FNV Clean Animations - Throwing Weapons Pack
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #96 of 212 Animation mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
FNV CLEAN ANIMATIONS | Throwing Weapons Pack
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Recommended for use with Retrievable Throwables Reforged.
FEATURES
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[]Complete re-animation of all throwing weapons in the games, including Throwing Knives with update 1. 0. 2 (thanks hitman!).
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]Adheres to all vanilla timings and animation lengths. Nothing here is even a milisecond out-of-place with vanilla animations.[]Idle animations if you leave the weapon equipped and don't attack.
[]Gameplay-friendly, and possibly more gameplay-friendly than vanilla animations (see description).
[]Compatible with all quick-throw mods EXCEPT b42 Quickthrow, due to technical constraints.
[]For use with any locomotion set available on Nexus.
- Recommended to use with this set.
DESCRIPTION
Do use throwing weapons in New Vegas? Probably not. The animations for them are exceedingly ugly, and they're clunky and difficult to aim with.
The first issue--the ugliness--has been dealt with in full, in my opinion. I've also addressed this by keeping the animations exactly in-line with vanilla timings. All text keys are exactly the same, and when animations start and stop are exactly the same. In my opinion, the animations are a straight upgrade over vanilla, with no strings attached. I won't bother going into the concept behind these animations--the idea was to make them look better, powerful, and weighty. That, more-or-less, has been achieved.
Worth noting: I originally set out to only cover hatchets and then, well, this happened. Every throwing axe technically has its own set, as since (I'm guessing) the vanilla idles were so bad, no one bothered to make sure proportions matched. So that was fun. At that point, I just threw spears in for good measures. And here you are.
As for being difficult to aim with: well, as you can see from the showcase, that's still somewhat the case. In vanilla, throwing weapons throw slightly to the right of your crosshair. I'm uncertain why, but it does not seem to be an animation issue. But, still, I do think that aiming is slightly easier now, from a visual perspective if not a mechanical one: the vanilla animations do a really poor job a
This mod overhauls the animations for all throwing axes and spears in Fallout: New Vegas, improving visual clarity while aiming without altering balance. It requires kNVSE and is a popular choice with 971 endorsements and over 283,000 downloads, last updated in March 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust: 971 endorsements and 283k downloads show it's a go-to for animation overhauls.
- Keeps vanilla timings, so you won't have to relearn combat rhythm or worry about balance shifts.
- Improves aiming clarity, which is a real quality-of-life boost for throwing weapon builds.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires kNVSE, so you'll need to install that first—an extra step for modding newcomers.
- Only affects throwing axes and spears, so if you use other thrown weapons, this won't cover them.
- No explicit mention of compatibility with other animation mods, so you might need to test load order.
For Fallout: New Vegas players who love throwing weapon builds and want smoother, clearer animations without messing with game balance. Also great for modders who appreciate polished, vanilla-friendly overhauls. Skip if you're not into thrown weapons or don't want to bother with kNVSE.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have kNVSE installed and activated before adding this mod, as it won't work without it.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to keep your load order clean and avoid conflicts.
- Test the animations in-game with a throwing weapon to see the clarity improvement—if you notice any issues, check your load order for other animation mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- rockbiter68
- Version
- 1.0.3
- Downloads
- 283,015
- Endorsements
- 971
- Category
- Animation
- Created
- 6/7/2023
- Updated
- 3/12/2025
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