How to fast reload

[Atty]

I picked up the pistol and the information panel says to press R to reload it immediately throwing the magazine away. But pressing R does nothing. The only way I can reload it is by ejecting the ammo with X and then putting in a new magazine with R. How to fast reload the pistol?

[Hyper Realistic Blood]

Do you have spare magazines, and did you accidentally turn on the thing that makes you have to double tap R to quick reload?

[Atty]

I have hundreds of ammo for the pistol. I tried double tapping R but that doesnt quick reload either.

[meowmers]

Originally posted by Hyper Realistic Blood:

Do you have spare magazines

Do you have spare magazines?

[Hyper Realistic Blood]

You need magazines, not ammo. If you don't have a magazine to swap to, you can't quick reload no matter how much ammo you have.

[Honey Wizard]

When you have no magazines, hitting R for a fast reload won't do anything, you have to hit X to remove the magazine from your gun and it will start auto-loading with your ammunition, when your magazine is auto-loaded you can hit R to reload the magazine into your gun and then hit C to ♥♥♥♥ it.

[Honey Wizard]

Hit C to caulk it***

[Byrdn]

Worth noting: you don't need to rack the slide if you've left a round in the chamber.
So leaving one round chambered instead of firing until completely empty will allow you to "reload faster".

[Atty]

Originally posted by meowmers:

Originally posted by Hyper Realistic Blood:

Do you have spare magazines

Do you have spare magazines?

How do I know if I have spare magazines? Sorry the tutorials arent very clear on this

[Hyper Realistic Blood]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3404602248

I don't think it'll show up in the thumbnail but there's magazines on the bottom of the screen I've circled in red. If you have those, when you press X to unload, you can immediately press R to put the next one in while your auto-loader refills your old magazine. If you quick reload, you throw the magazine and all the ammo in it away in favor of just slamming a new magazine in.

I'm going to guess you relied on quick reload enough early on that you destroyed your magazines and can't do it anymore. You'll have to buy more from Sister Colette, the nice lady in armour that's constantly sitting on things. You should also reload properly unless you're in a desperate situation where you need more ammo right this second.

[Atty]

im always reloading properly because i cant quick reload. on level 5 now ive never been able to quick reload the pistol even once

[Savior8801 (P-L)]

If you get the procedure down and have 2+ mags, the tactical reload is really not that noticeably faster on most weapons. You might not be seeing much of a difference.

Edit: I mean the fast reload.

[meowmers]

Originally posted by Savior8801 (P-L):

If you get the procedure down and have 2+ mags, the tactical reload is really not that noticeably faster on most weapons. You might not be seeing much of a difference.

Edit: I mean the fast reload.

it's a more of a finger dexterity panic thing. i sometimes use it when hipfiring the whalegun.

[Odzianna]

You can just change in the options how you want your reload done. Tactical and cool, with extra steps, or how it is in other shooters, you do your pewpew, you press reload, done. If you use "Lock&Load&Caulk" You need extra magazines for a fast reload.

The Supply Officer can sell these to you, but if you chose the easy reload mode she doesn't even sell you spare mags, as they are simply not needed

[Atty]

Ok I finally figured out how to buy an empty magazine, but its lost after one fast reload. I fast reloaded once now I can't anymore. So each quick reload costs 50 gold???

[Byrdn]

Originally posted by Atty:

Ok I finally figured out how to buy an empty magazine, but its lost after one fast reload. I fast reloaded once now I can't anymore. So each quick reload costs 50 gold???

You can pick the mag up off the ground, but it has a chance of breaking when you drop it. As the good sister says, they should be treated with care.
If you really can't stand removing the mag before reloading, you could just go into settings and change the reload style to the easy one.