Allow Reload Cancellation for Shotguns and Bolt-Action Rifles
Under considerationby DDT · 04 Sept
When reloading shotguns and bolt-action rifles one round at a time, the reload animation cannot be cancelled until the reload is completed.
This can be inconvenient when you suddenly need to engage an enemy while reloading. Even if a round has already been loaded and the weapon is ready to fire, the player still has to wait for the reload animation to finish.
I think it would be better if the reload could be cancelled at any point once the weapon is ready to fire. This would make weapon handling feel more natural and give players more control during combat.
Thank you!
Noah03 Sept
It would be cool to be able to cancel a reload when loading shells into a shotgun. The reload takes a long time. My suggestion would be to have the option to press R one more time mid reload to stop loading shells for when I need to aim and fire. Right now the only way to stop a reload is to shoot but shooting when mid reload is difficult to aim lol
Girthy_Cucumber04 Sept
Sometimes I don't want to fully load my weapon, though it makes me go throught with the animation even though i shoot. Also, not sure if it is with all weapons, but i noticed that if you were to reload one shell in a shotgun and cancel the reload animation by shooting right after; there is no ammo in the shotgun, but you visibly just but one in the chamber. Thanks for hearing me out.
Joel05 Sept
currently there is no way to cancel a reload with the shotguns and bolt action snipers. it would make sense to be able to stop reloading shells or rounds so that you can fire the weapon straight away. for example, when u hear an enemy nearby. currently the only way to cancel it is to fire the weapon but its hard to be completely accurate without the ability to aim.
3L0_08 Sept
"Shotgun cancel reload" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-03), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
yobanyvrod09 Sept
This is a big problem rn, along with shotgun load speed. Individual round reloads can only be cancelled by firing, which could expose your location. Definitely something that needs to be addressed.
Nikuś09 Sept
Added same suggestion on accident but mine has single shell/bullet reload option so tapping one after the other would add as many as you want
Mold12 Sept
This the worst. You're hiding behind something and you see a guy just walking by, an easy kill, but you're stuck in animation. The only way to cancel it is shooting you're gun and giving you're position away. They should make it so when you hold right click (aiming) it cancel the animation and you can immediately shoot the person with bullets you managed to shove in the gun.
Girthy_Cucumber14 Sept
also when you put only one shotgun shell in and shoot the gun with one round chambered; it doesnt even regiester. Its like that initial round doesnt exist until you load the second shot.
TT15 Sept
Pressing R should immediately drop the round in the operator's hand, no loading the last round in process of being reloaded, no fiddling with it.
Just drop the round, close the bolt, weapon ready.
Thibault Catimel21 Sept
"add manual reload cancel for shotguns and bolt actions rifles" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
Thibault Catimel22 Sept
"Cancel Reload Animation." (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-04), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.