How to reload without going into inventory?

[Ted]

As above, I see YouTubers doing this but I haven't been able to figure out how to do this. Obviously having to go into my inventory and drag ammo to say a BK18 isn't ideal when you are being pushed...

Same with mags too, I have extra mags but again I can't figure out a better option than going into my inventory and dragging in/out to change mags

[Enforcer]

Hold R to reload or drag the ammo to a hotkey and hold that button.
Same with mags. Drag a magazine to a hotkey then hold R or drag the ammo to a hotkey.
You have to press and hold the first then press and hold the second and iirc you can let go of the first.

[Ted]

Originally posted by Enforcer:

Hold R to reload or drag the ammo to a hotkey and hold that button.
Same with mags. Drag a magazine to a hotkey then hold R or drag the ammo to a hotkey.
You have to press and hold the first then press and hold the second and iirc you can let go of the first.

Ah got it, thanks man!

[etwas]

like enforcer said. but keep in mind that reloading magazines simply with the r-key is bugged and most likely will result into ghostbullets. just use the r-key for bullets, but put your magazines on hotkeys.

[Ted]

Originally posted by etwas:

like enforcer said. but keep in mind that reloading magazines simply with the r-key is bugged and most likely will result into ghostbullets. just use the r-key for bullets, but put your magazines on hotkeys.

Ah okay, I will bear that in mind thank you

[Derleth]

Bear in mind that holding R to swap mag, chamber rifles or refill magazines still has a risk of desyncing the weapon or magazine, making the weapon fire ghost rounds. To you and your computer you are shooting, while the server has missed the reload action and thinks you are pulling the trigger on an empty weapon. The risk is not great, but when it happens it does tend to happen at the worst possible moment.

It can also happen if you swap mags by opening inventory and dragging the mag from the weapon to another.

Relogging quickly fixes the desync - you'll see that all the ammo you used while firing ghost rounds is still in your inventory...

So until that issue is finally fixed I try to always use the hotbar if possible.

[Ted]

Originally posted by Derleth:

Bear in mind that holding R to swap mag, chamber rifles or refill magazines still has a risk of desyncing the weapon or magazine, making the weapon fire ghost rounds. To you and your computer you are shooting, while the server has missed the reload action and thinks you are pulling the trigger on an empty weapon. The risk is not great, but when it happens it does tend to happen at the worst possible moment.

It can also happen if you swap mags by opening inventory and dragging the mag from the weapon to another.

Relogging quickly fixes the desync - you'll see that all the ammo you used while firing ghost rounds is still in your inventory...

So until that issue is finally fixed I try to always use the hotbar if possible.

Yeah I have been using the hot bar anyway as that seems the best solution for me. Haven't seen a single player for over an hour now so haven't had to use it anyway lol