New Vegas - Enhanced Camera
⚪ Last updated 2018⚠️ 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
- 👍 2.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #6 of 441 Gameplay Effects and Changes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
New Vegas - Enhanced Camera
by LogicDragon
Description
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This is a NVSE plugin that enables a visible body and player shadows when in first person. Also, any points where the game force switches to 3rd person (sitting down, getting up, knockout/death, etc.) are now in 1st person.
Other mods in the Enhanced Camera series:
Oblivion, Fallout 3, Skyrim
Requirements
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This plugin requires New Vegas version 1. 4. 0. 525 and NVSE v3 beta 2 or higher.
Extract the contents of this archive into your New Vegas Data folder.
Delete "NVSE_EnhancedCamera.dll" and "NVSE_EnhancedCamera.ini" from your "DataNVSEPlugins" folder.
Compatibility
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The no gore version of the exe is not supported.
Known Issues
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- Attacking with melee weapons with head bob disabled may cause your feet to move oddly.
- Sometimes your character is invisible in the barber/plastic surgery menu until you rotate your character or change your appearance.
- Fixed a potential crashing issue when loading saved games (bug with ApplyDarknessShader hook)
- Fixed camera being able to rotate causing visual glitches during the intro.
- Added ability to rotate the camera during sitting/knockout animations.
- Moved the body up when dead or knocked out to reduce the chance of the camera going underground.
- Added option to prevent chase cam distance from being reset during forced third person animations.
- Your body is now visible when opening/closing the pipboy menu.
- You can now see more of your body when sitting.
- Various fixes to experimental third person arms mode.
- Other minor fixes.
- There is no more head bob (can be re-enabled in the ini).
- Fixed bug where player's body becomes transparent when entering interiors.
- Added ini settings to hide the first person body and disable dialog zoom.
- The Cannibal and Mister Sandman perks can now be done in first person.
- Fixed some minor dialog related bugs.
- Fixed a potential crash bug.
- Improved camera during in-game cutscenes.
- Fixed error marker when drinking from water source due to bugged anim object (KhanTrick. NIF).
- Minor bug fixes
- Initial Release
The NVSE team (Ian Patterson, Stephen Abel and Paul Connelly) for their work decoding Fallout New Vegas and making this possible.
The OBSE/Niftools team for decoding Oblivion's nif format making it easier to decode Fallout's in memory NiNode format.
New Vegas - Enhanced Camera is a NVSE plugin that gives Fallout: New Vegas a visible body and player shadows in first person, and converts forced third-person moments like sitting, knockout, and death to first person. With 77,636 endorsements and 2.9M downloads, it's a highly popular immersion mod for players wanting a more personal perspective.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 77,636 endorsements and 2.9M downloads.
- Immersive first-person experience with visible body and shadows.
- Removes jarring camera switches during scripted events.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2018, so may have compatibility issues with newer mods or game patches.
- Requires NVSE, which adds an extra setup step for new modders.
For Fallout: New Vegas players who want a more immersive first-person view and hate the forced third-person camera during actions like sitting or dying. Perfect for roleplayers and immersion enthusiasts. Skip if you prefer the default camera or don't want to deal with NVSE dependencies.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure NVSE is installed correctly and launched via the NVSE loader, not the default launcher.
- Check mod compatibility with other camera or body mods you have installed.
- If you use a mod manager, let it handle the file placement to avoid overwriting issues.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- LogicDragon
- Version
- 1.4c
- Downloads
- 2,918,609
- Endorsements
- 77,636
- Category
- Gameplay Effects and Changes
- Created
- 3/19/2014
- Updated
- 12/16/2018
🔧 How to Install New Vegas Mods
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