Smooth First Person Sprint - Less Jerkiness and Stutter

This is a fan made modification made with unofficial tools. Use this at your own risk, and back up all save files and mods before using.

Update: A modder has made a more proper fix for this issue that may interest you here.

Sprinting in first person causes stuttering and juddery camera movements when going over uneven surfaces. This problem has nothing to with framerate and this mod does not improve performance in any way. This issue is unrelated to your computers ability to run the game and is even a problem on consoles.

For whatever reason, lowing the sprint speed a very small amount greatly reduces this issue in first person.

If you notice this problem, but your game is otherwise smooth then this tweak should fix it. If your game has stutter issues related to fluctuating FPS, VSYNC, or anything else this won't fix it.

If you see nothing wrong with the random youtube video linked below, then you don't need this fix.

It is quite subtle and most people probably won't be bothered by it - although personally it bothers me a great deal.

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How this workaround works

This mod lowers the players sprint speed by about 5%. The decrease in speed is not very noticeable at all, but it does remove the "stutter" from all but the bumpiest of surfaces.

The problem with armor that increases movement speed

Legendary armor pieces and power armor "overdrive" upgrades that increase your movement speed will re-introduce the stuttering, there is no fix for this.

There is an version "with extras" that changes how movement speed bonuses from armor work. With the optional version of the mod movement speed bonuses will only work while walking and running, and any text is changed to match. The armors are still very useful as they apply to sneaking, walking while aiming down the sights, and so on.

As an added bonus, the armor now seems to works in 3rd person. Compare this to the vanilla armor literally doing nothing in 3rd person, and the sacrifice to gameplay with the optional plugin seems diminished. It's for people who want the stuttering in first person removed at all costs, and is not recommended for most people.