Crafting Camera Fix
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #108 of 123 Animation mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
When exiting the smelter or blacksmith forge or other crafting furniture, I noticed that the camera would clip through the character's head and would see two scary eyeballs and mouth. After many tests, I found that this was caused by replacing the idle animation mt_idle.hkx, in other words the camera movement of the crafting animations do not match the replaced idle animation. So what this mod does is just use OAR to replace the idle animation when using these crafting furniture with the vanilla files. Since there are dedicated crafting animations, you should not noticed the vanilla idle animations, they are just used to correct the camera movement.
I hope to use these two gifs to show the problem. (I slow down the game to make it easier to see.)
1. Replace the idle animation WITHOUT this mod enabled:
2. Replace the idle animation WITH this mod enabled:
Crafting Camera Fix is a small animation fix for a game where the camera clips when exiting crafting furniture like smelters or blacksmith forges. It has 402 endorsements and over 153k downloads, indicating solid community adoption. Last updated May 2025, it's a simple quality-of-life improvement for players bothered by camera glitches.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 402 endorsements and over 153k downloads—clearly a fix people wanted.
- Targets a specific annoyance (camera clipping) that breaks immersion when leaving crafting stations.
- Simple, focused mod—no bloat, just does one job.
⚠️ Cons
- Only addresses camera clipping on exit—doesn't fix other potential camera issues or animation glitches.
- May conflict with other mods that alter crafting furniture animations or camera behavior.
- Last updated May 2025—if the game has had updates since, compatibility could be at risk.
For players who frequently use smelters and forges and are tired of the camera clipping through walls or objects when they stand up. If you're a builder or crafter who spends lots of time at workstations, this is a must-have. Skip if you rarely use crafting furniture or don't notice camera glitches.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're using a mod manager, install this like any other mod—it's a simple file drop.
- Check if the game has had recent updates that might affect mod compatibility; if so, look for updates or patches.
- If you experience issues, try disabling other animation or camera mods to see if they conflict.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Me
- Version
- 1.02
- Downloads
- 153,725
- Endorsements
- 402
- Category
- Animation
- Created
- 5/31/2024
- Updated
- 5/15/2025
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