Switching weapons in vehicle (+ a bug)

[Kaltsu]

Most of you probably know that in MTA:SA it's possible to driveby almost with any weapon, even as a driver. But if you want to get out from the driveby mode, it requires you to exit the vehicle and re-enter with no weapons in your hand.

I would like to suggest an idea that you could switch weapons inside the vehicle. This way you could switch weapons without getting out of the vehicle and use driveby mode only when needed.

Edited March 1, 2008 by Guest

[Mr.Hankey]

Use /bind vehicle_next_weapon and /bind vehicle_previous_weapon to bind 2 keys with those you can switch weapons inside a vehicle.

[Kaltsu]

Use /bind vehicle_next_weapon and /bind vehicle_previous_weapon to bind 2 keys with those you can switch weapons inside a vehicle.

Ah thanks, have to try it out. I suppose I can use the same keys as which are being used when switching weapons on foot?

Anyway, hopefully this action will be there by default in future releases .

[Kaltsu]

Thanks for the hint eXo|Mr.Hankey, I tested it out and it works like a charm. But as I mentioned, I really think this should be a default feature of MTA:SA, as some of the players don't know this bind trick. And as everybody doesn't know this, it can bring advantage over other players on servers. By default this could use the same keys as which you use to switch weapons on foot.

While I tested this, I discovered a bug related to the driveby weapons. Seems that you have to have some original driveby weapon (e.g. SMG) in your inventory in order to be able to driveby with any weapon. If you just have a Colt for example, you can't use it for driveby until you get one of the original driveby weapons. Would it be possible to fix this?

[norby89]

But as I mentioned, I really think this should be a default feature of MTA:SA, as some of the players don't know this bind trick.

driveby is not a feature, it's just a script by default you cannot driveby in MTA

[Dark Dragon]

check talidans new realdriveby script. its a very well coded script which makes nearly everything possible.

https://community.multitheftauto.com/index.php?p= ... ails&id=57

[paul527]

it's just a script

damn scripts, they're everywhere, I bet right now we're all in a Matrix thats just a script. btw thanks for the info, I didn't know that.

[Kaltsu]

After thinking about it, I think it's not a good idea to make the "change weapon in vehicle" keys the same by default, as you have on foot. As most of the player use their mouse scroll to switch weapons on foot, it would just mix up with the radio when you're in a vehicle.