Butcher Pete Complete - A Melee Animation Overhaul
⚪ Last updated 2022⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.8% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #94 of 212 Animation mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
BUTCHER PETE COMPLETE | A MELEE ANIMATION OVERHAUL
Chopping Animations
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Slashing Animations
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Blunt Animations
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FEATURES
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[]Covers all animations related to melee: attacks, power attacks, blocking, block hit, recoil, and sneaking.
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] All weapons have more attack variation than in vanilla.
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]FOV-friendly: animations are made close to the screen with the default FOV, so will adapt well to any FOV.[]Applies to all one-handed melee weapons from New Vegas, its DLC, and TTW.
- All weapons are grouped into three different attack categories: chopping animations, slashing animations, and bludgeoning animations. See the above videos for the differences.
DESCRIPTION
This mod combines my one-handed animations from Butcher Pete - Part 1 and Butcher Pete - Part 2 with a new, "Part 3" set of animations that covers blunt weapons.
For those of you who don't know, the goal behind this pack was simple: quickly cover all one-handed melee weapons with a basic framework, and then modify the attack animations to look distinct as per weapon type. Weapons that are best suited for chopping, such as the Cleaver and Machete-type weapons, now have attack animations that look like they chop: the slice through, but don't carry all the way off the screen, and instead quiver after connecting. Weapons best suited for slicing--knives, swords, and so on--well, slice. These are the most similar to vanilla, as they just go off the screen, although there was an attempt to make it look there was an impact halfway through.
Finally, I've added bludgeoning animations for blunt weapons. These still carry a decent way through the screen, but now have a sort of bounce to them to make it look like a violent connection was being made. However, they retain the power attacks
Butcher Pete Complete is a comprehensive melee animation overhaul for Fallout: New Vegas, covering nearly every one-handed melee weapon in the base game, DLCs, and TTW. It replaces default swing animations with new chop, slice, and bludgeon moves, giving combat a fresh feel. With 2,365 endorsements and 289,483 downloads, it's a well-established mod for players seeking visual variety in melee combat.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 2,365 endorsements and nearly 300k downloads—clearly a must-have for melee builds.
- Covers nearly every one-handed melee weapon, so you won't have mismatched animations mid-fight.
- Works with TTW, so even Capital Wasteland players get the improved animations.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in December 2022—might have issues with the latest game patches or mods.
- Only affects one-handed melee weapons; two-handed and unarmed animations are untouched.
For New Vegas players who love melee builds and want to freshen up combat animations without changing gameplay. Also great for TTW players who want consistent animations across both wastelands. Skip if you're not into melee or prefer gameplay overhauls over cosmetic tweaks.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're using TTW, make sure to load this mod after the TTW esm to avoid conflicts.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or FOMM to handle the files and keep your load order clean.
- Check the mod's comments section for any known issues with other animation mods before installing.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- rockbiter68
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 289,483
- Endorsements
- 2,365
- Category
- Animation
- Created
- 12/1/2022
- Updated
- 12/6/2022
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