Left or Right

[Chadwiick]

Hey, I was wondering if there is a left or right handed option?
I see like 100% of games nowadays with guns you spawn and you're right handed.
I think it would be neat and unique to have the option for your guy to be left or right handed.
So say, I want to be a Soviet Rifleman who's left handed, I spawn and the bolt is pointed inside my torso instead of out.
I know it's not a big thing and all, but wouldn't that be neat to see a few guys left handed?

 

[Roland777]

Yeah that would be nice. I had a big falling out with the devs back in the day when the left-handed option would bug the scope-view. You better be prepared to face the answer that it'll be a whole lot of work for something not very significant, though. This coming from a fellow southpaw.

 

[Nezzer]

AFAIK, WW2 weapons were designed for right handed people. Bolting a rifle must be awkward with your left hand since it's always on the right side. I heard that left handed soldiers were forced to learn to be right handed back then. My friend's grandfather was left handed and he would be punished in school if he used his left hand to write, back in the '30s.

 

[Chadwiick]

Yeah that would be nice. I had a big falling out with the devs back in the day when the left-handed option would bug the scope-view. You better be prepared to face the answer that it'll be a whole lot of work for something not very significant, though. This coming from a fellow southpaw.

Yeah, I know it would be quite hefty, just thought I see what would happen and get a nice conversation going.
Oh, and Southpaw, didn't they create Two Worlds...? Or was that Southpeak?

AFAIK, WW2 weapons were designed for right handed people. Bolting a rifle must be awkward with your left hand since it's always on the right side. I heard that left handed soldiers were forced to learn to be right handed back then. My friend's grandfather was left handed and he would be punished in school if he used his left hand to write, back in the '30s.

Poor left handed men, but people in WW2 still used weapons left handed. What does 'AFAIK' mean anyways? "Away From Airborne Intoxicated Keyboard"?

 

[I Faw Down]

"As Far As I Know"

The two options for making a character left handed in game would be to either mirror the firearms (Which I don't see happening, ever), or to have entirely different animations depicting the way a left handed person would operate a firearm designed to be used by a right handed person, which would be a waste of resources. Not to mention that things like left/right handed bolt operation and reloading would vary depending on which you use.

This is about on the same level as female Soviet snipers in terms of "cool idea but absolutely unnecessary"...

 

[kainhall]

all weapons were made for right handed people...if you shot teh M1 Garand left handed....have fun with hot brass sticking to your face.

my dad is right handed, but shoots left (only can close right eye...)and he shot my m1 garand twice. the first tiem the round went strait up, the 2nd time in his face, sticking to his face.

people were trained to shoot right handed, (the militart likes to use the "both eyes open", i find it a pain in the arse, as my eyes are dumb, but i still have 20-20 vission!) or they had a hard time, or did nto pass boot camp untel they did shoot right handed!

while a nice function.....you would have to have the ackward relaoding/workign the action. and hte brass sticking to your face ETC...aka left hands would have a seveir disadvantage....realisticaly of course.

to mutch to work to late in the development of the game.....100% of the sugestions (unles its the coloe of the title screen ETC) are not goign to maek it into tejh game....mabey a patch or mod however...so keep it up

 

[PETERPANs]

I am sure that all left-handed died before battle of Stalingrad so whats the matter.

 

[Unterscharfuhrer]

I remember some games from the good old days, were it was possible to be lefthanded, Goldeneye64 for example!

 

[Tea and Crumpets]

Being a lefty myself I have always enjoyed being able to have the option. But not having it has never put me off a game.

 

[slavek]

Well, Animations would have to be done for left hand shooters and also some guns eject to the right which can be a nasty ordeal for left hand shooters like me. I'd rather TWI spend time on imprtant things and then come back and look at stuff like this.

 

[SheepDip]

Discussed before

 

[Frostedfire]

I remember some games from the good old days, were it was possible to be lefthanded, Goldeneye64 for example!

you mean properly left-handed, and not counter-strike left-handed where they just hold their gun in a right-handed fashion, but 2' on the left of your screen

 

[jalex3]

eh I personally would not use this feature.

 

[Pvt.Skoko]

Everyone has seen what happened to the sniper in saving private ryan...... Need I say more?



YouTube - Sniper Part from Saving Private Ryan

 

[[TW]Wilsonam]

I think its generally been answered, but...

1. Most weapons of the period were designed for right-handed use. Some straight-pull bolt-action rifles aside. Therefore people were taught only right-handed. Tough on the lefties, but that was the way it was.

2. Indeed: far too messy to add in a whole anim tree for lefties. And our creative director/lead animator IS left-handed.

Sorry to the 13% out there!

 

[Chadwiick]

I think its generally been answered, but...

1. Most weapons of the period were designed for right-handed use. Some straight-pull bolt-action rifles aside. Therefore people were taught only right-handed. Tough on the lefties, but that was the way it was.

2. Indeed: far too messy to add in a whole anim tree for lefties. And our creative director/lead animator IS left-handed.

Sorry to the 13% out there!

I figured that, I thought it would be interesting to see what kind of results I would get.
Maybe, one day, lefties will get lefty.

 

[Overholt]

I'm left handed myself, I have never seen a game with a left handed feature at all. I don't like the fact left handed people seem to be forced right handed all the time :/

 

[Chadwiick]

I'm left handed myself, I have never seen a game with a left handed feature at all. I don't like the fact left handed people seem to be forced right handed all the time :/

I know what you mean bud, I'm ambidexrious, and undecided how I will hold my weapon when I go into servive. I still think it would be a neat feature to have, heck if it was just mirrored I'd use it from time to time.

 

[Murphy]

you mean properly left-handed, and not counter-strike left-handed where they just hold their gun in a right-handed fashion, but 2' on the left of your screen

Wasn't Counterstrike made left-handed and if you changed it to right-handed it just mirrored the weapon, so actually the right-handed mode is "wrong"?
I'm pretty sure the weapons spew brass at the screen in CS. May be different in CSS.
It's been a long time since I played either game though.

 

[SheepDip]

The weapons in CSS have the brass ejected into the screen for "coolness". If you change the weapon hand then the weapon is just mirrored.