Like the title says. IIRC Blade_RJ hinted that there was a .ini (or some such) fix that made "collecting ammo clips" less important than the non-modified game makes it. Does anyone know about this? Has anyone used it?

I really enjoyed ME1 because I just had to "cool down" the gun then I could use it again --- no hassles for ammo. And the lore explained it nicely too. ME2 botched this and the explanation for ammo clips did not fit how they made it work in-game, ie you could not use the handgun ammo clip on your rifle once the rifle ran out of ammo clips. The ammo clips were "generic" until you picked them up wherein they were locked to a particular gun, which was not how it was explained lore-wise. I hated having to always be on the lookout for spare ammo clips, and having to switch to other weapons once my rifle used up all its clips. I'm not a very good shot so I ran out of clips often

Now in ME3, they still kept the same ammo clip mechanic.... I would love to be able to mod this so that I don't have to pick up ammo clips anymore, or pick up less of them. Does anyone know of a way to do this? I know it may mess up MP, but I'm okay with going back to default settings for MP, I just want to enjoy my SP experience without having to worry about "conserving ammo" until the next ammo clip dispenser.

Thanks for any help!

Playing ME3 (7hrs 30 in) and enjoying it but not been bothered by the ammo thing so wasn't aware.

I get annoyed having to switch weapons because the ammo clip for my beloved rifle has run out... though I got 5 other guns with full ammo clips, why can't I use that? I mean, if I got 50 ammo clips, why can't I all use them on my favorite gun instead of it being "rationed" to guns I don't use?

I used the ammo mod on my second character in ME2. Worked pretty nice. Do a search for mass effect nexus and you will prob find a mod.

Yep, especially since they're "generic clips". If you run out of clips for the sniper rifle, but you've killed a guy with a handgun and he has "dropped" his clip that clip will work with the sniper rifle but your own "handgun" clips will not.

Totally agree that this change from ME to ME2 made no sense.

I think they did it as a very clunky gameplay way of getting players to try out different weapons and get them out of cover.

That said, I just finished my Infiltrator ME2 playthrough using the sniper rifle almost exclusively- I only ran out of ammo a few times; and once I figured out that the husks and abominations needed only one cryo bullet to kill, hit anywhere, I don't think I ran out anymore. Still, a bit of a shame that they kept that game mechanic in ME3.

Why would they want me to try out different guns or have to expose my soft fleshy hide? Why not allow the player to play as he wants, whether a gung-ho MG-toting run-towards-the-enemy type or the I-want-to-camp-here-all-day type?

Right. I found the entries for the ammo clips.

MINIMAL SPOILER ALERT!!!
Apparently, you can mod your guns later on to increase the ammo clip capacity. I'm a sucker for upgrades so I decided against putting 9999 ammo for all the guns.

I initially thought 5x the default ammo quantities would be fine, but 50 Mantis sniper rifle shots as default (non-modified default ammo is 10 shots) seems too much and would negate or lessen the "value" of any ammo-increasing upgrade. So I wonder what the sweet spot would be. Maybe 2x default ammo?