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Melee weapon as sidearm

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You should be able to move your axe/crowbar/machete the side arm slot. Add two right click options.(move to primary, move to side arm)

Why not?

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Because ARMA 2 doesn't support mellee weapons so they're a reskinned primary gun with tiny range. They'll probably introduce a better system in the standalone.

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Yeah, but can a sidearm be "reskinned" to do the same thing? Then when a player moves a hatchet to side arm it replaces the weapon with that one. Similar to how the toolbelt item is replaced with a primary weapon when you move it currently.

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I'm sure it'll be different in standalone, this suggestion was only for the mod.

I believe it is possible, but I'm no expert in arma2 modding.

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Maybe there could be smaller, rarer melee weapons that could be moved to your secondary.

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Yeah, but can a sidearm be "reskinned" to do the same thing? Then when a player moves a hatchet to side arm it replaces the weapon with that one. Similar to how the toolbelt item is replaced with a primary weapon when you move it currently.

I think they'd have to be reskinned handguns, therefore do miniscule damage.

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Nicer isn't always doable when it comes to modding an existing game engine.

Well if you look at the laser marker, it's treated as a weapon but goes in the binocular slot. That's basically having three weapon slots, so I'm sure something like it is possible.

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I think they'd have to be reskinned handguns, therefore do miniscule damage.

I just assumed those numbers could be modified to be on par with their bigger counterparts.

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I just assumed those numbers could be modified to be on par with their bigger counterparts.

They most definitely can.

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I think they'd have to be reskinned handguns, therefore do miniscule damage.

You can change the amount of damage the weapons do.

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You can change the amount of damage the weapons do.

Fair enough, wasn't sure it was doable since the OA beta uber-nerf on secondaries.

I'm not sure about holstering a hatchet anyway though, I think it would either need a third slot or to be kept the way it is, in the name of logic.

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