characters/skinned_player_model.gd

@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ func load_model(path: String) -> void:
 	scene.position = Vector3(0, position_y_offset * scale_factor, 0)
 	print("SkinnedPlayerModel: applied scale %.4f, y_offset %.4f" % [scale_factor, position_y_offset])
 
+	# Find skeleton FIRST (needed for mesh binding fix below)
+	skeleton = _find_skeleton(scene)
+	if skeleton:
+		print("SkinnedPlayerModel: found skeleton '%s' with %d bones" % [skeleton.name, skeleton.get_bone_count()])
+		# Cache bone indices for fast lookups in procedural animations
+		for i in range(skeleton.get_bone_count()):
+			_bone_cache[skeleton.get_bone_name(i)] = i
+	else:
+		print("SkinnedPlayerModel: WARNING - no skeleton found")
+
 	# Find mesh instance for first-person mode
 	_mesh_instance = scene.find_child("Tda Miku for fbx_mesh", true, false)
 	if not _mesh_instance:
@@ -92,16 +102,6 @@ func load_model(path: String) -> void:
 	print("SkinnedPlayerModel: scene tree:")
 	_print_tree(scene, 0)
 
-	# Find skeleton
-	skeleton = _find_skeleton(scene)
-	if skeleton:
-		print("SkinnedPlayerModel: found skeleton '%s' with %d bones" % [skeleton.name, skeleton.get_bone_count()])
-		# Cache bone indices for fast lookups in procedural animations
-		for i in range(skeleton.get_bone_count()):
-			_bone_cache[skeleton.get_bone_name(i)] = i
-	else:
-		print("SkinnedPlayerModel: WARNING - no skeleton found")
-
 	# Find AnimationPlayer
 	animation_player = _find_animation_player(scene)
 	if animation_player:
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ func play_animation(anim_name: String) -> void:
 
 var _last_played: String = ""
 var _missing_anim_warned: Array = []
-var _skin_update_acc: float = 0.0
 
 func _warn_missing(anim_name: String) -> void:
 	## Warn once per missing animation, not every frame.
@@ -392,14 +391,14 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 		elif _last_played == "":
 			print("SkinnedPlayerModel: NOT playing")
 
-	# Force skeleton skin update — GLTF runtime loaded models need explicit
-	# bone pose re-application to trigger MeshInstance vertex deformation.
-	# Throttled to ~30fps to avoid per-frame overhead.
-	if skeleton and animation_player.is_playing():
-		_skin_update_acc += delta
-		if _skin_update_acc > 0.033:
-			_skin_update_acc = 0.0
-			_update_skin()
+	# Force skeleton skin update EVERY frame, deferred to ensure it runs
+	# AFTER the AnimationPlayer has advanced its poses this frame.
+	# GLTF runtime loaded models need this to emit bone_pose_changed,
+	# which triggers the MeshInstance to re-compute its skin vertex buffers.
+	# Without deferral, this runs before AnimationPlayer._process() (due to
+	# tree order), so the MeshInstance would render with stale poses.
+	if skeleton:
+		call_deferred("_update_skin")
 
 	# Get movement state from parent PlayerMovementController
 	var parent = get_parent()