Allow quick weapon switch for no primary

[drakefrostex]

Currently, when equipping gear item (fishing spear, scanner, drill mine, or even K-drive), one can tap the weapon switch to instantly switch to (or use for K-drive) (secondary) weapon.

Problem is that when the player doesn’t equip primary weapon (more for practical reason, as having primary and secondary equipped may cause unwanted interaction when carrying items), the player can’t tap weapon switch, thus takes extra time (worse with fishing spear, as switching spear forces the player to pick same gear item twice, before being able to use the weapon)

Please let the weapon switch tap-able when gear item is equipped.a
Specific to K-Drive, allow us to switch between no weapon and weapon mode (for maneuvering reason).

[Zakkhar]

42 minutes ago, drakefrostex said:

the player can’t tap weapon switch, thus takes extra time (worse with fishing spear, as switching spear forces the player to pick same gear item twice, before being able to use the weapon)

Quick melee.

[NinjaZeku]

On 2024-09-22 at 8:08 PM, drakefrostex said:

Problem is that when the player doesn’t equip primary weapon (more for practical reason, as having primary and secondary equipped may cause unwanted interaction when carrying items), the player can’t tap weapon switch

I cannot replicate this, on a Loadout without a Primary weapon I can still swap
from Scanner / Fishing Spear / Mining Drill to my Secondary via F (and other binds),
as well as swap modes on a K-Drive, no problems there at all. *shrug*

I tested this just now in the Vallis, solo.
Were you maybe a Client when you did your tests?
Or was this a Sortie with a weapon restriction or something?

Also, no clue what you mean by "unwanted interaction" there, could you explain?

Like, if anything, having *only* a Primary on your Loadout, that used to make you drop Datamasses etc when aiming,
not sure if that's fixed now, but I have NEVER heard that filling all weapon slots produced any such issues.

[drakefrostex]

4 hours ago, NinjaZeku said:

I can still swap
from Scanner / Fishing Spear / Mining Drill to my Secondary via F (and other binds)

My bad, should’ve added “mobile” tag as it’s mobile issue.

4 hours ago, NinjaZeku said:

Also, no clue what you mean by "unwanted interaction" there, could you explain?

Dropping the carried items doesn’t guarantee reverting to the correct weapon.
Sometimes, primary turned to secondary, or vice versa.