Ammo (Magazines) for better inventory

[Skyviper086]

Would it possible to make ammo count in magazines instead of individual bullet? Instead of 5.56 (200) how about 5.56 8 magazines.

 

Then for the backpack weapons i.e minigun. Couldn't there be a special script that would allow a mini gun to carry upwards 1000 rounds (or one backpack)

 

Its something that just bugs me a lot especially with pack weapons.

 

What your thoughts on this matter?

[EmperorCool233]

The Idea of weapons carrying ammo in them and taking them away from your normal inv is awesome,but magazines would make everything more complicated.

[Gribbleshnibit8]

The ammo system would not really support it. At most you'd always have some 'loose' ammo in your inventory, for the currently equipped weapon. I could probably find a way around that, but the work is just....ugh.

 

Instead, I've written a (currently unreleased) mod that will cause the player to drop ammo from the current clip when they reload. There is also a mod that has been released that does the same thing, but I forget the name right now. That's about as close as you'll get to clips for weapons without some major work.

[luthienanarion]

You would have to duplicate the ammo forms and not put them in any lists (so that they show up in the AMMO tab and count as such for filters) and have a script constantly monitor how much of the real ammo you have, replacing a "magazine" with 8 real rounds when you reload (or probably when you empty your clip) and converting ammo you pick up into magazines.

 

Probably not that hard to get working for one ammo type, but there are several types for each caliber that would have to be handled.

Edited December 28, 2012 by luthienanarion

[Skyviper086]

Ah. Yeah I could see how the magazines though neat would be problematic.

 

So what are you ideas for the pack weapons. Again it would have it be for one ammo type but would it still be possible to have a thousand or so rounds in the mini gun backpack?