First Person Combat Animations Overhaul - Dagger and Shield Fix
⚪ Last updated 2022⚠️ 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
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #120 of 154 Animation mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This fixes the animation while equipping a dagger and a shield with First Person Combat Animations Overhaul.
This mod only affects animations while wearing a dagger and a shield simultaneously!
2 Versions: (Choose one)
Normal Version: FPCAO attack animations, other animations are vanilla
Vanilla Animation: All animations are vanilla
A small compatibility patch for First Person Combat Animations Overhaul that fixes the animation when equipping a dagger and shield together. With 524 endorsements and nearly 300k downloads, it's a popular fix for a niche issue. Last updated in January 2022.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved fix (524 endorsements) for a specific annoyance.
- Huge download count (290k+) shows many players needed this.
- Lightweight patch that does one job without bloat.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in January 2022 — may not work with newer game versions or mod updates.
- Requires First Person Combat Animations Overhaul, so it's useless without that mod.
For Skyrim players who use First Person Combat Animations Overhaul and are bothered by the broken dagger-and-shield animation. Skip if you don't use that mod or don't care about first-person animation quirks.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have First Person Combat Animations Overhaul installed first, then overwrite its files with this patch.
- If you use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, let it handle the file overwrite to avoid conflicts.
- Check the mod's posts section for any user-reported compatibility notes with other animation mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Ixion XVII
- Version
- 1.00
- Downloads
- 290,897
- Endorsements
- 524
- Category
- Animation
- Created
- 1/18/2022
- Updated
- 1/18/2022
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