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    Looting and Swapping Weapons

    I play on PS4 and the fact the square button is used for both functions is annoying. I've swapped weapons more times than I care to count, when I was just wanting to loot the NPC. This is just a suggestion but could we see these two features separated with different button presses?
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    I don't know about PS4 but on PC you need to long-press the button to swap weapon and just tap to loot.
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    Originally Posted by Viragoxv535 Go to original post
    I don't know about PS4 but on PC you need to long-press the button to swap weapon and just tap to loot.
    True enough, but it is quite easy to pick up by mistake.
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    Originally Posted by Viragoxv535 Go to original post
    I don't know about PS4 but on PC you need to long-press the button to swap weapon and just tap to loot.
    It is a long press for both on the PS4. I've tried looting during a gun fight looking for ammo and next thing I know I'm firing another weapon. Something that could be avoided completely if the two were tied to different button presses.
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    Originally Posted by GORESH Go to original post
    It is a long press for both on the PS4. I've tried looting during a gun fight looking for ammo and next thing I know I'm firing another weapon. Something that could be avoided completely if the two were tied to different button presses.
    It's not ideal, I know, but I believe picking up the corpse auto-loots it.
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    Well that's really bad design that goes back to Far Cry 3. I don't know why the didn't do it like on PC.
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    Originally Posted by Viragoxv535 Go to original post
    I don't know why the didn't do it like on PC.
    Same reason they didn't give console players a dedicated holster button; an oversight.

    Or is it a bug?
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    Originally Posted by OurJud Go to original post
    Same reason they didn't give console players a dedicated holster button; an oversight.

    Or is it a bug?
    Probably there are no buttons left?
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    Originally Posted by Viragoxv535 Go to original post
    Probably there are no buttons left?
    No, there's loads of buttons on console controllers (or at least combinations of). Developers just need to start getting creative.

    Holster weapon could be done by holding triangle (tap to swap weapons). And exchange weapon could be L1+square (just one of many alternatives)
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