Emma Grand Reload Bug?

[Asdfplaya]

Since it wasn't mentioned I guess i'm the only one who has problems with reloading the emma grand?
well as stated I can't Reload the emma grand, except when it's completely empty. Is this intentional or do i have a bug?
(since i don't know if it's a bug i'll post it in general discussions)

[Ser Vroki]

the emma grand cannot be reloaded mid clip it says so in the description of the weapon

[Nelly the Elephant]

Yeah, it was litterally in there :D
I don't know if the dev knew this, but the "you can't reload m1 garand mid clip" legend came from Medal of Honour, where the devs liked the ejection of the empty clip sound so much, they forced players to listen to it by not letting them reload mid clip.

[Mr. Podunkian]

Oh really? I owned the PS1 version of Medal of Honor, but always thought the myth came from the old, pre-Valve versions of Day of Defeat or something. I dunno! Anyways, it's totally a cool mechanic and they were right to rewrite history -- the Garand clip ping is freaking badass!

[Ratha Wynter]

Showing your age a little with the mention of the pre-valve DoD days there Mr. Podunkian! Can confirm that you couldnt reload the M1 in Day of Defeat. I shudder to think of how things would have played back then if you could. Then again if reloading cost the entire clip maybe that would have made up for it? I remember the pre-valve days where it was possible to stay alive long enough to have emptied all of your rounds at long range targets on the much bigger maps before they got refined and shrunk.

The empty-ping has become a pretty iconic M1 sound in games, and being unable reload it in most is somewhat based off of the real-world difficulty of reloading a partially spent M1. Not impossible, just fairly difficult, especially in battlefield conditions apparently. Better to lob them down range than drop them in the mud and have to fumble with them to get them and yourself clean again before they could be reused. Game-wise it makes for an interesting restriction in my opinion.

[Nelly the Elephant]

Originally posted by Mr. Podunkian:

Oh really? I owned the PS1 version of Medal of Honor, but always thought the myth came from the old, pre-Valve versions of Day of Defeat or something. I dunno! Anyways, it's totally a cool mechanic and they were right to rewrite history -- the Garand clip ping is freaking badass!

It might be the case of multiple devs finding it badass on their own.
The funny thing is, you could reload it in Medal of Honour, but not in the next game, Allied Assault

[Nelly the Elephant]

Also as i like giving my own reason for the gameplay mechanics, like character just being too dumbass to unload guns he/she finds, i have two possible reasons for not being able to reload:
A) Let's be honest, these guns have NOT been maintained for what, 100 years. Things can go wrong in weird ways.
or B) The character also finds the sound supremely awesome, so he/she just refuses to reload mid clip, denying himself of that sound.

[Spiteful Crow]

It's not a bug. This is how the weapon it's based on (the M1 Garand) works.

[Nelly the Elephant]

Originally posted by Spiteful Crow:

It's not a bug. This is how the weapon it's based on (the M1 Garand) works.

No army would be so stupid to make a gun that you can't reload it mid clip. The mid clip reload is not as easy as reloading after automatic ejection, but not impossible in any way.

[Asdfplaya]

it was in the description? oh i guess reading helps :P

[✪TakeMeToYourDealer✪]

I always end up taking the M1 in this over anything else just to hear that *SHIING* at the end of a clip. It's great for sneak attacks at range too, and very useful for conserving Rifle Ammo I find.