Forum:Hotkey Ammo Glitch

Hi guys. I'm Diagnosis Ninja. I'm not very big on contributing to wiki's seen as it's not something I ever really got into. Still, I've been reading up on stuff from this wiki, so I think it's about time I told a little story.

I'm playing fallout. It's two in the morning. I have no idea how, but I have ammo hotkey'd to the dpad buttons on my 360 controller. Confused, I think of a way to replicate it.

Anyway, I forget about the ammo, seen as I usually use the down key for stimpaks on Hardcore mode. Things get tense, but rather than healing, I equip Dragons Breath Shotgun shells to my 10mm SMG. Everything in the area is burned to a husk, and a grin contorts my face until I look like the Cheshire Cat.

Follow these steps, and raze the Wasteland to the ground.

>Go to Pipboy and equip a weapon.

>Hold RB to bring up Hotswap menu.

>Press joystick while holding the RB bumper to go to the ammo page.

>Hotkey ammo that weapon can use.

>Equip a different weapon.

>Use hotkey to switch to ammo in game.

>Reload.

Now, this little trick lets you fill up your magazine with whatever confusing substance you want. It provides infinite ammo for some things, seen as you can load anything into anything. In other cases, it provides the craziest boosts to other weapons I've ever seen.

Initially, I went over to the GameFAQS boards seen as it's what I thought of first. If anyone knew this already existed, it would be them. Here is the thread there, if you want a read to see what people have thought of so far:

GameFAQs: Hotkey Ammo Glitch

Anyway, there's a tonne of applications for this. So far, I've heard of people firing Hive Missiles in a Sawn-off Shotgun, and personally I've used a Lever Action Shotgun for firing 40mm Incendiary rounds, seen as my character is only around level 25 and I don't have the high end gear yet.

It doesn't stop at ranged weapons either. You can load ammo into a melee weapon, thrown weapon, or explosive weapon. From this, it also has application as an infinite money glitch, if you can find people to sell to:

>Buy C4.

>Use Hotkey Ammo glitch to start throwing ammo on the ground instead of expending C4.

>Disarm C4 and pick it up.

So yeah, I just broke Fallout.

Diagnosis Ninja 16:34, October 23, 2011 (UTC)

Best glitch ever nice job.Midnight lance 01:40, October 24, 2011 (UTC)

WandrianWvlf from Gamefaqs has created a video to demonstrate this if you want a look, or need a bit of help with it.

Youtube: Hotkey Ammo Glitch

Diagnosis Ninja 15:25, October 30, 2011 (UTC)

This is absolutely awesome. I'm just trying to figure out all the ins and outs of what does what. Some weapons seem to really benefit from this while others not so much. The Flare gun with 12 gauge Flechette Shells is pretty damn scary now. It's like Bloody mess with an incendiary effect. And using 4/0 Buckshot makes my courier look like a wizard casting a gigantic fireball at my enemies. And now I can play with Shotgun Rockets! A shotgun blast launching seven little rockets in a cloud of death is truly terrifying. Zac hemker 16:30, October 30, 2011 (UTC)

How does this relate to the infinite ammo? Can you please explain?