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Is a Firearm Magazine System Possible?
« on: June 01, 2014, 09:19:55 am »

Is a magazine system for firearms possible?
I know you'd have to mod in at least one firearm, and ammunition, but could you make it so that there is a magazine item too, and then allow the firearm to store the exact amount of space a magazine would take up, and then put the ammunition in the magazine, and have the magazine max out at a certain number of rounds, and then fire the rounds from the magazine in the gun at a target? (I hope what I'm trying to say kind of makes sense)
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Re: Is a Firearm Magazine System Possible?
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2014, 05:16:47 pm »

No.

Ammo will always go into quivers, and thats hardcoded. You can make a gun and bullets, which will work like a crossbow and bolts. Thats about it. You might or might not rename quivers to magazines, but that would be fort-wide. Maybe into "quiver/magazine", to show that it could be both.
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Re: Is a Firearm Magazine System Possible?
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2014, 05:23:56 pm »

Quivers seem pretty close in roleplaying to magazines anyway.

Just imagine that your dwarves have a safety protocol of always ejecting the magazine whenever they lay down the gun. And pretend that when they are carrying both, that the magazine is loaded.
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