Magazine style reloads

This will be a short and simple one! Say you want to make each shot and reload count? In CS you can reload anytime you feel like. Some bullets will be deducted and that is all.

However, in real life, you will not start to load the half-empty mag, you pull out a new one, and toss the used one. This system can be found in BF2, and some other games.

Creating a Boolean Variable

So now to the code; look up the basecombatweapon_shared.h and search for m_bFiresUnderwater (line 115) to find this code:

CNetworkVar( int, m_iClip2 );	// number of shots left in the secondary weapon clip, -1 it not used
bool	m_bFiresUnderwater;	// true if this weapon can fire underwater

In-between these two lines you create a variable:

CNetworkVar( int, m_iClip2 );	// number of shots left in the secondary weapon clip, -1 it not used
bool	m_bMagazineStyleReloads;	// true if this weapon reloads by removing magazines (remaining bullets)
bool	m_bFiresUnderwater;	// true if this weapon can fire underwater

Now go to basecombatweapon_shared.cpp and search to m_bFiresUnderwater (lines 2253 and 2300):

DEFINE_FIELD( m_bFiresUnderwater, FIELD_BOOLEAN ),

Once again you need to define it like so:

DEFINE_FIELD( m_bMagazineStyleReloads, FIELD_BOOLEAN ),
DEFINE_FIELD( m_bFiresUnderwater, FIELD_BOOLEAN ),

Now that you have the variable set up, look into the CBaseCombatWeapon constructor (line 54) where:

m_bReloadsSingly	= false;

And depending on what you want, you either default magazine style reloads to be on or off:

m_bReloadsSingly	= false;
m_bMagazineStyleReloads = false;

The Actual Code

Now here's the main part of the code. Look at the FinishReload procedure (line 1986) and you will find:

if ( UsesClipsForAmmo1() )
{
	int primary = min( GetMaxClip1() - m_iClip1, pOwner->GetAmmoCount(m_iPrimaryAmmoType));	
	m_iClip1 += primary;
	pOwner->RemoveAmmo( primary, m_iPrimaryAmmoType);
}

Change the last two lines to look like this:

if ( UsesClipsForAmmo1() )
{
	int primary = min( GetMaxClip1() - m_iClip1, pOwner->GetAmmoCount( m_iPrimaryAmmoType ) );	
	m_iClip1 += primary;
	pOwner->RemoveAmmo( m_bMagazineStyleReloads ? min( pOwner->GetAmmoCount( m_iPrimaryAmmoType,GetMaxClip1() ) : primary, m_iPrimaryAmmoType );
}

All that has happened is that if the flag is turned on: you make the clip full again, and remove a whole clip out from the total ammo count. To display the number of magazines you just have to divide the total amount of ammo by a full clip size and round up.

Note:This technique "hacks" a magazine-style reload instead of creating a native implementation, thus the player can still receive individual bullets.

Covering Your Ass

Ever noticed that the game auto-reloads your gun if you holster it? This is not good, especially the way this code is implemented; to remove this go to weapon_hl2mpbasehlmpcombatweapon.cpp or basehlcombatweapon_shared.cpp and find the ItemHolsterFrame procedure. Comment out FinishReload();

An Example

Now an example to turn on magazine-style reloads for any weapon:

CWeaponPistol::CWeaponPistol( void )
{
	m_flSoonestPrimaryAttack = gpGlobals->curtime;
	m_flAccuracyPenalty = 0.0f;

	m_fMinRange1		= 24;
	m_fMaxRange1		= 1500;
	m_fMinRange2		= 24;
	m_fMaxRange2		= 200;

	m_bMagazineStyleReloads = true; // Magazine style reloads
	m_bFiresUnderwater	= true;
}

Extension

If you want to only lose 1 of your total ammo instead of the real amount, change:

m_iClip1 = m_bMagazineStyleReloads ? GetMaxClip1() : m_iClip1 + primary;
pOwner->RemoveAmmo( m_bMagazineStyleReloads ? GetMaxClip1() : primary, m_iPrimaryAmmoType);

to:

m_iClip1 = m_bMagazineStyleReloads ? GetMaxClip1() : m_iClip1 + primary;
pOwner->RemoveAmmo( m_bMagazineStyleReloads ? 1 : primary, m_iPrimaryAmmoType );

The Actual Code (FIX)

If you use the code above then it will work perfectly except... If you have a full clip that looks like this (12:6) And then you shoot to (3:6) And then you reload it becomes (12:0) It gives you a full clip back instead of the partially full clip you found.

if ( UsesClipsForAmmo1() )
{
	int primary = min( GetMaxClip1() - m_iClip1, pOwner->GetAmmoCount( m_iPrimaryAmmoType ) );	
	if ( pOwner->GetAmmoCount( m_iPrimaryAmmoType ) >= GetMaxClip1() )
	{
		m_iClip1 = m_bMagazineStyleReloads ? GetMaxClip1() : m_iClip1 + primary;
		pOwner->RemoveAmmo( m_bMagazineStyleReloads ? GetMaxClip1() : primary, m_iPrimaryAmmoType );
	}
	else
	{
		m_iClip1 = pOwner->GetAmmoCount( m_iPrimaryAmmoType );
		pOwner->RemoveAmmo( GetMaxClip1(), m_iPrimaryAmmoType );
	}
}