Reloading technique?

[Spuds McGee]

I can't quite seem to get a consistent reload with my Index controllers, maybe its just the struggles of h3vr or Im bad but I was watching a few videos and others don't seem to struggle nearly as much as me. Any tips to get the mags to go in the gun and not slam into the mag well and cause a resonance cascade?

[AlphaVictorKilo]

Practice man. Go to the gun range, pick up the guns you're having trouble with, and just start slowly. A lot of people think they can just start fast (not accusing you btw) which can lead to "learning" mistakes and faults, which only get worse over time

Pick your "pickiest reload" gun, and just go slowly through the movements. Each gun, due to the nature of the physics that Anton has modeled, does have it's own "character" that you have to learn (the USP's are very different in feel when reloading to the m9's to me)

Just go slow, and ramp up the speed until you feel comfortable. I mean look at Jeditobiwan, dude has hundreds of hours in game and makes reloading look like a cakewalk, but if you watch all of his streams? He struggles just like the rest of us when ♥♥♥♥ hits the fan. Just...less often because he's practiced so much

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

If it gets to be too much for you, go to the simulation options and switch off 'physics based reload'.

Essentially, it'll ignore getting the mag in just right, so long as you get the end more or less into place, it'll snap into position and animate like you got it right. It's not a BIG snap-to, but it bypasses the magazine deflecting at a 90 degree angle from a light tap on the mag-well. (The lack of contact resistance makes judging reloading force cause that behavior.)

Started using this after issues with shotgun shells where it seemed like every time I tried to load a tube, the shell would deflect off into the aether.


Just be aware, the side-effect of disabling this option is that you may inadvertently phase your magazine into your gun if you move too fast. So you trade some difficulty for glitchiness.

[Spuds McGee]

Originally posted by AdmiralTigerclaw:

If it gets to be too much for you, go to the simulation options and switch off 'physics based reload'.

Essentially, it'll ignore getting the mag in just right, so long as you get the end more or less into place, it'll snap into position and animate like you got it right. It's not a BIG snap-to, but it bypasses the magazine deflecting at a 90 degree angle from a light tap on the mag-well. (The lack of contact resistance makes judging reloading force cause that behavior.)

Started using this after issues with shotgun shells where it seemed like every time I tried to load a tube, the shell would deflect off into the aether.


Just be aware, the side-effect of disabling this option is that you may inadvertently phase your magazine into your gun if you move too fast. So you trade some difficulty for glitchiness.

I wanna say thanks cause I had NO idea that was an option. Im gonna try using that for now and see if it offers a benefit.

[necrophonic]

Have to echo the others with "practice" - I've got a lot better but still seem to play the game of "how many times can I get the magazine to spin around the gun" more often than I'd like!

I find pistols the hardest as getting close enough for the mag to engage means my controllers clash sometimes, but I've found being a bit more forward with my reloading hand seems to help.

As others have said though it very much varies by gun. Some are super easy and almost grab the ammo from you; others like the Jackhammer usually have me just dropping the weapon and pulling a secondary if I need to reload in a firefight as I can never get the angle right.

[Ad Hominem]

The P90 and I think there's one other gun that I can't remember off the top of my head - but I just lock them to an inventory slot and when I need to reload, pull the old mag out, let them go back to the slot and put a new mag in while in the slot. Then grab em and rack em if I need to. But like the P90 is just impossible to get the magazine in and seated for me otherwise

[Girthquake]

The P90 is easier to reload if you hold it by the rounded end IMO

[Chimp Factory [M04]]

odd magazines like the P90 really need practice, preparation and luck.

I know for P90 mag spawnlocking, I would need to put it in a specific slot so its held in my hand right as I pull it out for smooth reloads.

[necrophonic]

Originally posted by Ad Hominem:

The P90 and I think there's one other gun that I can't remember off the top of my head - but I just lock them to an inventory slot and when I need to reload, pull the old mag out, let them go back to the slot and put a new mag in while in the slot. Then grab em and rack em if I need to. But like the P90 is just impossible to get the magazine in and seated for me otherwise

That's a good idea I'd not thought of

[Deadman]

Originally posted by Spuds McGee:

I can't quite seem to get a consistent reload with my Index controllers, maybe its just the struggles of h3vr or Im bad but I was watching a few videos and others don't seem to struggle nearly as much as me. Any tips to get the mags to go in the gun and not slam into the mag well and cause a resonance cascade?

My reloading technique that I've come to use is to put the gun back on the belt if and switch to a secondary machine pistol/pistol until I've got time to go back to go the more finicky gun.

[GasMask]

I personally disable the physical magazine option. Because there are a lot of guns that you need to position the magazine in a very specific (sometimes odd) position to make it reload, which is a problem on TnH. It's a shame, because I like to make tactical reloads with AK-type guns.

In the other hand, to compensate that handicap, i use the Stovepipe and magboop mod so I don't use the un-physical reload "advantages". So I still have to position the mag properly.

Hope it helps.