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Add Distinct Tactical and Combat Reload Animations

Under considerationby Hanser · 27 Aug

The reload realism is already in a great spot, but I wanted to bring up a small detail about how spent/partial mags are handled. Currently it looks like the old mag just gets dropped regardless of the situation — sometimes it even gets tossed out a window. Feels a bit off. I think it'd make a lot of sense to visually distinguish between a Combat Reload and a Tactical Reload when it comes to magazine disposal: - Under fire / high-stress: dropping the mag immediately makes total sense, no issue there. - Safe / stable environment: the animation could show the player stowing the partial mag into a chest rig or dump pouch. The gameplay logic behind this: mags are a finite resource. If every reload just discards them with no recovery, players could end up with loose ammo but no magazines to actually use — which feels a bit awkward. Given that Bodycam is aiming for a hardcore, grounded realism rather than a fast-paced arcade experience, small resource-management details like this really add up. Unless the situation forces a discard, a standard reload should ideally include some kind of stowing animation. I think this would push the immersion noticeably further. Just wanted to put it out there — appreciate you considering it!

3 comments

  • Garbage01 Sept

    This. Especially if finite ammo comes in the future this will be very important, you won't want to just throw out half a mag onto the floor.

  • Bill09 Sept

    I have seen suggestions to add the ability to transition from ammo check into reload as well as dynamic animations for empty mags but i would go a step further by adding the ability to manually perform a "tactical reload" If a "transition reload" were performed by pressing R while checking ammo then why not have the ability to press R during a standard reload to drop the mag out of the weapon completely. This would give a noticeable speed boost to the reload in exchange of discarding any ammunition left in that mag. Ofc this would only work after the limited ammo system in in place.

  • Thibault Catimel21 Sept

    "Tactical reload" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-09-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.