Could you not create a bind to use the command(s) for the weapon wheel to switch to weapon 1 and click automatically? What I mean is when you press 1, it will technically be using the select-and-click method of switching weapons, but you will auto click. This would mean you are really using the same button to switch weps, but you would be able to see it on the screen, for example bind 3 "slot3;(then put a command to input a click into the game, such as +attack might work. You could even do it outside the game)". The weapon wheel wouldn't be on the screen forever, or in the center of the screen but it's a start so you can switch weapons without the delay of clicking to confirm switch. I hope this was what you were looking for.

So we're not going to spoil the story *spoils 1st part of story*.