Player camera view change when switching equipment

[dpq06]

I thought it would be neat if when switching your weapon or equipment, your head veiwing camera or whatever would look down to a little animation of your character taking a magazine out of a pocket or taking a grenade off. Because the way it is now you just kind of continue to look straight ahead it seems. Which, of course you don't really do in real life. I know that if you wanted to keep an eye on an enemy and switch to your binoculars or something it would prove to be more difficult... i also think it wouldn't be do-able on the BF2 engine.

so, give some feedback please.

[[R-DEV]Ninja2dan]

Originally Posted by dpq06

I thought it would be neat if when switching your weapon or equipment, your head veiwing camera or whatever would look down to a little animation of your character taking a magazine out of a pocket or taking a grenade off. Because the way it is now you just kind of continue to look straight ahead it seems. Which, of course you don't really do in real life. I know that if you wanted to keep an eye on an enemy and switch to your binoculars or something it would prove to be more difficult... i also think it wouldn't be do-able on the BF2 engine.

so, give some feedback please.

When I reload my magazines, I keep my cheek on the stock and my sight picture aligned. The only part of my body really moving is the left arm to reload, that's it. This ensures I can immediately give follow-up shots to that target when my new mag locked.

Any soldier will be trained to use the exact same equipment. I can reach any piece of equipment on my battle rattle without needing to look at it, and 95-98% of that equipment only requires a single hand to retrieve/use. Through muscle memory, I never have to look down at anything unless it requires direct visual scanning (such as a map/compass). None of the actions done in PR would require eyes-on during transition.

And the same is true during my time as an LEO. We keep the equipment on our duty belt in a specific location, and almost anything can be reached with either hand. I don't have to consciously think about where it is, my training kicks in and I subconsciously grab it. In both the military and LE, this ability can mean the difference between living and dying.

[dpq06]

Well, i seem to be wrong about all of that then. Thanks for the info.

[[R-DEV]Chuc]

A potential problem is that there is no body awareness in first person, so you can never see your own body or anything attached to it other than your arms.

[Garmax]

that and..

in PR most of the time your basically in combat, i can assure you you know where your things are, and you will not look all the way down to taker out a granade pr already has th head bob thing which is already great, and realistic

[MarineSeaknight]

I think the closest thing that PR (and Battlefield) have to this intuitive sense of location and retrieval of one's equipment is the fact that all equipment is linked to a number on the keyboard. If we remember the numbers for our respective pieces of equipment, we can obtain them slightly faster by pressing a single button instead of having to select it through the mouse scroll menu.

I guess that, mirroring what Ninja2Dan applies to real life, knowing the number corresponding to something like your Officer Kit's sidearm may save your virtual life.

[CanuckCommander]

Wasn't this in PR .8 to some extent during the reload animations? And it gave people so much nausea that it was changed for the update?

[Mutherpucker]

I think NOT!

[[R-DEV]bosco]

There is still a head animation when changing equipment, however it was much stronger before, hence causing motion sickness for some people.

[Garmax]

i liked ho it was before.. motion sickness? really..

thats probably because they'd play pr 2 hours at a time with their face on the monitor