The flare gun, can it reload?

[[Khorne] Shits'N'Giggles]

If so how and if not it just ♥♥♥♥ing sucks.

[2High2tell]

It has very limited ammo. I do not have a correct answer for you as I just have not used the flare gun in many patches. It use to be to OP and I used alot, when they fixed it, it turned out to be just something I have in my inv. SO anything I say may be wrong. There is a few places to get it. (new ♥♥♥♥ pit maybe, I have not found it since 18)? Just go get another gun and it will refill your ammo. It use to only come with one clip and you would have to go refill it. When I did use it you could get, in the caves, on the sailboat, and at the cockpit.

[[Khorne] Shits'N'Giggles]

Sigh so it ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks lol

[^9[DSS]Dahaka]

Evert single time you pick up the flare gun, 5 shots are added to your inventory.
So if you pick up 5 flare guns, you will still only have one, but when you pull it out, you will have 25 shots to fire.
Its quite effective, it sets cannibals on fire if you hit them.

[dahni.uru]

Originally posted by ^9DSSDahaka:

Evert single time you pick up the flare gun, 5 shots are added to your inventory.
So if you pick up 5 flare guns, you will still only have one, but when you pull it out, you will have 25 shots to fire.
Its quite effective, it sets cannibals on fire if you hit them.

Hmmm...I haven't seen any indication of the 5 shots added to my inventory. My max load is 19 shown on the flares in the inventory, although only 9 flares are shown. I assumed the other 10 were in the flare gun. After I've fired a few rounds I try to make a pass at the cockpit and get a new start. I'll have to check it out again. The flare gun is effective against mutants, but NOT with the BigUglies. Someday, when I have time and multiple deathwishes I'll work on how to kill the BigUglies......maybe.

[sirnathan]

Originally posted by dahni.uru:

Originally posted by ^9DSSDahaka:

Evert single time you pick up the flare gun, 5 shots are added to your inventory.
So if you pick up 5 flare guns, you will still only have one, but when you pull it out, you will have 25 shots to fire.
Its quite effective, it sets cannibals on fire if you hit them.

Hmmm...I haven't seen any indication of the 5 shots added to my inventory. My max load is 19 shown on the flares in the inventory, although only 9 flares are shown. I assumed the other 10 were in the flare gun. After I've fired a few rounds I try to make a pass at the cockpit and get a new start. I'll have to check it out again. The flare gun is effective against mutants, but NOT with the BigUglies. Someday, when I have time and multiple deathwishes I'll work on how to kill the BigUglies......maybe.

Seems like I never saw any indication that shots were added. The gun just empties. You try to pick up another. The game won't let you... but your original gun is reloaded. At least that was the way of v0.17

[[Khorne] Shits'N'Giggles]

Originally posted by dahni.uru:

Originally posted by ^9DSSDahaka:

Evert single time you pick up the flare gun, 5 shots are added to your inventory.
So if you pick up 5 flare guns, you will still only have one, but when you pull it out, you will have 25 shots to fire.
Its quite effective, it sets cannibals on fire if you hit them.

Hmmm...I haven't seen any indication of the 5 shots added to my inventory. My max load is 19 shown on the flares in the inventory, although only 9 flares are shown. I assumed the other 10 were in the flare gun. After I've fired a few rounds I try to make a pass at the cockpit and get a new start. I'll have to check it out again. The flare gun is effective against mutants, but NOT with the BigUglies. Someday, when I have time and multiple deathwishes I'll work on how to kill the BigUglies......maybe.

The spider like one can only be downed by explosives while the army one with the arms and stuff can only downed by 2 molotovs and a smack

[^9[DSS]Dahaka]

Flares shown in inventory have nothing to do with the flare hun ammo, which is not shown anywhere.
The 19 flares you have, are just 9, the "1" is actually the icon of a flare, you mistook it for a 1.
You can have a maximum amount of 10 flares in inventory at once, and at the same time have infinite flare gun shots.
Whem you pick up the flare gun, whle you already have one, it will get picked up, (it disapears from the ground), an indication will say "cant carry any more flare gun" and bellow another "5 flare gun ammo added to backpack" indication, but there will be no sound or aything for it.

You cannot see how many ammo you have in the inventory, its hidden for some reason....

But you can test it, just grab 2 flare guns, (on in cave 1, one in cockpit) and then fire with it until it runs out, you can count you have 10 shots.
If you pick up 3 flare guns, 15 shots (5x3) etc.