diff --git a/cl_dll/input_goldsource.cpp b/cl_dll/input_goldsource.cpp
index d3517b288..26567c0a6 100644
--- a/cl_dll/input_goldsource.cpp
+++ b/cl_dll/input_goldsource.cpp
@@ -1614,6 +1614,11 @@ void GoldSourceInput::IN_Init (void)
 	joy_wwhack1				= gEngfuncs.pfnRegisterVariable ( "joywwhack1", "0.0", 0 );
 	joy_wwhack2				= gEngfuncs.pfnRegisterVariable ( "joywwhack2", "0.0", 0 );
 
+	// HL25 checks this cvar and if it doesn't exist or set to zero
+	// it will lock any usage of gamepads
+	// see: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/halflife/issues/3621
+	gEngfuncs.pfnRegisterVariable( "joysupported", "1", 0 );
+
 	m_customaccel			= gEngfuncs.pfnRegisterVariable ( "m_customaccel", "0", FCVAR_ARCHIVE );
 	m_customaccel_scale		= gEngfuncs.pfnRegisterVariable ( "m_customaccel_scale", "0.04", FCVAR_ARCHIVE );
 	m_customaccel_max		= gEngfuncs.pfnRegisterVariable ( "m_customaccel_max", "0", FCVAR_ARCHIVE );
diff --git a/dlls/player.cpp b/dlls/player.cpp
index d4b2a1907..ff466c5dc 100644
--- a/dlls/player.cpp
+++ b/dlls/player.cpp
@@ -785,21 +785,35 @@ void CBasePlayer::PackDeadPlayerItems( void )
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		// pack the ammo
-		while( iPackAmmo[iPA] != -1 )
+		bool bPackItems = true;
+		if ( iAmmoRules == GR_PLR_DROP_AMMO_ACTIVE && iWeaponRules == GR_PLR_DROP_GUN_ACTIVE )
 		{
-			pWeaponBox->PackAmmo( MAKE_STRING( CBasePlayerItem::AmmoInfoArray[iPackAmmo[iPA]].pszName ), m_rgAmmo[iPackAmmo[iPA]] );
-			iPA++;
+			if ( rgpPackWeapons[0] == NULL
+				|| ( FClassnameIs( rgpPackWeapons[0]->pev, "weapon_satchel" ) && ( iPackAmmo[0] == -1 || ( m_rgAmmo[iPackAmmo[0]] == 0 ) ) ) )
+			{
+				bPackItems = false;
+			}
 		}
 
-		// now pack all of the items in the lists
-		while( rgpPackWeapons[iPW] )
+		if ( bPackItems )
 		{
-			// weapon unhooked from the player. Pack it into der box.
-			pWeaponBox->PackWeapon( rgpPackWeapons[iPW] );
+			// pack the ammo
+			while( iPackAmmo[iPA] != -1 )
+			{
+				pWeaponBox->PackAmmo( MAKE_STRING( CBasePlayerItem::AmmoInfoArray[iPackAmmo[iPA]].pszName ), m_rgAmmo[iPackAmmo[iPA]] );
+				iPA++;
+			}
 
-			iPW++;
+			// now pack all of the items in the lists
+			while( rgpPackWeapons[iPW] )
+			{
+				// weapon unhooked from the player. Pack it into der box.
+				pWeaponBox->PackWeapon( rgpPackWeapons[iPW] );
+
+				iPW++;
+			}
 		}
+
 		pWeaponBox->pev->velocity = pev->velocity * 1.2f;// weaponbox has player's velocity, then some.
 	}
 	RemoveAllItems( TRUE );// now strip off everything that wasn't handled by the code above.