  if (oFrameStageNotify)
+    oFrameStageNotify(self, stage);
+  if (stage == 5 && g_silent_restore_pending) {
+    g_silent_restore_pending = false;
+    if (g_iface.engine) {
+      QAngle a = g_silent_restore_angles;
+      using SetViewFn = void (*)(void *, QAngle *);
+      vfunc<SetViewFn>(g_iface.engine, 20)(g_iface.engine, &a);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 using DrawPrintTextFn = void (*)(void *self, const wchar_t *text, int len, int drawType);
 static DrawPrintTextFn oDrawPrintText = nullptr;
 using PaintTraverseExFn = void (*)(void *, long, bool);
@@ -345,9 +370,13 @@ static void install_hook() {
   memcpy(newvt, vt, SLOTS * sizeof(void *));
   oCreateMove = (CreateMoveFn)vt[21];
   newvt[21] = (void *)&hkdCreateMove;
+  oFrameStageNotify = (FrameStageFn)vt[35];
+  newvt[35] = (void *)&hkdFrameStageNotify;
   VTABLE(g_iface.client) = newvt;
-  logf("hook installed: CreateMove %p -> %p (orig %p)", vt[21],
-       (void *)&hkdCreateMove, (void *)oCreateMove);
+  logf("hook installed: CreateMove %p -> %p (orig %p), FrameStageNotify %p "
+       "-> %p (orig %p)",
+       vt[21], (void *)&hkdCreateMove, (void *)oCreateMove, vt[35],
+       (void *)&hkdFrameStageNotify, (void *)oFrameStageNotify);
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/hl2h.h b/src/hl2h.h
index 02be393..a08f029 100644
--- a/src/hl2h.h
+++ b/src/hl2h.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ int engine_get_local_player();
 void draw_text_col(int x, int y, const char *s, int r, int g, int b);
 void esp_draw();
 bool world_to_screen(const Vector &w, float &sx, float &sy);
+void set_silent_restore(const QAngle &angles);
 bool is_visible(const Vector &eye, const Vector &point);
 void *trace_entity(const Vector &start, const Vector &end, void *ignore);
 
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