About Reloading Weapons

JimydJimyd Join Date: 2003-02-08 Member: 13289Members
edited July 2004 in NS General Discussion
Before you make any assumptions, this is not a post about reload times,rof,etc.

The thing i want to see changed is how the reloading process works for your gun.
Rather than have it automatically reload when your clip is empty,have it wait till you press your reload weapon button before you actually do it... much like DOD.

Now before you flame me about switch to pistol/knife blah blah.... That's not the point.

The point is I would rather let the clip be empty,than make a ton of noise reloading/switching weapons when im trying to sneak around to a hive.

Plus i think its a good prefrence thing to add to the mod. Make it toggable in the cusomization/options menu in the game menu that way people can choose either way they want it.

Would be a good feature to add if its not too hard to code.

Hopefully a dev will see this and maybe run it by the NS team.
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  • PerditionPerdition Join Date: 2004-07-02 Member: 29692Members
    I dig the idea, and I know what you're talking about...sneaking up on a hive then reloading...not very good.
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  • BuggyBuggy Join Date: 2003-11-08 Member: 22400Members, Constellation
    Call me stupid, but I never noticed reload sounds except my own. I dont think other people can hear you reloading.
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  • SewlekSewlek The programmer previously known as Schimmel Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16247Members, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Gold, Subnautica Developer
    what I know for sure, is that you hear the switching sound when you change your weapon. Reload sound or 3rd player reload anim dont work what I know.
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  • MintmanMintman Join Date: 2003-05-30 Member: 16866Members
    I hear other players reloading sounds, I might change the wav to "Come eat me now" as that's what it signals to me!
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  • Ice9Ice9 Join Date: 2004-06-09 Member: 29208Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mintman+Jul 13 2004, 05:51 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mintman @ Jul 13 2004, 05:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I hear other players reloading sounds, I might change the wav to "Come eat me now" as that's what it signals to me! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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    Anyways, I usually put this on all games I play if possible. I'm used to hitting a reload button to tell the player what to do, and not make him do stuff I don't tell him...
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  • JimydJimyd Join Date: 2003-02-08 Member: 13289Members
    ya i just realized that other people cant here you reload, but maybe flayra will fix that in the upcomming patch :O.

    So then this would be a good idea.
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  • BobTheJanitorBobTheJanitor Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24228Members, NS1 Playtester
    Reload sounds make no noise. Weapon switching makes noise. Hopefully reload sounds will start making noise soon, as it really helps ambushing skulks to know when someone's caught with their pants down. As it is you just have to guess if that marine standing there staring and not shooting is REALLY reloading, or just standing and waiting for you to think he's reloading... And when will the 3rd person reload anims (the ones that are done, anyway) be included in the game? The completed ones look pretty nice.
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  • Red_SquirrelRed_Squirrel Join Date: 2003-12-15 Member: 24414Members
    cl_autoreload "0"

    <3 DoD
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  • MrChainsawMrChainsaw Join Date: 2004-04-07 Member: 27786Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I wouldn't mind this, it would take some getting used to, but I've occasionally fallen victim to expecting an autoreload when I had one or two bullets left. Oops. *reload* *CHOMP*
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  • KaiserRollKaiserRoll Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13902Members, Constellation
    I've suggested this before a long time ago. I still want to see this.
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  • Swift_IdiotSwift_Idiot Join Date: 2003-01-05 Member: 11883Members
    DoD needs cl_autoboltaction 0 so I can stop dying when my stupid German misses his shot and can't bayonet.

    I wouldn't mind an option to turn off autoreload in NS
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  • AhnteisAhnteis teh Bob Join Date: 2002-10-02 Member: 1405Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Jimyd+Jul 13 2004, 07:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jimyd @ Jul 13 2004, 07:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The point is I would rather let the clip be empty,than make a ton of noise reloading/switching weapons when im trying to sneak around to a hive. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wouldn't all the shooting that just emptied the clip make more noise then the reloading?
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  • MaianMaian Join Date: 2003-02-27 Member: 14069Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Gold
    Yup, good idea.
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  • JimydJimyd Join Date: 2003-02-08 Member: 13289Members
    No the thing is, so like you run out of ammo because you ran outa spawn without humping the armory. You waste all your bullets shooting at w/e, and you decide to sneak a phase to hive lets say. Well while your on your way there the comm drops you ammo right as a skulk attacks... your screwed cause it causes that split second of reloading before switching weapons. Plus its anoying when trying to build a build with the reload animation going off.

    Like I said, it would be nice additional feature if they could do this, but not go out of there way to delay a patch or something.
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  • A_Boojum_SnarkA_Boojum_Snark Join Date: 2003-09-07 Member: 20628Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Ahnteis+Jul 16 2004, 03:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ahnteis @ Jul 16 2004, 03:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Jimyd+Jul 13 2004, 07:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jimyd @ Jul 13 2004, 07:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The point is I would rather let the clip be empty,than make a ton of noise reloading/switching weapons when im trying to sneak around to a hive. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wouldn't all the shooting that just emptied the clip make more noise then the reloading? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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    So yea, I find this idea unneeded.
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