Add some basic safeguards around RenderPlayer.set.

OpenRA.Game/Player.cs

@@ -68,6 +68,20 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		public Shroud Shroud;
 		public World World { get; private set; }
 
+		readonly bool inMissionMap;
+		readonly IUnlocksRenderPlayer[] unlockRenderPlayer;
+
+		public bool UnlockedRenderPlayer
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				if (unlockRenderPlayer.Any(x => x.RenderPlayerUnlocked))
+					return true;
+
+				return WinState != WinState.Undefined && !inMissionMap;
+			}
+		}
+
 		readonly StanceColors stanceColors;
 
 		static FactionInfo ChooseFaction(World world, string name, bool requireSelectable = true)
@@ -105,6 +119,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			InternalName = pr.Name;
 			PlayerReference = pr;
 
+			inMissionMap = world.Map.Visibility.HasFlag(MapVisibility.MissionSelector);
+
 			// Real player or host-created bot
 			if (client != null)
 			{
@@ -156,6 +172,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			stanceColors.Allies = ChromeMetrics.Get<Color>("PlayerStanceColorAllies");
 			stanceColors.Enemies = ChromeMetrics.Get<Color>("PlayerStanceColorEnemies");
 			stanceColors.Neutrals = ChromeMetrics.Get<Color>("PlayerStanceColorNeutrals");
+
+			unlockRenderPlayer = PlayerActor.TraitsImplementing<IUnlocksRenderPlayer>().ToArray();
 		}
 
 		public override string ToString()

OpenRA.Game/Traits/TraitsInterfaces.cs

@@ -467,4 +467,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 			return playerName + " " + BoolValues[newValue] + " " + Name + ".";
 		}
 	}
+
+	[RequireExplicitImplementation]
+	public interface IUnlocksRenderPlayer { bool RenderPlayerUnlocked { get; } }
 }

OpenRA.Game/World.cs

@@ -73,8 +73,16 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		Player renderPlayer;
 		public Player RenderPlayer
 		{
-			get { return renderPlayer == null || (renderPlayer.WinState != WinState.Undefined && !Map.Visibility.HasFlag(MapVisibility.MissionSelector)) ? null : renderPlayer; }
+			get
-			set { renderPlayer = value; }
+			{
+				return renderPlayer;
+			}
+
+			set
+			{
+				if (LocalPlayer == null || LocalPlayer.UnlockedRenderPlayer)
+					renderPlayer = value;
+			}
 		}
 
 		public bool FogObscures(Actor a) { return RenderPlayer != null && !a.CanBeViewedByPlayer(RenderPlayer); }
@@ -101,7 +109,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				return;
 
 			LocalPlayer = localPlayer;
-			RenderPlayer = LocalPlayer;
+
+			// Set the property backing field directly
+			renderPlayer = LocalPlayer;
 		}
 
 		public readonly Actor WorldActor;
@@ -412,6 +422,11 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				// Hash the shared random number generator.
 				ret += SharedRandom.Last;
 
+				// Hash player RenderPlayer status
+				foreach (var p in Players)
+					if (p.UnlockedRenderPlayer)
+						ret += Sync.HashPlayer(p);
+
 				return ret;
 			}
 		}

OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Player/DeveloperMode.cs

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		public object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new DeveloperMode(this); }
 	}
 
-	public class DeveloperMode : IResolveOrder, ISync, INotifyCreated
+	public class DeveloperMode : IResolveOrder, ISync, INotifyCreated, IUnlocksRenderPlayer
 	{
 		readonly DeveloperModeInfo info;
 		public bool Enabled { get; private set; }
@@ -245,5 +245,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 
 			Game.Debug("Cheat used: {0} by {1}", order.OrderString, self.Owner.PlayerName);
 		}
+
+		bool IUnlocksRenderPlayer.RenderPlayerUnlocked { get { return Enabled; } }
 	}
 }