True Directional Movement - Tail Animation Fix
⚪ Last updated 2021⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #186 of 201 Animation mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
A simple behavior edit to fix the glitchy tail animation when using True Directional Movement. The tail behavior contains a physics property that, under normal circumstances, does absolutely nothing. However, it occasionally bugs out when using TDM. Removing this property does not cause any issues, and fixes the bugged behavior. View the images tab for an example of this.
Compatible with anything that doesn't touch TailBehavior. HKX
True Directional Movement - Tail Animation Fix is a small, focused patch that resolves glitchy tail animations when turning with the popular True Directional Movement mod. With 3,406 endorsements and 1.2 million downloads, it's a community-approved fix for Skyrim players using TDM. Last updated in August 2021, it remains a go-to for smoother creature animations.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved fix with 3,406 endorsements and 1.2 million downloads—clearly a must-have for TDM users
- Tiny, focused patch that does exactly one thing: fixes tail jitter, no bloat
- Still relevant years later (last updated 2021) because the issue persists in TDM setups
⚠️ Cons
- Only works if you have True Directional Movement installed—useless without it
- Last updated in 2021, so it might not be tested with the latest TDM or Skyrim versions
For Skyrim players who use True Directional Movement and notice creatures' tails spazzing out when turning. If you're a TDM user, this is a no-brainer install. Skip it if you don't use TDM or don't care about tail animations.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have True Directional Movement installed first—this patch does nothing without it.
- Load this patch after TDM in your mod manager to ensure it overrides the tail animations correctly.
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, just download and enable—no manual file placement needed.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- supershanio64
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 1,152,738
- Endorsements
- 3,406
- Category
- Animation
- Created
- 8/13/2021
- Updated
- 8/13/2021
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