Realistic Magazine Management

[Ice_Rhino 3]

Both my wingman and I are wondering whether it is possible in ARMA III to have realistic Magazine management. e.g. if you fire 10 shots out of an assault rifle clip and then reload, then you would not have the figures round up to the nearest magazine. I was hoping that if you took a clip out after 10 shots and then put it in your dump bag then you have a partly used clip you can go back to, not a rounded up figure. Understand what I mean?

Just would add a significant element of realism to me and my friend

Thoughts????

[Lucasmnunesk 2]

If i understood you want to the used mags not to be wasted? They aren't they go to your inventory

[maddogx 13]

I was hoping that if you took a clip out after 10 shots and then put it in your dump bag then you have a partly used clip you can go back to

This is exactly what already happens, and it has been this way since OFP. Not sure what you're talking about with the whole "rounding up" business.

Just check your gear after reloading and you will find the half full magazine.

[GranolaBar 10]

This is exactly what already happens, and it has been this way since OFP. Not sure what you're talking about with the whole "rounding up" business.

Just check your gear after reloading and you will find the half full magazine.

Do you have play Poseidon from BIS before OFP ? Maybe, we can had more functions and bugs from this lol... (15 years after).

[R0adki11 3945]

Do you have play Poseidon from BIS before OFP ? Maybe, we can had more functions and bugs from this lol... (15 years after).

Please try to stay on topic of the thread.

MadogX is correct regarding the magazines, they have always been like that since the OFP demo.

[maddogx 13]

Do you have play Poseidon from BIS before OFP ? Maybe, we can had more functions and bugs from this lol... (15 years after).

Not sure what bugs you're talking about. This is desired and expected behaviour.

[GranolaBar 10]

Please try to stay on topic of the thread.

MadogX is correct regarding the magazines, they have always been like that since the OFP demo.

Maybe for magazine management, there is more functions in DayZ for Arma 2 or the new stand alone which coming.

Actually, if you reloading often with a not full magazine, a moment, you have only 6 - 7 ammo in your weapon of the 2 latest magazine.

[Ice_Rhino 3]

OK, I did not realize it did this already. It just seemed to me that when you change a mag it adds what's left to the total round count and then divides the sum by mag capacity.

So let us say for arguments sake you have 7 clips, each holds 28 rounds. You fire 8 rounds and then reload, you do this through all 7 clips. When you get to clip 1 again this time it only has 20 rounds in it? Is my understanding correct?

[GranolaBar 10]

OK, I did not realize it did this already. It just seemed to me that when you change a mag it adds what's left to the total round count and then divides the sum by mag capacity.

So let us say for arguments sake you have 7 clips, each holds 28 rounds. You fire 8 rounds and then reload, you do this through all 7 clips. When you get to clip 1 again this time it only has 20 rounds in it? Is my understanding correct?

I understand and i had never the true number of ammo i had used. I think it's was problem who can be solved easily (no problem with magazine of vehicules).

[maddogx 13]

So let us say for arguments sake you have 7 clips, each holds 28 rounds. You fire 8 rounds and then reload, you do this through all 7 clips. When you get to clip 1 again this time it only has 20 rounds in it? Is my understanding correct?

Yes, that's correct. Rounds are never transferred between magazines (unless via scripting, which is a different issue); partially empty mags will remain in your inventory and may eventually be loaded again, in which case they will still have the old round count.

You can test this by placing a soldier in the editor, then shooting a variable number of rounds from each of your magazines before reloading. Eventually, you will start cycling through the old ones.

[Ice_Rhino 3]

Awesome, that is exactly what I wanted.

[Brain 12]

OK, I did not realize it did this already. It just seemed to me that when you change a mag it adds what's left to the total round count and then divides the sum by mag capacity.

So let us say for arguments sake you have 7 clips, each holds 28 rounds. You fire 8 rounds and then reload, you do this through all 7 clips. When you get to clip 1 again this time it only has 20 rounds in it? Is my understanding correct?

Yes.

Also, this is a clip. These are magazines. ;)

[Ice_Rhino 3]

Point taken brain, thanks for the terminology update. Info assimilated!

[frostwyrm333 1]

Since this thread exists, I would like to see realistic reloading - 1 round stays in the chamber, so you get 31 rounds on non-empty reload.

And maybe R+R for speed reload?

[NavsocRecruiting 10]

Probably see that in a mod

[Sneakson 1]

Since this thread exists, I would like to see realistic reloading - 1 round stays in the chamber, so you get 31 rounds on non-empty reload.

And maybe R+R for speed reload?

Rounds don't stay in the chamber right now? If not I think it was related to magazine programming issues.

I would like to see ammo repackaging, some sort of speed reload where you don't put the empty mag back in your backpack etc...

There are feedback quests for both I think.

[exentenzed 2]

I can live without rounds not staying in the chamber or speed reloading.

But magazine repackaging is essential IMO.

[dragon01 902]

Yeah, nothing like being stuck in enemy territory with 10 mags with 3-4 rounds in each. :)

[becario 1]

Both my wingman and I are wondering whether it is possible in ARMA III to have realistic Magazine management. e.g. if you fire 10 shots out of an assault rifle clip and then reload, then you would not have the figures round up to the nearest magazine. I was hoping that if you took a clip out after 10 shots and then put it in your dump bag then you have a partly used clip you can go back to, not a rounded up figure. Understand what I mean?

Just would add a significant element of realism to me and my friend

Thoughts????

That is Arma II. In Arma III when you put a used mag in your bag you still have the same bullets left (eg: 4 full mags, and 1 mag with 5 bullets).

What they should add is the possibility to merge magazines. They can do it, as it was shown in a DayZ video how it was donde there.

[vegeta897 13]

Yeah, nothing like being stuck in enemy territory with 10 mags with 3-4 rounds in each. :)

There was a magazine repack mod for Alpha, and it was great, but I'm not sure if it still works in Beta.

[Wiki 1558]

I confirm it:

If you reload BEFORE running out of ammo, you'll have 30 rounds instead of 31...

Maybe it CAN (or SHOULD) be fixed?

[maddogx 13]

I confirm it:

If you reload BEFORE running out of ammo, you'll have 30 rounds instead of 31...

Maybe it CAN (or SHOULD) be fixed?

You're talking about "bullet in chamber accounting". I doubt it's going to happen.

[Triikor 10]

It will be good to have an option to refill half-used magazines (i mean - if i have 14 bullets left in one magazine and 18 in other, i can get 30 and 2 bullets in them somehow). And 30+1 "bullet in chamber" scheme implemented will be great too.

[frederf 0]

I might be mistaken but partial magazines don't seem to stack in inventory (which is fine) but the mouseover text always says "rounds 30" instead of a number less than the capacity.