Viewmodel Shading Fix - NVSE
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.5% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #16 of 110 Bug Fixes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
I'm on a roll with viewmodel fixes.
When Bethesda tried to mitigate floating point precision loss on viewmodel by shifting local playet position, they added a mechanism to shift lights to accommodate that position change.
As we know, that thing didn't go according to the plan. So you shouldn't be surprised if I tell you, that this light offset is also broken.
While lights get correctly shifted, the eye position is not (oddly enough it is calculated correctly in Lighting30Shaders, which are used only for decals). This means that you get correct diffuse lighting, but totally incorrect specular highlights, rendering (literally) weapon super dull and often dim. If you often wondered why weapons look flat - that's why.
The other issue is exact opposite - while eye pos was missing the offset, lights attached to the player are missing due to having the offset. This means that muzzle flashes, or any other light attached to viewmodel nodes (like in my Dynamic Pip-Boy Light), would not cast light at the player.
Both issues, fixed.
Also contains Pip-Boy Shading Fix (now hidden) - Pip-Boy would not receive any lighting if game's shadow system were inactive (disabled or replaced by mods such as NVR). If you have it installed, please uninstall it - failure to do so can result in crashes due to code changes.
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Viewmodel Shading Fix - NVSE is a bug fix mod for Fallout: New Vegas that corrects incorrect specular lighting and adds missing muzzle flash lights on the viewmodel. It has 5,917 endorsements and 1.3 million downloads, last updated in January 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust: 5,917 endorsements and 1.3 million downloads.
- Fixes a glaring visual bug that affects every weapon.
- Actively maintained: last updated January 2025.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires NVSE, so you'll need to install that first.
- Only affects viewmodel lighting, not third-person or world models.
For Fallout: New Vegas players who notice the weird specular highlights and missing muzzle flash on their first-person weapons. If you're a modder or a perfectionist who wants accurate lighting, this is a must-have. Skip if you don't care about visual polish or don't want to bother with NVSE.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Install NVSE first, then drop the mod's files into your Data folder or use a mod manager.
- Make sure your load order has this mod after any other weapon or lighting mods to avoid conflicts.
- If you use ENB, check if it has its own viewmodel fixes to avoid double-patching.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- WallSoGB
- Version
- 2.2
- Downloads
- 1,308,592
- Endorsements
- 5,917
- Category
- Bug Fixes
- Created
- 2/1/2024
- Updated
- 1/19/2025
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