Add Magazine Ammo Count

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Bluedrake42
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Add Magazine Ammo Count

Post by Bluedrake42 »

Okay I know someone is going to misunderstand me, I'm not talking about a bullet counter, I'm saying that it would be nice to have a number saying how many bullets each magazine holds. It would be nice to know before hand how many bullets are in each magazine, this way when I'm a sniper/marksman/anything I can better approximate how many rounds I can fire before I have to reload. Otherwise its just a guessing game. Again NOT suggesting an ammo counter, just a number indicating how many total rounds a magazine holds.
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

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Well for assault rifles (M16, L85, G36...), it's always 30. Battle rifles (G3, M14...) 20. For others: The name of the weapon is always visible, and the ammo counts are realistic. Is it not an option to alt-tab and google, seeing how slow paced PR is?
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waldov
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

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A better idea is you should be able to hold down the reload button to check how much ammo you have in the magazine ive seen this in other games and it is very helpful.
Heavy Death
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

Post by Heavy Death »

[R-MOD]Spec wrote:Well for assault rifles (M16, L85, G36...), it's always 30. Battle rifles (G3, M14...) 20. For others: The name of the weapon is always visible, and the ammo counts are realistic. Is it not an option to alt-tab and google, seeing how slow paced PR is?
Snipers often 5 or so...

Come on, why do suggestions like these come through, but some brainstorming material always goes unpublished...
Inspektura43
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

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Good idea but useless as you can simply google that *cought*second*cought*post
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

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waldov wrote:A better idea is you should be able to hold down the reload button to check how much ammo you have in the magazine ive seen this in other games and it is very helpful.
Not possible.

Btw, the M16s in Vietnam have 20 rounds, the Officer version has 30 rounds.
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Heavy Death wrote:Snipers often 5 or so...

Come on, why do suggestions like these come through, but some brainstorming material always goes unpublished...
The suggestion is not accepted, I merely wanted to comment.
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

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[R-MOD]Spec wrote:The suggestion is not accepted, I merely wanted to comment.
So suggestions are moderated based on not how good they are but if the moderator wants to comment on it?

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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

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Your putting words in their mouths now, don't do that shit.

The community creates suggestions, they either get accepted or denied. Accepting a suggestion doesn't mean they will become reality, it's merely opening a discussion about said subject.

The MODs don't have to explain a thing, this is how the system works.
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-CJ-
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

Post by -CJ- »

Wouldn't it make sense for AR (belt fed) to see an approximative number of cartridge remaining ? Never shot a LMG IRL but from what I've seen it's pretty easy to see the end of the belt. Not an ammo count but maybe a color code system or something (green = almost full, yellow = half, red = 10 cartridge and under)

Just throwing ideas. Not even sure it would be possible to make something decent with BF2
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SANGUE-RUIM
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

Post by SANGUE-RUIM »

put the gun in single shot
shoot and count
there u go
Kothra
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

Post by Kothra »

Just do some research on the different weapons and how many rounds each magazine holds. Write them down if you need to. Making any changes to the game is rather unnecessary (and would require much more work), especially when such information is easy to find.
doop-de-doo
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

Post by doop-de-doo »

It's pretty much become second nature for me to reload when I feel the mag is hitting rock bottom. I almost never reach "click-click", unless the mag holds less rounds than the standard 30.

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DeltaCommando
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

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Maybe this information could be added on the weapon icon in the selection menu, where you have the weapons' name too.
Bluedrake42
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

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DeltaCommando wrote:Maybe this information could be added on the weapon icon in the selection menu, where you have the weapons' name too.
yeah that's what I was thinking
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

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DeltaCommando wrote:Maybe this information could be added on the weapon icon in the selection menu, where you have the weapons' name too.
Seconded! (Or actually thirded?)
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

Post by -CJ- »

DeltaCommando wrote:Maybe this information could be added on the weapon icon in the selection menu, where you have the weapons' name too.
Sound good but what about request-only kit ?


Still throwing ideas : The Wiki could be useful for that. What happened to it ? It was nice to see the factions's guns and map layout
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Kothra
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

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-CJ- wrote:Sound good but what about request-only kit ?


Still throwing ideas : The Wiki could be useful for that. What happened to it ? It was nice to see the factions's guns and map layout
I'm pretty sure he means the tab on the side of the screen when you select the weapon (either via mouse wheel or 3).

If that's not what he meant, then this would be the better option anyway (or I guess best of all would be both on there and on the spawn menu).
tANNERRRR
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

Post by tANNERRRR »

Pointless IMO. Most of the people who play PR seem to have a fair amount of knowledge in terms of military weapons, and know how many rounds the weapons use. I often reload an M16 or M4 before firing 15 rounds anyways in order to have a full magazine if I am rushed or attacked.
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Re: Add Magazine Ammo Count

Post by Heavy Death »

tANNERRRR wrote:Pointless IMO. Most of the people who play PR seem to have a fair amount of knowledge in terms of military weapons, and know how many rounds the weapons use.
True. You dont need the game to hand it to you. Go do some research, educate yourself, that is all a part of playing PR. Thi isnt COD, for the umpfth time.
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