How can I make my FPS gun appear in a viewmodel

[ilovedevex]

Hello, I was wondering how I could make an FPS gun in my game appear in a viewmodel and be invisible to the player holding the gun but other players can still see it? I know its complicated so please, bare with me.

[ArchaicCorpse (LasSat2nas)]

Egomoose has a very informative article about this question here.

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