Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Seamless Over Shoulder Mod v1.04

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Seamless Over Shoulder Mod v1.04

Edits the over the shoulder/third person/horse camera settings to allow for more zoom and seamless transition from unsheathed to sheathed. As a bonus the mod now also attempts to have a go at a fake first person horse riding camera. Being an offshoot of a transparency bug affecting the Playable Char this aspect of the mod is very crude and has it's share of niggles, it is is no way the main aim of the mod but just an attempt until the construction kit comes along.

The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim:

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MOD NAME: SOS - Seamless Over Shoulder

VERSION : 1.04

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By Bal-Cleric

Date 20/11/2011

1. Description

2. Requirements

3. Installing the plug-in

4. Playing the plug-in

5. Save games

6. Conflicts/Known Errors

7. Credits/Permissions received

8. Contact and Information

9. Legal Stuff/Disclaimer

10. Anything else

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1. DESCRIPTION

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Edits the over the shoulder/third person/horse camera settings to allow for more zoom and seamless transition from unsheathed to sheathed. As a bonus the mod now also attempts to have a go at a fake first person horse riding camera. Being an offshoot of a transparency bug affecting the Playable Char this aspect of the mod is very crude and has it's share of niggles, it is is no way the main aim of the mod but just an attempt until the construction kit comes along.

Notes on Fake First Person Riding - As of now when using the FFPR tweak you still have use of a decent 3rd person camera on horseback, the FFP comes into play when you zoom in as far as you can using the mouse wheel. As you zoom you will notice that your PC goes transparent and the zoom will pass through him slightly. This is the cheat, and are some of the best settings I could find to avoid the following problem. From time to time you WILL see your transparent PC block your view, mainly going down hills and when galloping. I found the best way to reduce this was to move my mouse with the horse. So if your going down an incline, aim down as if your guiding your horse, it is very annoying I'm afraid but I'm at a dead end. If it bugs you by all means experiments with the attached [Camera] tweaks.txt and find the fix.

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2. Requirements

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Got Skyrim?

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3. INSTALLING THE PLUGIN

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Option 1: From the Camera Settings.txt mix and match any horse camera tweak with only one OverTheShoulder or CentredAndRaised setting. Once chosen copy and paste your selected tweaks into your Skyrim.ini located in: Documents\My Games\Skyrim. Chosen settings must go under a [Camera] heading, if there is no heading create it.

Option 2: Alternatively you can use the labelled and preset default Skyrim.ini files. Again copy and paste to Documents\My Games\Skyrim. Using these will overwrite any custom .ini tweaks you have.

Install Notes: Please bare in mind any horse tweaks you add will need fActorFadeOutLimit=-100 to avoid a horse transparency bug.

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4. PLAYING THE PLUGIN

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As long as the tweaks are present in the Skyrim.ini launch Skryim the usual way for the mod to work.

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5. SAVE GAMES

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Save game compatible.

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6. CONFLICTS / KNOWN ERRORS

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Shouldn't conflict with any mod other than those that overwrite the settings in your Skyrim.ini - Only known error is the current PC transparency bug, looking for a fix.

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7. CREDITS / PERMISSIONS RECEIVED

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Bethesda for Skyrim, Zah for testing and Raptor Jesus for being awesome. Biggest shout to fLokii for alerting me to using minus values on fActorFadeOutLimit, without him you would have transparent horses and no Fake First Person Riding.

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8. CONTACT AND INFORMATION

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Nexus Profile: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=653240

Beth Profile: http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/user/285080-bal-cleric/

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9. LEGAL STUFF/ DISCLAIMER

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Tis only .ini tweaks so do what the hell you like.

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10. ANYTHING ELSE

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I suggest you experiment and tweak the settings to something more of your liking. This is my first mod (if you can call it that) which I made just becuase I was flipping through the .ini and noticed I could tweak these. So if I can do it so can all of you. Contained in the rar is also a list of all the settings under [Camera] within the Skyrim.ini. I suggest you play about until the cows come home, so go experiment and destroy your game! XD