Standalone - handedness possibility

[guyver1 70]

The reason for this thread, in real life I'm left handed.

Could we get a future inclusion of handedness in the standalone (not on release, but further down the line)

This would have a direct affect on your lean stances when leaning out from the side of a building to fire your weapon.

As a left-handed person, I would not require so much of my body to stick out from the side of a building if i wanted to fire out from the left. However, if i wanted to lean out from the right of a building I have to expose a lot more of my upper body as my left shoulder has to come way further out to get a similar firing line to the left side of the building.

I'm not sure how this works in arma 2 at the moment as everyone is right handed and the degree of lean left and right i'm assuming is the same.

It could potentially introduce a nice 'lift' in building to building movement if you exposed way more upper body if leaning out on your 'off' side.

Like i said, just something that popped in my head this morning while thinking about that word 'authentic'

Edit (additional)

To avoid the 'weapon clipping through a wall' issue when your just not quite to the edge of the building enough (i play in fps)

I remember a game (it may have been crysis), any time you walked close to something your player model would raise your weapon to a vertical position to indicate that it was to close to something. This would be a superb feature to add to the standalone to give you a better indication of your relationship between you and the objects around you.

Edited January 27, 2013 by Guyver1

[GOD™ 2795]

If only i could give a left-handed thumbs up..... :(

[SP45M 240]

I have no hands could you please include akimbo stump guns :)

[harakiri87 5]

Surely they will put that in the standalone...

[Rekli 995]

planet terror style? (woman with machine gun as her leg :/

[aksuduud 64]

Some guns would eject brass to your face.

[OrLoK 16191]

Facebrass may be a pain but would be tolerable in a life/death situation.

It's a nice idea and would add a twist to the game especially if one's handedness were random upon spawn.

But TBH I think it's a very low priority idea.

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[guyver1 70]

Facebrass is going to go off the screen the majority of the time when you're in iron sights view??

Definitely low priority, but I want to be able to choose my handedness, not have it as some random spawn mechanic

Edited January 27, 2013 by Guyver1

[Clumzy (DayZ) 377]

It's a nice idea and would add a twist to the game especially if one's handedness were random upon spawn.

Now that's a cool idea. However, it would also affect other things, like grenades, writing, melee, so it might take some work. I'm part left-handed, but I'd still choose right handed if given the option. What about a small chance of having your character spawn ambidextrous?

You might find this interesting, it's from a WIP tactical shooter:

http://www.groundbranch.com/2012/09/handedness/

[guyver1 70]

You might find this interesting, it's from a WIP tactical shooter:

http://www.groundbra.../09/handedness/

THAT is GENIUS!!

[OrLoK 16191]

I like their equipment and armoury tool.

[Clumzy (DayZ) 377]

THAT is GENIUS!!

I like their equipment and armoury tool.

Ground Branch is a treasure trove of features that would be great for DayZ. I can't wait until it's released.