hey chaps

i really need these questions answered before i purchase 3dgs so please reply to me.

i've had a scan through the forums and not really got the answers i need so i'll try here.

i'd like to create a third person game with melee weapons, now i'm no programmer so i need to know if it's possible for me to do this with the templates.

basically the main character will be running around picking up and dropping weapons. when the weapon is picked up it will vanish from the floor and when it's dropped it will reappear where it has been dropped. is this possible?

if it is do i have to have seperate animation sequences for the main character holding the meele weapon so that when he picks that weapon up it morphs from the standard empty hand model to the holding weapon model?

please reply and forgive me if this has been covered elsewhere.