Cowboy Fanning and Spinning Weapons (kNVSE) - ESPless
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #186 of 212 Animation mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Do you want to Fanning with your revolvers?
Do you want to Spin when using lever-action rifles?
Do you want to use your Sawed-off Shotguns with one hand when aiming?
And do you want to use your revolvers with one hand when aiming?
Then this mod is for you
💥 NEWS: VERSION 5. 13. 1! 💥
See the changelog for fixes and improvements.
🤠 DESCRIPTION 🤠
Hello my dear Couriers! This mod is a compilation of several First and Third person Animations of Fanning Revolvers, Spinning Lever-action Rifles, and One-handed Aiming with a Sawed-off shotgun and Revolvers.
With version 5. 0 onwards, the mod allows you to do the following:
◾ Use it with Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 3 or Tale of Two Wastelands ‼️
◾ Configure Revolver animations based on the Cowboy or Gunslinger Perks‼️
◾ Configure Lever-action animations based on the Cowboy Perk‼️
◾ Set a minimum Guns skill level for each weapon‼️
◾ Set a minimum Strength requirement for Sawed-off Shotgun animations‼️
◾ Choose whether it activates only in combat, out of combat or at any time ‼️
◾ Adjust the percentage of chance that the animations will play ‼️
◾ Priority over other animation mods ‼️
◾ Option for assign a key to activate it manually ‼️
◾ Option for NPCs to activate animations by percentage ‼️
◾ Animation for VATS Mode without having to overwrite the aiming animations of Revolvers and Lever Action Rifles ‼️
◾ Animations for Power Armor ‼️
◾ Customize these options for each weapon individually, including Perks, Skills, Strength, Combat, and activation chances‼️
🎥 REVIEW 🎥
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Cowboy Fanning and Spinning Weapons (kNVSE) is an animation mod for Fallout: New Vegas that adds first- and third-person spinning animations for lever-action rifles, fanning for revolvers, and one-handed aiming with sawed-off shotguns when using the Cowboy Perk. It is highly customizable and has a strong community following with over 1,100 endorsements.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 1,105 endorsements and over 88k downloads — clearly a must-have for cowboy builds.
- Ties animations directly to the Cowboy Perk, so it only shows up when you're playing that style — no immersion breaking.
- ESPless design means it won't clutter your load order and is easy to manage.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires kNVSE (a script extender) — if you're not already using it, you'll need to set that up first.
- Animations are limited to the Cowboy Perk — if you don't use that perk, this mod does nothing for you.
- Last updated in November 2024 — while recent, it may not be compatible with future game patches or other animation mods.
For Fallout: New Vegas players who love cowboy-themed playthroughs and want to add stylish, immersive animations to their lever-action and revolver gameplay. Skip if you don't use the Cowboy Perk or prefer more general animation overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have kNVSE installed and properly configured before adding this mod — it's required for the animations to work.
- Since it's ESPless, you can install it with a mod manager like Mod Organizer 2 or Vortex, but double-check that your mod manager supports ESPless plugins.
- Test the animations with a character that has the Cowboy Perk to see them in action — you might need to adjust the settings to your liking.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- ZedraxStereo
- Version
- 5.11
- Downloads
- 88,092
- Endorsements
- 1,105
- Category
- Animation
- Created
- 12/7/2022
- Updated
- 11/23/2024
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