"Tactical Menu" - question

[DR@GON (DayZ) 20]

I've been playing for a while now, got most things figured out. I've been trying to find info on a specific lil detail and I haven't found anything...

When I click the middle mouse button, my xhair turns into a finger icon, and then I move it over whatever I want to interact with... however, It seems (from my personal experience) this doesn't work unless I have BOTH a primary weapon & side arm. I've come across backpacks I've wanted to take on a fresh spawn, or fully search a survivor's corpse (again in my experience this requires that menu) before I've found weapons.

So, anyway, am I missing something? Is there another way to activate the "tactical menu" without weapons?

Thanks, and sorry if this has been discussed before... I searched the net, youtube & forums and came up empty

[pazuzu 9]

It's called the "Action menu".

If there is an action available, it will show whether you have weapons or not.

You can also use the Enter key to access the Action menu and use [ and ] to scroll.

[DR@GON (DayZ) 20]

thanks I'll give that a try :)

[DR@GON (DayZ) 20]

Finally got a chance to test this on a fresh spawn... I'm pretty sure I can confirm now that in order to get the "action menu" (or tactical menu if you prefer) without having both a primary & secondary weapon... the primary CAN be a crowbar / hatchet however.

I didn't think to test this, but logic would assume that a flashlight as secondary would get it working if you haven't found a sidearm

[Markedgun 15]

There is a reason it isn't showing up, you have no available actions. Try using it when you look at a loot pile, or a symbol appears randomly while playing the game.

[DR@GON (DayZ) 20]

yes, you can do whatever action pops up, but you CANNOT get the scroll wheel options unless you've turned your xhairs into the cursor finger, THEN move it over the object... Try taking a backpack without weapons and you'll see what I mean, you can only open it, not take it.

This means you also cannot perform medical actions on teammates until you're armed, or any other situation that requires the full list of options from said menu

[ALiborio 13]

That's not true at all. I use that menu all the time when I'm armed or not. You just have to be aimed at the object. If you have a primary and secondary you can do it at any time because it allows you to switch weapons but otherwise you need something to be nearby to perform an action on.

[DR@GON (DayZ) 20]

ok, so how do you do it (get the cursor to appear when you dont have both weapon slots filled)? When I hit the enter key, it does the same thing as clicking the MMB for me

[discombobulated 27]

Clicking the middle mouse button only does the main action of the one's you are able to do. Try rolling the mouse wheel rather than just clicking, and all the options available to you will pop up. Such as over a dead body, roll the mouse wheel, and you will see:

Open Backpack

Loot Body

Hide Body

etc.

Hope I am understanding you correctly and this is what you mean.

[DR@GON (DayZ) 20]

pretty sure I've tried that (rolling mouse wheel over interactive objects with multiple options)... I will test it however, thanks for the suggestion.

I'm not trying to be combative, just trying to get to the bottom of this and understand the interface

Thanks!

[pazuzu 9]

The above posters are right.

If you don't have an action available you wont see anything in your action menu.

There are missions in Arma 2 where you start with no weapons. You won't see anything in the action menu until you approach a weapons crate, a vehicle, a door etc.

If people would just play some of the Arma 2 training missions they would learn about the actual game they are playing and would be more prepared to play the DayZ Mod.