How can a unit pick up 2 weapons on the battlefield

[暗影之光@8229]

How to pick up 2 different weapons on the battlefield if a unit has two or more weapon slots

[Warnoise]

Unfortunately it's not possible

[Guelo8603]

You can’t, yet! I hope they will address it in the future.

You can only give, to a Sniper Team for example, 2 Laser Rifles in the Unit Setup Menu.

I know, it sucks. I usually give a Laser Sniper Rifle to 1 team member only. Otherwise, you risk leaving behind extra good equipment if one of the team members dies.

[Nelson]

Originally posted by 暗影之光@8229:

How to pick up 2 different weapons on the battlefield if a unit has two or more weapon slots

Its not possible to do so during missions at the moment due to engine limitations. Units that have two slots and lost one of the weapons can replace it with a new one but only the slot the game believes to be the "primary" can pick up a new weapon.

[tank16365]

I'd like to know why I can't take some of the heavy weapons I find on the field and put them on the technicals I have.
Or why I get plasma rifles everywhere in missions that I don't have anyone that can pick them up, and then missions where the terminators are using energy weapons, and I have people who can use them, they drop 240 machine guns instead of the plasma they were just smoking guys out with.

[Nelson]

Originally posted by tank16365:

I'd like to know why I can't take some of the heavy weapons I find on the field and put them on the technicals I have.
Or why I get plasma rifles everywhere in missions that I don't have anyone that can pick them up, and then missions where the terminators are using energy weapons, and I have people who can use them, they drop 240 machine guns instead of the plasma they were just smoking guys out with.

1. You can't because vehicles cannot pick up new equipment during missions. They have to be loaded as one entity before the mission AFAIK. Engine limitation the modders and one helpful dev are bashing their heads against.

2. You cannot pick up infantry rifles as they are not dropped and appear not to be changeable during mission.

3. Homunculi come with slots for MG, Sniper and AT weapons. Not all of which are filled in every case. But those weapons, unlike their rifles, are dropped.

[防民之口甚于防川]

if it's possible at sometimes, kick me ass

[ODESSARAMBO]

Good question. Hope this gets patched, quite annoying and makes zero sense that it does not work