Irrlicht Engine

With the summer vacation coming, I would try to make a FPS
I've been playing around with Irrlicht for some week so I do know the basics. But what is the best way to show the weapon on the screen? A billboard because it has to be always in front of the camera? Or something else? And do you guys have any other advices when making a FPS ?

Note: it won't be for a serious project, just to gather knowledge about C++ and the engine

Thx,
bal

*cough* check the tutorals section, i wrote a short tut about this

Just a quick warning... its a lot harder than it seems....

Robomaniac wrote:*cough* check the tutorals section, i wrote a short tut about this

Hmm, I already read all the tutorials. I know how to load a BSP-map and use collision. I saw something about a billboard in the Special FX tutorial. But can the billboard be an .x file or so?

@c_olin3404: I know :p. It's just to learn more about this engine.

bal wrote:But can the billboard be an .x file or so?

No, billboards just 2d-graphics that always faces the camera...

Anonymous wrote:

bal wrote:But can the billboard be an .x file or so?

No, billboards just 2d-graphics that always faces the camera...

So, to have a weapon in front of the camera (like in normal shooters), I'll need an AnimatedMeshNode and adjust its position every frame?

Or make it child of a camera.