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2026-03-18

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Reloading Now Discards Your Remaining Ammo for a Fresh Magazine

Reloading a magazine-fed weapon now discards whatever ammo remains in it and pulls a fresh, full magazine from reserves, with reserve ammo counts and per-weapon magazine tuning adjusted to match. The current weapon's fill level now displays below the ammo count. Limited map guides are also now available in Competitive and Retakes, capped at 30 nodes and usable only in the first 5 rounds of each half.

weapon

  • reworkReloading has been refactored to encourage more careful consideration of the use of ammo. When you reload a magazine-fed weapon, all remaining ammo in the magazine is discarded and a new, full magazine is taken from the reserves.
  • reworkReserve ammunition is now represented either as number of magazines, shells, or bullets, depending on the weapon.
  • reworkThe fill-level of the current weapon is now displayed below the ammo count.
  • reworkTuned reserve magazine counts per-weapon.

misc

  • reworkLimited map guides are now available in Competitive and Retakes (first 5 rounds of the half, 30 node max).
  • reworksv_allow_annotations_access_level supports 3 values: 0 – disabled. 1 – limited view. 2 – full and editable.
  • reworksv_annotation_limits_max_rounds_per_half (default 5) determines how many rounds into the half guides are allowed. -1 for unlimited.
  • reworkMinimal starter map guides have been added for all Active Duty maps.

ui

  • reworkFriends playing a Practice or Workshop map can be joined through the friends menu if they have Open Party set.
Valve's original notes
[ GAMEPLAY ][list]
[*]Reloading has been refactored to encourage more careful consideration of the use of ammo. When you reload a magazine-fed weapon, all remaining ammo in the magazine is discarded and a new, full magazine is taken from the reserves.
[*]Reserve ammunition is now represented either as number of magazines, shells, or bullets, depending on the weapon.
[*]The fill-level of the current weapon is now displayed below the ammo count. 
[*]Tuned reserve magazine counts per-weapon.[/list]
[ MAP GUIDES ][list]
[*]Limited map guides are now available in Competitive and Retakes (first 5 rounds of the half, 30 node max).
[*]sv_allow_annotations_access_level supports 3 values: 0 – disabled. 1 – limited view. 2 – full and editable. 
[*]sv_annotation_limits_max_rounds_per_half (default 5) determines how many rounds into the half guides are allowed. -1 for unlimited.
[*]Minimal starter map guides have been added for all Active Duty maps.[/list]
[ WORKSHOP MAPS ]
[list]
[*]Friends playing a Practice or Workshop map can be joined through the friends menu if they have Open Party set.[/list]

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