No Pushups in Combat Fix

⭐ ⭐ (111 endorsements) 📥 207,365 downloads 📌 v1.1.0 📅 2/4/2025
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By FinalCatalyst · Bug Fixes

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 2/11/2025 📅 Created: 2/4/2025
⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
1🛠️ NVSE — New Vegas Script Extender Download ↗
2🛠️ 4GB Patcher — FNV 4GB Patcher Download ↗
3🔧 NVAC — New Vegas Anti Crash Download ↗
4🧩 JIP LN — JIP LN NVSE Plugin Download ↗
5🔧 YUP — Yukichigai Unofficial Patch Download ↗

Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
  • 🏆 #60 of 110 Bug Fixes mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Have you ever encountered people doing pushups? Are they doing, like, a lot of pushups? Like they never seem to stop doing pushups? Have you ever tried to punch somebody doing a whole lot of pushups and they just sit there and take it while doing even more pushups just to flex on you?

WELL NO MORE

Now anybody doing a ton of pushups will realize "holy crap I could die if I don't stop doing these pushups (even though I'd look DAMN good doing it)." Only people doing so many pushups they continue doing it when you shut off the game will stop doing them though. Everybody else will finish their set like normal before reacting to combat. Plebes.

So Bethesda in their infinite wisdom, made it so if an Idle Animation is looping, it must finish looping before something else can play, like combat animations for example. Then they decided to make an endless looping pushup idle. So anybody looping pushups, will loop them forever until they are quite literally knocked out of the animation. Unfortunately, even though the idle marker is Furniture record, the furniture never gets "activated" so we can't just throw a script with an "OnActivate" block onto the furniture record and call it a day. Also the "OnStartCombat" event is a pile of hot garbage and just straight up doesn't fire sometimes, so we can't use that event either. So instead, I came up with a crappy solution that adds a handler for when the animation itself starts playing, checks every second if that actor is in combat, and if so then force stops the idle. Not a graceful solution, and people getting force stopped doing pushups decide they actually need to stand back up using the Michael Jackson lean, so it looks stupid but whatever dude, the entire thing is stupid.



What's that? You've never even encountered this? Well probably not because there's only like 2 places in Vanilla New Vegas, and like 6 places in TTW where this can even happen. So it's rare, and you probably don't need this mod because it does way too many checks for what it actually is trying to accomplish (you never know when you'll encounter people doing pushups til the heat death of the universe.... or until your power goes out, but when you eventually do. When you finally see somebody who has dedicated their entire existence to bench pressing the wasteland - even if it means certain death. You will remember this mod, and be like "oh yeah that dude was right this is really stupid"

Credit to the Uranium Fever users who encountered this bug

Credit to OrgasmicSneeze for the thumbnail and Banner

Credit to Michael Jackson for doing the lean

Credit to Bethesda for dumbass engine decisions

🤖 AI-enhanced — based on mod data

Forces actors doing infinite pushups to stop if they are in combat. A simple bug fix for a quirky Skyrim behavior, with 111 endorsements and over 207k downloads, last updated in February 2025.

✨ Key Features

Stops actors from doing pushups when they enter combat.
Targets the 'infinite pushups' bug that can occur in Skyrim.
Lightweight fix with no additional dependencies.

📊 Pros & Cons

✅ Pros

  • Huge download count (207k) shows this fix is in demand.
  • Simple, focused fix that does exactly what it says.
  • Recently updated (Feb 2025), so likely compatible with current Skyrim versions.

⚠️ Cons

  • Only 111 endorsements relative to downloads—maybe not everyone's favorite, but still solid.
  • Niche fix: only affects the pushup bug, not other combat animation issues.
🎯 Is This For You?
For Skyrim players who've seen NPCs drop into pushups mid-battle and want that immersion-breaking quirk gone. Skip if you're looking for broader combat overhauls—this is a single-purpose fix.
📦 Install:Easy· Under 1 minute

💡 Beginner Tips

  • Drop the file into your Data folder or use a mod manager—either works.
  • Load order doesn't matter much for a simple script fix, but place it after major overhauls.
  • If you use Skyrim Special Edition, check that the mod version matches your game edition.

📊 Mod Details

Game
New Vegas Mods
Author
FinalCatalyst
Version
1.1.0
Downloads
207,365
Endorsements
111
Category
Bug Fixes
Created
2/4/2025
Updated
2/11/2025

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