How does First Person Viewmodel/Hands and Third-person animation work?

[ahmingiscool (MEHs)]

Hello there!

I am curious as to how the development process is for creating First Person hands, alongside the animations that go with both First/Third person.

I noticed that the First Person hands are separated as its own model that will later be input into the local player files whenever the player is in First Person. This process would indefinitely be a client side thing which makes the animation shown on the hands visible to only the player.

Would this mean that I must create separate animations for the First and Third person model in order to allow other players to see the animation? If this is true, how will the synchronization of animations work?

I am referring to games such as, Arsenal, CounterBlox and Centaura.

[skylersop (fat_magician)]

Yes, you need to create two different animations and for the synchronization, you just need to play them both at the same time.