3rd Person Aim Fix - ESPless

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The 3rd Person Problem

We all have those moments where we dumped 10, 20 rounds on a charging nightstalker, only to die afterwards and realize that not a single shot had connected.

Ranged projectiles in New Vegas spawn at the tip of the weapon barrel and travel straight out, as they should. This turns into a problem in 3rd person however, because nothing is lined up properly.

The camera and the player character are parallel to each other. They are moving in equal planes. And 3rd person animations are designed so that the NPCs are shooting in front of themselves. This means that the tip of the barrel is never pointed directly at your crosshair, but instead at the center of the character's line of sight, roughly at a 30 degree angle away from the crosshair.

What's more, the problem is compounded by the camera position. By moving the camera out horizontally, the misalignment angle between the weapon and the crosshair expands, further worsening the accuracy. The default 3rd person camera is already quite centered, but nonetheless, it is still a noticeable problem. It gets even more severe in the side 3rd person views added by camera mods. They feel great to play at first because the character is moved off to the side and you get a clear view of what's in front, but then combat begins, and the weapon precision is even worse than vanilla.

The auto-aim system is serviceable under the right settings. With enough distance between the player and the target, this misalignment angle becomes mostly inconsequential. It's just that within that mid-to-close range zone, your shots will basically never hit where you point the crosshair to. And unfortunately, most of the skirmishes in the game are going to either start off in or quickly progress into that range, so it's not very avoidable, especially if you are not looking to play around the broken sneak mechanic.

Not to mention, most weapons in the game are not 3rd person friendly. A lot of them are semi-automatic with low ammo capacity. Missing a shot or two here could easily mean the difference between life and death against something like a cazador. Sadly in 3rd person, it usually means death. It's even more frustrating when you're dying to the crosshair not doing what it's supposed to, rather than the actual threat.

So if you insist on playing in 3rd person, you don't really got a lot to work with. The best you can do is to run with a spray and pray weapon and aim next to your target, backpedal constantly, or put the camera smack dab in the middle. Or just forget about it and go 1st person. Not much else.

Well, maybe there is.

With 3rd Person Aim Fix, the mid-to-close range precision aiming is now as consistent and reliable a