[V18.3 HF 2 Geoscape] infinite laser weapons

After managing to make me some laser guns and being very impressed with their performance, I found that by issuing them to soldiers in the base screen then taking them back ended up generating new weapons entirely: I found this with the scatter laser and the laser rifle. They were issued with empty clips, and when I gave a weapon to a troop the count did not decrement, but it incremented when I took it back. I returned to the geoscape screen, let some time pass, then return to the equip screen: They were then issued with full clips, and no longer created new ones, so bug temporarily resolved.

Hypothesis: Something to do with the dropship being refueled after the mission? The bug did not occur when I first issued weapons or when I had a fully fueled dropship, but it did happen shortly after a mission when the dropship may not have been fully fueled. I'll try to replicate it.

P.S. Now that laser/plasma weapons have infinite ammo, they should probably auto-refill like other weapons now.

EDIT: I just tested again, and it looks like it is because of the dropship still being refueled. It's definitely something that's immediately post-mission. (Note: I tested this after the dropship returned. I'll check what happens if I fiddle pre-return next time.)

Hmm. Interesting, let us know if it is due to the dropship being refuelled or airborne or something.

I've tried to replicated it whenever I can, and it's hard to make it reliably show up. I've only seen it when the dropship is being refueled (not in the air), and sometimes it happens, sometimes not. My troops recently upgraded to plasma tech, and it's happened with those weapons as well. I'll have it occur on one soldier, and it persists until I switch to a different soldier. (So any time I issue that soldier a laser/plasma weapon, they'll receive it with an empty clip but the inventory count will not decrement.) If I switch to another soldier, the bug may or may not show up there. Additionally, if I switch back to the first soldier they may no longer have the bug apply. And this is all without leaving the equip screen.

Hi guys,

I can get guns for free as well. When a soldier's inventory is full and I double click on laser rifle, it adds one more to the stockpile. Currently have 53 laser rifles and am going to sell them to buy a new base. It's wrong but i can't help it...

Edit. Hm. Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. Not sure why.

Edit again. Does seem to be linked to refueling dropship.

Perhaps it's some kind of promotion from the company that supplies the Chinook fuel. For every 50l get a laser rifle or a yankee candle car freshener free?

See the other infinite weapon replication thread. Been reported.