Recoil Assist

For ALL STRIKEPACK HORIZON™ series gaming adapters

This section explains how to set up Recoil Assist.

As a M.O.D. (Macro On Demand), Recoil Assist does not and cannot remove recoil from the game itself. However, when properly adjusted for your current weapon, it can assist in stabilizing some of the camera movement that recoil causes. This, in turn, can help you keep your aim steady and focused on your target.

Recoil Assist must be adjusted for each weapon. Depending on the Gamepack, there are several ways to do this:

• Optimized Supported Weapon selections: Pre-adjusted by our in-house team or the Beam community team, these should be your first choice when included. They require specific in-game settings, listed in the Gamepack’s Settings section of the Strikepack Central app (located top-right), so be sure to check there before getting started. If you follow these settings closely, little or no adjustment is usually required.

• Adjust from scratch using the app or controller Quick Edit feature: Create your own Recoil Assist settings or fine-tune Supported Weapon selections.

• Create a Custom Weapon setting: Store, export, and share adjustments with others. Some Gamepacks even allow importing detailed Recoil settings from Recoil Studio.

• Import a Custom Weapon setting: Apply a setting created by someone else to quickly use their adjustments.

Selecting a Supported Weapon

If a Gamepack includes Optimized Supported Weapon selections, you can access them through its in-app Weapon Selector.

Hold your finger on the Primary Weapon Slot (also known as Weapon 1) until the Weapon Selector appears.

You can toggle whether to Reset Recoil Assist on Select. When enabled , this option resets any adjustments you've made to the Recoil Assist sliders whenever you select a new Supported Weapon. This is recommended.

Everything is organized into Weapon Categories that can be expanded or collapsed. Available selections may range from Generic Fire Modes to Supported Weapons.

Depending on the weapon, features may include an Optimized Recoil Assist pattern, Rapid Fire, Auto Hold Breath, and more.

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Repeat the process to assign a weapon for the Secondary Weapon Slot (also known as Weapon 2).

Testing Recoil Assist

There are several ways to do an in-game test of Recoil Assist to confirm it is working well.

First, make sure you’re synced with your game. Switch to your in-game Primary Weapon first, then tap your finger on the Primary Weapon Slot so it's highlighted as active.

Next, position yourself and aim at a wall or other static target . Make sure you have plenty of ammo and enough space to observe and compare recoil patterns. You can also test against an enemy or a target affected by in-game aim assist, which can influence aiming and affect Recoil Assist to varying degrees.

If a Gamepack includes Optimized Supported Weapon selections

Quick Edit Recoil Assist & Bloom Assist Page Contents

Getting Started

Enter Quick Edit

Vertical Adjust

Horizontal Adjust

Reset

Exit Quick Edit

Pattern Strength

In-game Aim Assist

Bloom Assist Delay

Recoil Assist Mode

Recoil Assist Activation

Troubleshooting

1. Getting Started

Assessing Your Game

First, it is important to understand what Recoil Assist is. When recoil kicks in, this M.O.D. (Macro On Demand) can assist you with keeping your aim steady. As a macro, it does not and cannot remove any recoil from the game. It simply helps you to manage that recoil effectively so you can focus your efforts on your target.

⚠️ Before you get started, assess the type of recoil your game relies on:

• Vertical recoil where your weapon drifts upwards in pretty much a straight line can usually be managed with "Recoil Assist Vertical Adjust".

• Horizontal recoil where your weapon drifts to a single side can usually be managed with "Recoil Assist Horizontal Adjust".

• Recoil that shifts in strength throughout the length of time firing, often with zigzag-like recoil patterns, cannot be fully managed with generic Recoil Assist. For this, we have game-specific, weapon-specific, "Optimized Recoil Assist" in certain dedicated Gamepacks. You can even fine-tune the "Pattern Strength" of the Recoil Assist in such packs.

• Randomized recoil behaviors and bloom (bullet spread) cannot benefit from Recoil Assist.

• Bloom can only be improved upon by reducing fire rate, which can be done with GENERIC Fire: "Bloom Assist" & "Bloom Assist Delay" in "Shooter" and other Gamepacks that include this feature.

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Positioning Yourself

Once you are in-game 🎮, position yourself & aim at a wall 🧱 or static target 🎯, ensuring that you have plenty of ammo & space to compare recoil. Switch to the in-game weapon 🔫 that you will be using first & ensure the Weapon Slot that you intend to adjust is ACTIVE, or highlighted on the Dashboard.

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If the wrong Weapon Slot is ACTIVE, and if you are unfamiliar with Weapon Swap Controller Shortcuts, tap the appropriate Weapon Slot once to make it ACTIVE:

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Directional Quick Edit is in every GAMEPACK with Recoil Assist. If the following setting is present, ensure that it is toggled to Directional for now:

2. Enter Quick Edit

To enter Quick Edit Mode, while HOLDING ACTIVATOR (View or Touch on PS5®), HOLD RIGHT STICK BUTTON until you feel a pulsing rumble.

Your controls will be restricted, but you will be allowed to move around & test your current weapon.

With Directional Quick Edit, you can adjust the direction of the Recoil Assist pull with the D-PAD by TAPPING (precise) or HOLDING (faster) the appropriate direction. Your adjustments will change the following slider values on the Dashboard & they will be felt as heavy rumbles unless the adjustment ceiling or floor is reached:

3. Vertical Adjust

It is wise to focus on vertical adjustment first:

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If your aim is drifting upwards, use the DOWN direction on the D-Pad to pull downwards ⬇️.

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If your aim is drifting downwards, use the UP direction on the D-Pad to pull upwards ⬆️.

4. Horizontal Adjust

If your aim is exclusively drifting to the left, use the RIGHT direction on the D-Pad to pull right ➡️.

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If your aim is exclusively drifting to the right, use the LEFT direction on the D-Pad to pull left ⬅️.

If your aim is drifting in both directions, this type of horizontal recoil CANNOT be & Horizontal Adjust MUST be kept at its default 0 value.

5. Reset

If you get into a mess, at any point in Quick Edit Mode, you can opt to reset your adjustments to default. This reset will only affect the ACTIVE Weapon Slot:

To reset, HOLD LEFT STICK BUTTON until you feel 2 heavy rumbles.

6. Exit Quick Edit

Focus on fine tuning to acceptable results, as your weapon may have some random recoil & that CANNOT be fixed:

If you are satisfied with your results, you can PRESS RIGHT STICK BUTTON to exit Quick Edit Mode.

At this point, you are essentially done with tailoring Recoil Assist for this Weapon Slot to suit your current in-game weapon. Feel free to repeat the process for your another Weapon Slot & in-game weapon. But what if you are unhappy with your adjustments?

7. Pattern Strength

If the Weapon Slot is assigned to a Supported Weapon as is possible in several dedicated GAMEPACKs, & you are adjusting Optimized Recoil Assist with unsuccessful results, there is another option available in toggling to Pattern Strength Quick Edit.

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Pattern Strength suits a weapon best when its recoil pattern has maintained its base shape; just shrunken or enlarged. This can be the case with certain weapon attachments & unsupported settings, or after a game update has only made slight alterations. Ensure that everything is set up the way that you want it before you try Pattern Strength.

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You can toggle the setting from the Dashboard, or your controller. While toggling from the app will leave existing Recoil Assist values alone, values are NOT interchangeable between Directional & Pattern Strength. Therefore, toggling from your controller will reset them for your convenience.

To toggle from your controller, while in Quick Edit Mode, TAP MENU (or Options On PS5®). Besides being visible on the app, when the Weapon Slot is set to Pattern Strength, the pulsing rumble will change to bursts of rumble.

Now, instead of applying a directional pull, you will be adjusting the strength of your weapon's existing Optimized Recoil Assist Pattern.

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From here, while testing Recoil Assist, pay attention to the vertical direction of your aim:

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If your aim is drifting downwards, Vertical Recoil Assist is likely overcorrecting or too strong. Use UP D-PAD to decrease it towards a negative value .

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If your aim is drifting upwards, Vertical Recoil Assist is likely undercorrecting or too weak. Use DOWN D-PAD to increase it towards a positive value .

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When you are done with vertical adjustment, you can tackle horizontal adjustment with trial & error:

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Use RIGHT D-PAD to increase Horizonal Recoil Assist towards a positive value to see if the horizontal drifting gets worse. If it does, use LEFT D-PAD to decrease it towards a negative value . Try to find the middle ground where horizontal drift is minimal.

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You can save time by HOLDING the D-PAD, or adjusting in increments of 5.

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When you are satisfied with your results, you can PRESS RIGHT STICK BUTTON to exit Quick Edit Mode.

At this point, you are essentially done with tailoring Recoil Assist for this Weapon Slot to suit your current in-game weapon. Feel free to repeat the process for your another Weapon Slot & in-game weapon.

In-game Aim Assist

While you are firing at an enemy, in-game aim assist can slightly interfere with Recoil Assist. How much of a problem this will be if at all, largely depends on your game. If you find this difficult to deal with, you can make tweaks such as ever-so-slightly over increasing Vertical Recoil Assist, or for a GAMEPACK with Optimized Recoil Assist, Recoil Assist Mode features solutions to mitigate the issue.

Bloom Assist Delay

If the GENERIC Fire: "Bloom Assist", a feature that slows your fire rate to potentially improve accuracy when you are stationary or slightly moving, is available to use in the GAMEPACK & assigned to the ACTIVE Weapon Slot, its Horizontal Recoil Assist Adjust will be replaced with "Bloom Assist Delay":

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While in Quick Edit Mode, be either stationary or slightly moving; ideally crouched or in cover, then:

If while in the above position, your weapon is firing so quickly that your crosshairs expand, causing inaccuracy at range, use the RIGHT direction on the D-Pad to increase the delay between shots, slowing your fire rate ➡️.

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If while in the above position, your weapon is firing too slowly after adjustment, use the LEFT direction on the D-Pad to decrease the delay between shots, speeding your fire rate back up ⬅️.

Be aware that at low values other than 0, Bloom Assist will have a Rapid Fire effect on a Semi-Automatic Weapon.

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Bloom Assist utilizes strict timings & our team DOES NOT condone or advise using it in any game that is prohibiting or actively monitoring for macro use.

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See the links below:

Recoil Assist Mode

Recoil Assist Activation

❓Troubleshooting