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L3nk4s's avatar
L3nk4s
9 years ago

Martini-Henry's ammunition.

Product: Battlefield 1
Platform:PC
Summarize your bug Problems with Martini-Henry's ammo.
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play as a scout with Martini-Henry, then run out of ammo.
What happens when the bug occurs? I'm sad.
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In what game mode did the bug occur? Operations
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When I'm running out of ammo playing Martini-Henry I'm always looking for ammo box so I can resupply my gun, but when I finally find it, I'm getting just some bullets (4-6 I can't remember), then ammo box just disappears so I have to find another one. It's pretty problematic because when I don't have any bullets left and I want to full resupply my gun, I have to find ~5 ammo boxes so I can choose - wasting 5 minutes looking for ammo boxes or just run into enemy with flare gun in my hand as free frag and respawn with full ammo. I think that happens because game counts Martini's bullet as 1 magazine.
Next bug is switching between K-bullets and Martini-Henry. When I'm just switching it, Martini reloads and everything is fine, but when I switch to K-bullets, then switch to 2nd gadget, then switch to Martini, Martini is already reloaded with normal bullets. If I'm doing it really fast it's pretty op, especially at close range because RPM is like x2.
I really fell in love with Martini-Henry and these things are just like pinch of salt in a cup of delicious coffee. Meh.
If you want I can record this on video.

(sorry for my really poor english, I hope you will understand me)

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2 Replies

  • spitfiresiemion's avatar
    spitfiresiemion
    9 years ago

    As you guessed, the matter of ammo resupply isn't really a bug, but more of a combination of two working mechanisms that, in that one case, produce a poor end result. 

    So, first of all, each ammo box can only resupply a certain number of 'units' of equipment. One unit generally is: a single magazine/clip for the gun, a grenade or a single explosive. After resupplying a set number of units (7 or 8, I think), ammo box disappears.

    Now, to the second part. In case of Martini-Henry, a single 'magazine' is one bullet. For that reason, the game registers resupplying 6 Martini-Henry bullets as 6 'units'... and that pretty much uses up the ammo box.

    In the end, while neither of mechanisms is a bug alone, when combined, they kind of mess up the end result. Probably the best solution would've been treating more M-H bullets as one resupply unit, but I don't know if it's possible.

    Regarding the second thing, it definitely is a bug, so good catch on that.

  • spitfiresiemion's avatar
    spitfiresiemion
    9 years ago

    So, good news. According to patch notes for upcoming update, Martini-Henry will resupply 5 bullets at a time.

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