Followers Salute Casually (OAR)
🟡 Updated this year⚠️ Install Order · 7 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
- 🏆 #77 of 178 Animation mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
7 new much less formal idlesalute.hkx gesture animations for your followers to use when your character addresses them while using Immersive Interactions - Animated Actions. Without said mod my animations from this mod won't be showning in your game!
I made this small mod for myself to fix mismatch between informal dialogue lines followers use so often and too formal standard idlesalute used by Immersive Interactions. Now they will have a variety of head nodding to signify attentive listening. Housecarls will have old fist to chest animation though, but not too often.
Females now have animations fitting their skeleton, instead of using bulky universal idlesalute.
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How to install
At any time in your playthrough add main mod archive to your mod manager and follow it's standard installation process. Don't forget to make files active :)
How to uninstall
At any time in your playthrough remove mod files in your mod manager.
How to update
At any time in your playthrough download new main file version and replace all files with a new version files.
Compatibility
Must be compatible with everything because there are simply no other mods to replace this animation :)
THANK YOU Ershin for new functionality added with Open Animation Replacer
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Adds 7 casual salute animations for male and female followers, triggered when the player addresses them via the Immersive Interactions mod. Uses OAR dynamic animation replacers with no plugin. Popular with 1,285 endorsements and 738,087 downloads, last updated October 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community adoption (738k downloads, 1.3k endorsements) — clearly a favorite
- No plugin means zero load order headaches and easy uninstall
- OAR-based so it's compatible with other animation mods that use the same framework
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Immersive Interactions and OAR to function — not standalone
- Only affects salutes, so if you want broader follower animation changes, this is narrow
- No screenshots or videos in the description, so you can't preview the animations before installing
For Skyrim players who use Immersive Interactions and want their followers to feel more alive with casual salutes. Perfect for roleplayers who want less military precision and more personality. Skip if you don't use Immersive Interactions or want full animation overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have OAR installed and enabled before adding this mod, otherwise the animations won't trigger.
- Since this mod uses OAR, you can easily disable it in the OAR MCM if you want to test other animation mods.
- If you're using a mod manager, just download and activate — no FOMOD or manual placement needed.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- CHIMgarden
- Version
- 1.1.0
- Downloads
- 738,087
- Endorsements
- 1,285
- Category
- Animation
- Created
- 9/6/2023
- Updated
- 10/6/2025
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