subtle jump

A simple and immersive overhaul of SSE's jump animation.

Everyone knows the vanilla jump animation looks really stupid. To solve this problem, many mod authors create custom jump animations. But - being the mod consumer that I am - I wanted something to suit my tastes. So, using the resources of I, I made a simple overhaul of Skyrim's jump animations, which feel (and look) natural and have a fantasy similar to third-person games like Dragon's Dogma.

*None of these animations were made by me; I'm just the compiler.

**Made from a third-person perspective.

Mod requirements: Battle Game Overhaul (while playing, I took full advantage of iRetrospect's full compatibility patch), Dynamic Animation Replacer, ClassicSprinting rework (skse64), and Better JumpingSE.

Animations used:

iRetrospect's Jump BehaviorOverhaul is the basis of this compilation: his replacement animation replacement + Combat Gameplay Overhaul patch is used (alternative versions of animation replacements are also included).

Bergzore's Run Sprint and Jump (which I ported to SSE) uses his mt_jump.hkx animation for the standing jump, which is IsMovementDirection(0).

davjes' Jump animation (ported to SSE by me) uses his Forward jump - a flip jump for Sprint Jump combined with a combination of Sprint Jump and Better Jumping ini to allow jumping while sprinting, and iRetrospect's mt_jump.hkx original - only the scroll-disabled version uses JBO's original (as opposed to alt) animation.

5poiler's Light Foot-Jumping Animation SSE (his mt_jump.hkx) is used for the weapon drawn jumping animation.

Animation demonstration:

Recommendation: If this compilation doesn't work to your liking, try using one of the animations used to compile it (mentioned above); also, you may want to edit BetterJumpiniSE.txt to jump more during sprints than normal jumps (in the video, "Jump height multiplier for all jumps (always multiplied)" is set to 0.8, while "Jump height multiplier for sprint jumps (during sprints and jumps)" is set to 1.0.

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Many thanks to the original mod author for making the animation and the tool Dynamic Animation Replacer that supports custom conditions.