3PCO - 3rd Person Camera Overhaul - Smooth Camera Follow

3rd Person Camera Overhaul (3PCO) aims to fix the stiff, unmoving vanity camera of vanilla Skyrim. In vanilla, the camera is locked to a fixed location above the character. This makes camera movement boring and action combat look static and unfun. 3PCO removes this anchor and allows the camera to follow the player, resulting in a more aesthetic view, especially in combat. When weapon is sheathed, the effect is subtle, but better than vanilla. When the weapon is unsheathed, the effect is much more pronounced and action-oriented.

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Read before Updating to v3. 0:

Make sure your crosshairs are visible before updating. The name of the plugin has changed because I rewrote the mod from scratch, so the game will warn you. It shouldn't be an issue.

How 3PCO works:

In modern AAA games, the camera is placed with respect to the world coordinates. This allows the camera to follow a player's world-coordinates. However, in Skyrim the camera is placed with respect to the player. This makes it much harder to make a smooth camera follow effect, because the camera would have to dynamically change its own position based on the player's speed and position. Normally this requires alot of math that probably isn't possible or viable with Skyrim's camera scripting. This math is circumvented by specifying a position for the camera to go to based on whether the player is moving left or right. If the player is moving right, command the camera to pan left at a designated speed. This artificially recreates the smooth camera follow effect.

Installation:

First, install SKYUI: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/3863

Then, just use  your favorite mod manager to install 3PCO, or copy the data folder to your Skyrim game's directory.

I also strongly recommend using Himika's Lock-On mod alongside this one: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33791

To further enhance action combat gameplay, check out tkDodge, Mortal Enemies, and Wildcat + Deadly Combat

Uninstallation:

Before uninstalling, make sure to set your default camera settings, enable all crosshairs, and then use the MCM menu's option to uninstall before removing the mod from your list. If updating, uninstall the mod first, make a save without it, and then install the updated version.