Change the UI from Weapon Wheel to Traditional Horizontal Weapon Select

[The Grey Angel]

Is there a mod or a menu option that can change the game's absolutely bizarre "weapon wheel" UI to a much more aesthetically pleasing traditional Half-Life weapon select UI?

[V I D A L]

On my end.. if I play the game with keyboard and mouse.. it uses the traditional horizontal style... if I play with a controller, it uses the "bizarre" one... which is great for controller and much faster to jump in the weapon you want without scrolling through them all.

[The Grey Angel]

Originally posted by V I D A L:

On my end.. if I play the game with keyboard and mouse.. it uses the traditional horizontal style... if I play with a controller, it uses the "bizarre" one... which is great for controller and much faster to jump in the weapon you want without scrolling through them all.

Ohhh...may be because I had an Xbox Controller plugged in for GTA. But...it won't change back, is my issue. Cause I unplugged it and went back in and it was still in a wheel format.

[The Grey Angel]

Originally posted by The Grey Angel:

Originally posted by V I D A L:

On my end.. if I play the game with keyboard and mouse.. it uses the traditional horizontal style... if I play with a controller, it uses the "bizarre" one... which is great for controller and much faster to jump in the weapon you want without scrolling through them all.

Ohhh...may be because I had an Xbox Controller plugged in for GTA. But...it won't change back, is my issue. Cause I unplugged it and went back in and it was still in a wheel format.

Also to clarify, I quit the game, UNPLUGGED the controller, then started it back up again.

[Myth[Alex]]

No mod is needed. All you have to do is typing the following command into the game's developer console: hud_fastswitch 0

[The Grey Angel]

Doesn't that just change the fast switch option from on to off?

Originally posted by MythAlex:

No mod is needed. All you have to do is typing the following command into the game's developer console: hud_fastswitch 0

[Myth[Alex]]

Originally posted by The Grey Angel:

Doesn't that just change the fast switch option from on to off?

Yes, that's exactly what it does. You stated you want the weapon select UI to be the traditional horizontal-based one.

If set to 1, then that UI is also gone. You just switch directly between weapons.

Edit: If set to 2, it enables the controller-friendly weapon-"wheel"-ish UI you wanted to get rid of.

[The Grey Angel]

Originally posted by MythAlex:

Originally posted by The Grey Angel:

Doesn't that just change the fast switch option from on to off?

Yes, that's exactly what it does. You stated you want the weapon select UI to be the traditional horizontal-based one.

If set to 1, then that UI is also gone. You just switch directly between weapons.

Edit: If set to 2, it enables the controller-friendly weapon-"wheel" UI you wanted to get rid of.

Ohhh...okay that edit part is the part that wasn't being broadcast-ed properly. I was about to write "I want to change the UI, not disable it." but I appreciate the clarification.

[V I D A L]

A bit weird.. must be some kind of bug that this isn't behaving as expected. For me it changes automatically. If I start a game with the mouse and keyboard I get the original weapon selecting stuff.. if I start with a controller I get the proper controller one. I had no need to use console commands.

Edit: But it doesn't change dynamically though. If I start with a mouse, I'm stuck with that style even if I pickup the controller. To change I have to restart the game and just only touch the device I want while navigating the menus.... I think is whichever I touch first.. mouse or controller. I donno. I went back in forth without issues as long I restart the game.