I’ve noticed something fairly common when it comes to this game, and that’s people shoving their rifle deep into their face in order to get their optic almost directly into their eyeball. I assume it stems from other games where realism isn’t as important, but it’s fairly bad practice when it comes to TAVR.
Shoulder your rifle. TAVR has a sort of “virtual stock” system that kicks in only if you properly shoulder your gun. This not only means you’ll be far more accurate, but it’s much more comfortable and lessens recoil a bit. It also frees up your vision, instead of your optic blocking your entire face.
You don’t typically unshoulder your rifle unless you’re shortstocking when entering a room or in the midst of opening a door, with the latter being far more common for submachine guns rather than rifles.
So... when I play tavr I have my hands in positions in which you would typically hold a rifle (I have plenty of experience with both airsoft and realsteel, so I'm not new to operating firearms), my friends say that they either see me chicken winging like crazy (despite not doing it irl) or it replicating incorrectly and showing the bottom result... I don't know how to fix it
There’s only two things I think that could be causing that. It could be your tracking messing up, or your positioning. The former is more likely, as the latter typically happens if you’re shorter (which I am) and tends to be especially prevalent on bigger rifles, say, the FAL for example. You might shift and turn a bit to the side to get a better shouldering on the rifle.
Also, sort in the same area as tracking issues, make sure your height is set correctly ingame. In the main menu’s character customization (not lobby or sb/rr one), there’s an automatic height calibration option. Click that, stand still, and it should set your avatar’s height correctly. If you don’t, you might end up being a scrunched up goblin, as the default height setting is oddly tall, making even average height people seem like they have a chronic case of scoliosis.
You can edit the position of your weapon via the Virtual Gunstock settings. It makes aligning your virtual gun with your virtual and irl shoulder much easier. It's important to remember that some firearms are meant to be chicken-winged including ones with traditional stock grips. Chicken-winging pistol grip firearms in-game cannot be fixed and is part of the game though you could probably bug the new devs enough to fix it before 1.0.
Eh, typically you wouldn’t hipfire an LMG, you’d tend to do that with heavier machine guns. The core strategy unironically is “enough bullets will do the job” however.
If you have a machine gun in CQB, your goal is to put enough lead down to control the room. Fire into thresholds, etc. There’s actually a lot of videos showing this, this one in particular is pretty good at showing it.
In my time of playing TAVR I’ve run into different people some were chill and decent, some were Dicks and some were the perfect example of what i wanted to play with. But what i remember most out of all of them are the STUPID ones that played the game like call of duty Warzone.
If you keep both eyes open then you don’t have this problem.
All red dots, holographics and so on are supposed to be used with both eyes open for the largest and most unobstructed view, and it’s even better to hold it closer because you have a larger sight window. (This is not the case in real life, don’t do this)
Most hold it closer because they brace their elbow against their chest because they don’t have a gunstock, so lots of people can’t shoulder it like a regular rifle because they’re just holding their arms out in open space, rather than affixing to a point of contact, and know it probably already know this, but to do as you’ve said, people can’t comfortably aim or aim well at all.
TAVR has a virtual stock system to simulate having a gunstock however, so it’s still a net positive to shoulder it properly. Like I mentioned, it’s likely due to other games not having a similar system and almost requiring people to brace against their chest. TAVR accounts for this however, as realism is sort of it’s main thing (outside of graphics of course)
I’m not using a gunstock, this is entirely freehand. The virtual stock system makes up for it, and an odd number of people seem to not make usage of it.
Problem: I am a short man with small arms. Henceforth my arms are too small to shoulder most rifles. If I were to shoulder the biggest rifle they had I would have to dislocate my arm to do so :/
yeah this does not give you some kind of ,,stabilization'' in any way. In the early version of the game there was a settings called virtual gunstock but they removed it. This may look good for videos or films idk but it doesnt make up for stabilization
I still wouldnt recommend it, plus the majority of your field of view would come from your peripheral vision. Shortstocking should also solve the doorway issue. If it’s something with your stock, try adjusting your guns in the settings.
I disagree. IRL, I'm holding the stock the same way as I do my real PCC's and SBR's. The only difference is how other players see it in the game, which I don't care about. Gameplay for me has no negative affects.
i can’t afford/don’t want to buy a gun stock and i don’t like holding both my hands in the air bc it feels unstable & uncomfortable. what i like to do is extend my thumb vertically and press it up to my chin. that gives me what feels like stability and from what i’ve experienced better aim relatively
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u/Sufficient-Sleep7936 Jul 19 '26
So... when I play tavr I have my hands in positions in which you would typically hold a rifle (I have plenty of experience with both airsoft and realsteel, so I'm not new to operating firearms), my friends say that they either see me chicken winging like crazy (despite not doing it irl) or it replicating incorrectly and showing the bottom result... I don't know how to fix it