Will we ever be able to dual wield weapons?asked by Gunslingerx64
TL;DRDual wielding is more unlikely than likely because of complications with interactions, reloading and aiming in a simulator, though a new weapon type with a weapon on each arm or hand has been discussed internally.
More nay than yay. There are a lot of issues when it comes to trying to get dual wielding to work, both with our current system and because we're trying to make a simulator. So there are a lot of complications when it comes to having two weapons. There are things like, when we're holding a weapon at the moment, we have this left hand free if you want to, say for example, quick interact with something in the environment; that hand's free to quickly let go of that weapon, do what it needs to do and come back again. But then it also comes down to things like reloading, where if you're holding two pistols and you're trying to grab magazines, and again, I'm sure someone out there will tell me that they've done this... It's quite complex to try and work out. And obviously it makes it hard to aim, because we don't utilize an on-screen crosshair when we're not in ADS mode, and it's quite difficult to look down the sights of two pistols. I've actually not seen anyone do that before. There are some difficulties. We could probably work around them, but right now we're not looking at doing it. There is something, though, that we've talked about internally a bit, and it's a new weapon type that would involve a weapon on each arm or in each hand. So that's all I'm going to say.