Animation Rework - All DLCs - VANILLA
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- 🏆 #43 of 152 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Fixed Timberwolf stomp
Fixed foot stomping on Highlander
Misc changes and tweaks
Added torso rotation to:
Shadowhawk llC
Added torso rotation to most mechs
Fixed Kintaro sliding
Many misc tweaks
Assassin - New run animation
Maddog - Adjusted run animation
Timberwolf - Adjusted run animation
Shadowcat - Adjusted run animation
Bullshark - Further reduced cockpit bobbing
Catapult - Adjusted walk and run animation
Other misc tweaks and adjustments
Fixed King Crab animation when coming to a stop
Reduced torso rocking on Nightstar and King Crab walk backwards animations
Reduced torso rotation on Blackknight animation
Fixed Catapult's off-center cockpit
Adjusted Longbow and Jagermech run animations
Highlander - adjusted right leg in run animation
King Crab - adjusted run animation
Marauder II - adjusted run animation
Masakari - new run animation
Timberwolf - new run animation
Blackhawk - new run animation
All mechs - adjusted syncronization between first and third person
All mechs - adjusted third person run animations to reduce feet sliding on the ground
Reduced cockpit bounce on the following mechs: Atlas, Awesome, Blackjack, Cyclops, Jagermech, Kintaro, Warhammer
Mauler - adjusted run animation
NOTE The animation speeds are based off of vanilla mech speeds, pushing mechs to very high speeds may cause issues with cockpit bounce.
Kingcrab first person animation hotfix
Most mechs - Adjusted first person animations to be more in sync with third person animations.
Shadowcat - fixed excessive hip rotation
Commando - fixed left and right run animations
Nightstar - adjusted run animation
King Crab - new animation to reduce torso rocking
Nightstar - new animation to reduce torso rocking
Adder - adjusted run animation
King Crab - reduced pelvis swing and changed left leg stride to match the right leg
Nightstar - reduced torso rocking
Bullshark - reduced torso rocking in first person and adjusted camera location
Masakari - fixed stray faces coming out of right arm when torso rotates
Crusader - centered torso in first person view
Victor - added hip rotation
Catapult - adjusted stride and fixed animation hitch in left leg
Direwolf - added first person animation fix and tweaked stride length
Adder - added first person animation fix
All mechs - adjusted foot impact sound timing in 3rd person view to sync up better with animations
Adds hip rotation to most mechs
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Mechwarrior5mercenaries Mods
- Author
- Wheat
- Version
- 1.8
- Downloads
- 5,209
- Endorsements
- 115
- Category
- Visuals and Graphics
- Created
- 10/26/2025
- Updated
- 5/30/2026
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