Ammo count drops when reloading

[horrgakx 1]

Just noticed this happening a LOT with patch 1.05, happened occasionally with previous patches, but nowhere near as often as now...

When reloading a gun, the ammo count drops (instead of 30) to 21. The 18, then 12, 7, 5, 2.... and so on. The numbers seem random but it is actually very seldom I get a full clip now!!

[Deadfast 43]

This is not a bug, it's a feature.

OFP, ArmA and ARMA 2 work with magazines rather than bullets. When you reload you store the magazine with all the bullets in it. Then a magazine with the most bullets left is loaded in.

Let me show you a practical situation.

You start out with 3 full 30 round magazines:

<30> | 30 | 30

You shoot 15 bullets (so that you have 15 rounds left) and reload a full mag:

<30> | 30 | 15

You shoot 20 bullets (10 left in the mag) and reload a full mag:

<30> | 15 | 10

You shoot 20 bullets (25 left in the mag), reload and nothing happens because you don't have any fuller mag to replace this one:

<25> | 15 | 10

You shoot out the whole mag (25 rounds) and reload the fullest mag (15 rounds):

<15> | 10

[horrgakx 1]

I don't get it - sorry : ( Say if I have 5 mags in my Gear, why would it keep the ammo count in my active mag low?

[dmakatra 1]

Probably because your 5 mags aren't full as you've shot out bullets from them.. :)

[horrgakx 1]

Oh :)