In hl2 (gmod’s base), there are very few weapon holdtypes for melee, meaning that if you’re interested in a better-quality melee animation, you’d need to find an a way to add a custom holdtype. To the best of my knowledge, this is not possible. Go into a singleplayer or multiplayer game in which you are the administrator or one that has cheats enabled and press the button on your keyboard to open the developers console, and if you are in singleplayer or multiplayer game were you are the admin, type in 'svcheats 1' without the ' and then type in 'third person' without the '.
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This Minecraft tutorial explains how to change the camera angle between first person and third person perspective when you play the game.
When you create a new world in Minecraft, you will start in first person view. However, you can switch to third person mode and see your body in the game, either from the front or from behind.

Views in Minecraft
These are the three different views in Minecraft. Let's explore each of them.
1. First Person View
With the first person view, you see the game from the player's perspective. The only part of the player that you see is the player's right hand or the item the player is holding.
2. Third Person Rear View
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With the third person rear view, you see the game as if you were standing behind the player. You will see the player's body from the back.
3. Third Person View
With the third person view, you see the game as if you were facing the player. You will see the player's body from the front.
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Game Control to Change the View

In Minecraft, you can toggle between these three views (camera angles) using a game control. Here are the game controls to change between views on the Minecraft platforms:

Platform | Game Control to Toggle View |
---|---|
PC/Mac | Press F5 key |
Pocket Edition (PE) | Pause game, go to Settings, select Video button and change 'Camera Perspective' setting |
PS3 | Press down on Left Stick (LS) |
PS4 | Press down on Left Stick (LS) |
Xbox 360 | Press down on Left Stick (LS) |
Xbox One | Press down on Left Stick (LS) |
Windows 10 Edition | Press F5 key |
Wii U | Press down on Left Stick |
Nintendo Switch | Press down on Left Joycon Stick |
Education Edition (EDU) | Press F5 key |
Toggle Order for the View
When you toggle between views in Minecraft, here is the order of the camera angles:
First Person → Third Person Rear → Third Person → back to First Person
When you press the game control to toggle the view, you will move to the next camera angle. Depending on which view you want, you might have to press the game control more than once.
Other Beginner Tutorials
Singleplayer
How To Switch To Third Person In Gmod
- Pull up console using the ~ key.
- If you don't have this enabled, go to your settings, click advanced at the bottom, then check enable developer console.
- Type 'thirdperson' and hit enter
- Congrats you are now in thirdperson!
Multiplayer
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- Same process as above but sometimes you will be prompt to enable 'sv_cheats 1'
- If you are the owner of the server and want to enable 'sv_cheats 1' then just type that in your server console.
- If it is a public server, we would highly recommend you do NOT enable this. If it is a server with just you and some friends, sure why not.
- If it is a public server and you do not want to enable 'sv_cheats 1' then you can download Simple Third Person which will allow you to go into third person by accessing the menu through holding 'C'.
