Ammunition

Ammunition, or ammo, is what supplies most weapons. Ammo in most bullet-based weapons is stored in a magazine (widely referred to as a clip); "reloading" is swapping the current magazine for a full one.

Ammunition entities

Half-Life 2 series

• item_ammo_357 - Bullets for the .357 Revolver
• item_ammo_357_large
• item_ammo_ar2 - Bullets for the Combine AR2
• item_ammo_ar2_large
• item_ammo_ar2_altfire - Energy balls for the AR2's secondary fire

• item_ammo_crate - Crate containing an unlimited supply of the specified ammunition
• item_ammo_crossbow - Rebar for the Crossbow
• item_ammo_pistol - Bullets for the pistol
• item_ammo_pistol_large
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• item_ammo_smg1 - Bullets for the SMG
• item_ammo_smg1_large
• item_ammo_smg1_grenade - Grenades for the SMG's secondary fire mode
• item_box_buckshot - Shells for the shotgun
• item_rpg_round - Rocket for the RPG

Team Fortress 2

• item_ammopack_full - Fully replenishes ammo to current class
• item_ammopack_medium - Replenishes 50% of ammo
• item_ammopack_small - Replenishes 25% of ammo
• func_regenerate - Static object (usually used in spawn areas), replenishes all ammo

Left 4 Dead series

• weapon_ammo_spawn - Reusable ammo pile that fully replenishes ammo

Ammunition coding

• Adding New Ammotypes
• AmmoDef - defines types of hitscan ammunition
• Changing clip sizes - How to change the amount of ammo per magazine
• Changing max ammo in HL2 - How to change the maximum ammo the player can carry
• Magazine style reloads - How to implement a tactical-shooter style reload system where the player loses any ammo left in the magazine when reloading