Some weapons could have an option for assisted reload. Mainly rocket launchers, mortars and MGs.
They still could be reloaded “normally” but assisted reloads would significantly decrease the time it takes.
How it could work:
Approach friendly soldier and press interaction button. Similarly to how medics heal.
- Poor man’s version: The weapon animation will be much quicker.
- Deluxe version: There will be a short animation for assisted reload.
While in the heat of battle it may be hard to find and help fellow players in this way, bots should also be able to assist in reloads. Preferably with option to turn this on and off.
This is an addon to my previous, similar post.
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Its a cool idea, I’m down for this.
The one fine detail though is that they should need to be braced in order to do so. If it is mobile it should not work.
AT field guns already work like this with AI.
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Reloads are already so fast though. It would work better if they slowed down before adding an assistant.
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If I were to serve in the military, the job I would most like to do is to support machine gun ammobelt with my hands. This is the only thing I would want to do.I agree with the OP’s great idea.
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Like for the pak canons, it would be more immersive if your bot help you for your mg
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AT guns work for that as it’s designed for a second place.
I like the ideas no doubt.
What would a player do if he orders his squad members to another place?
I think the idea would take definitely fruits if the mg nests would have ammo and heat.
For offensive LMGs, it’ll be difficult to place it for Al factions. (Example: the BAR)
AI formations clearly use a pattern to position bots so we can use it. Question is, can we make those “patterns” dynamic so they follow other soldiers. Plus it needs to be conditional (if weapon=x, then).
Or use medic AI. That would be the best but I didn’t have an opportunity to observe it in acrion.
But if devs have time to implement wind effects, I’m sure they will find time to think about this.
