Or.. tweaks? Doesn't matter. Vanilla recoil sucks anyway.
Introduction
Tarkov’s recoil feels kind of bland and weightless. This (relatively) lightweight mod aims to make recoil punchier by tweaking some recoil values. While I am open to suggestions, this mod is ultimately shaped by my own preferences and is thus highly opinionated around what I would like Tarkov’s recoil to look and feel like. Feature requests are always welcome.
I encourage you to play around with various settings to see what suits you.
Preview
Somewhat outdated and not the best example of what’s possible with this mod. I’ll get around to making a better preview someday.
Installation
Drag and drop. Like any other mod.
Known Issues
- Left stance pistol recoils look broken because vanilla left stance is wack. Pushed a temporary “fix”, but it’s still janky.
- Pistol (real) recoils are weird. Just reduce the multipliers if needed
- The occasional NullReferenceException. If you see any let me know.
A small list of mods I would recommend using alongside Recoil Rework:
… and a few others, but I’m gatekeeping them.
Realism & Recoil Rework
This mod is largely incompatible with Realism Mod’s recoil changes and causes weapons to go flying all over the screen when fired due to how Recoil Rework works. Because of this I would recommend not using this mod alongside Realism. Besides that Realism’s gunplay is great as is (thx fontaine)
However, if you REALLY want to use this mod with Realism then make sure to either edit the Recoil Rework config or disable Realism’s recoil changes within its server config. Good luck!
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- Recompiled for SPT 4.0.0
- Rewrote server mod
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- Fixed real recoil being frame rate dependent
- Hopefully fixed additional camera recoil frame rate dependency too
- Something else I think but I wouldn’t know
- Configs may feel different but should remain unbroken
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- Added an alternate spring-based version of real recoil with auto-compensation, has to be enabled manually
- Added an option to enable 1.7.2-style recoil calculations, has to be enabled manually and requires config edits. Read the description
- Added options to configure hip fire penalty multipliers
- Some other small things here and there
- Hopefully no broken configs or major bugs
1.6K Downloads
Ever-so-slightly experimental once again. Report bugs and issues.
- Added dynamic recoil value adjustment, which applies modifiers to config values based on the weapon’s recoil values
- Combined pistol and recoil config categories
- Adjusted server-side recoil values for several weapons
- Removed server override
- Bug fixes
1.2K Downloads
- Fixed real recoil multiplier config values
- Pistol tweak for left stance
- Adjusted some config descriptions
Hopefully the last update for a little while, looking to rework some code.
1.3K Downloads
- Added missing null check, should actually fix that NRE related to switching weapons
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This mod is a must for me. So thank you for updating it for 4.0! Vanilla recoil is the absolute poops, and being able to tailor it to feel more realistic is great. Makes recoil/ergo mods seem like they actually make a big difference instead of only slightly. 10/10 mod.
Thank you for updating! This is one of the best mods imo, even after the vanilla recoil rework.
So if i just want to keep the tarkov recoil but without the crazy initial vertical jump up i use the 1.7.2 option? This is the best i have found so far by tinkering with the options. If anyone can guide me better please do so.
You forgot to add SPT folder in front of user one for 4.0
I tried this MOD and it can run directly and take effect in version 4.0 . Currently, no errors have been encountered
any update for 4.x?
Hello, I would like to know if you are interested in trying to create another alternative recoil. This time related to the implementation of recoil in the style of 12.11 with an initial recoil toss and subsequent soft auto-compensation? (For reference, that recoil was very pleasant, it was spoiled in 12.12 by forcibly increasing it to 25% for all weapons and until patch 14 there was practically no attempt to correct the situation.) If so, I will be happy to help with materials for any request for a video for clarity.
upd: This is what I mean https://youtu.be/wetyNsFxL3I The recoil is smooth, the weapon’s behavior feels pleasant after each shot
Is the recoil of AK 5.45 too high?
If this becomes compatible with realism it’ll be the best recoil mod easily.
Using realism beta 3. Maybe talk to Fontaine to implement all the settings/mod ? I imagine many people will shift to realism.