Can I duel wield in this game?

[Zalak123]

Title says it all. Also I may have misspelled wield. Not sure how to spell it and I don't have a spell check. Anyways.. I think if one of my samurais could learn to be a double sword warrior it would make the game seem more awesome.

[Nithy]

I can equip a Topper and a Katana in weapon slot 1 at the same time, although i have absolutely no idea how that works during actual combat. I suggest you try equipping two weapons in the same slot and find out for yourself.

[SynysterOne]

You cannot dual-wield as of yet. Don't know if it's intended for the future either.
It should be though, I would love to dual-wield short katana.

[Graeywulf]

You cannot dual-wield as of yet. Don't know if it's intended for the future either.
It should be though, I would love to dual-wield short katana.

Maybe because there are no one-handed weapons implemented that I know of?

[1337]

You cannot dual-wield as of yet. Don't know if it's intended for the future either.
It should be though, I would love to dual-wield short katana.

Maybe because there are no one-handed weapons implemented that I know of?

i think it's more a problem of finding animations for dual wielding

[SynysterOne]

You cannot dual-wield as of yet. Don't know if it's intended for the future either.
It should be though, I would love to dual-wield short katana.

Maybe because there are no one-handed weapons implemented that I know of?

i think it's more a problem of finding animations for dual wielding

Or the fact that you would need a separate code for dual-wielding. <_<

[1337]

I read that in a post from chris long ago

but maybe he found animations now and has to wrap up the code

[xksimon]

Duel Wield is good idea, but i prefer bug fixing and crash repairing at this stage first.

[1337]

Duel Wield is good idea, but i prefer bug fixing and crash repairing at this stage first.

me too
at least chris is doing that. In one or two month if everything goes well, the game will be solid and smooth and we should see the first new small features appearing then

[SynysterOne]

In one or two month if everything goes well, the game will be solid and smooth and we should see the first new small features appearing then

Less than that, the first new small features you are talking about are in the game already, just that Chris hasn't activated/finished them.
So within the week, when we get to where we can play without crashing for a couple of hours we'll probably see the new features. ^_^

Ah...This is my personal opinion and in no way reflects what will actually happen.(unless people lied when they told me the world didn't revolve around me)

[1337]

(unless people lied when they told me the world didn't revolve around me)

no worries it doesn't revolve around you (even less when it comes to Kenshi )

I'm going to spend probably this whole month focusing on bugs and crashes and getting the game really solid. After that I will start adding smaller features. The first I plan to add are:

Better dialog system leading to jobs, eg working as a caravan guard or a mercenary
Improvements to the AI, bug fixes to combat. Things like AI medics to heal their squad, passing empire patrols might decide to heal you etc.
Improvements to controls, usability. Making everything smooth and easy to use.

So nothing big will be added in the next month or 2, but it will become more solid and game-like, and hopefully more fun.

first are bugs as said Chris. I think it will probably take some more time, but I like the way he thinks. Get a solid game first, polished to some extend and then add new features ... like dual-wielding (to get back to the topic )

[P-Cat]

So within the week, when we get to where we can play without crashing for a couple of hours we'll probably see the new features. ^_^

Actually, I just played for a couple of hours without a crash. So I think most of the non-hardware related crashes have been patched up. Besides the bloated loading times, the game is pretty stable for me right now.

[Felklaw]

I had one crash last night, but wasn't too dramatic.

Back on topic, what actually is the Weapon 1 and Weapon 2 slots for?
And as stated above (which i think is maybe just due to lack of field validation) you can place 2 weapons in Weapon Slot 1. I think the field is large to accomodate large weapons that take up more than the 1x5 squares but isn't validating at the moment if you have more than one weapon tile placed there.

I have got a katana in Weapon Slot 1 and another katana in Weapon Slot 2.
Which slot does it actually use for attacks?
I can see one weapon in his hand, and a second on his back, but have no idea which slot he is attacking with as the default new character had a weapon in Weapon Slot 2 (rusty katana) and Weapon Slot 1 was empty.

Main reason I ask is I have a 7.8 katana and a 5.2 katana. Clearly I want the higher damage one to be used.

[Zalak123]

Weapon slot 1 is for your better weapon

[Captain Deathbeard]

he will automatically choose the higher quality katana

[Felklaw]

Thanks for the quick reply!

Why are you awake and on the forums at such an ungodly hour?

[1337]

Thanks for the quick reply!

Why are you awake and on the forums at such an ungodly hour?

it should be 20 or 21h in UK, so not that much an ungodly hour lol (except for kids I guess )

[toaster Assassin]

Military-time .So roughly 8:00 P.M. to 9:00 .P.M. to those who do not follow it.

[Zalak123]

Or sleep deprived people.