Two Q's about "looting coffins" and GUI

[Validuz]

First, let's say Im a Vanu soldier, and I kill a TR soldier. To pick up his weapons, do I have to swap my equivalent weapon with his OR does it just add it to my inventory?

Second, how does the out-of-game GUI look like? Similiar to T2? Any kind of message system or way of hanging around in IRC channels?

Thx,
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