Fallout New Vegas now has sneaky dogs thanks to a mod, so you and your pooch can patiently pad past predators

That's sneaking dogs, not the similarly-named 2012 GTA-like which should person gotten a sequel

You're shuffling done the godforsaken scrub, wondering if the clawed beasts conscionable a fewer yards distant person spotted you yet. You've made definite to popular a Stealth Boy conscionable to beryllium other safe, and told Raul that if his knees creak astatine an inopportune moment, he's connected his own. Then, you realise you brought Rex along, and he's gotten stuck connected a stone respective meters down you. Finally freeing himself, the bully lad bounds towards you astatine afloat speed. This should beryllium the constituent successful immoderate Fallout New Vegas stealthing that you realise it's brownish trousers time.

It isn't, due to the fact that Obsidian weren't full sadists erstwhile they designed the thing. It does instrumentality you retired of your Mojave roleplay a bit, though. Thankfully, I tin study that a modder has taken it upon themselves to guarantee that New Vegas present benefits from the finest successful sneaking canine technology.

The modder who's cracked the codification to covert canines goes by Wombat, and has been doing plentifulness of chill worldly with New Vegas' animations arsenic of late. Their 'Dog Sneak Animations' does precisely what it says connected the tin, adding successful immoderate other movements which let companions similar Rex and Dogmeat to driblet into a prone crawl whenever your quality decides the clip is close for stealthy crouch-walking.

Seriously, conscionable look astatine Rex spell successful the video about, process wagging conscionable capable to betray however blessed helium is astatine the thought of pouncing connected immoderate unsuspecting raider. Are dogs really this bully astatine sneaking successful existent life? As a feline owner, I've got nary idea, but if thing other the animation's cute capable to distract you momentarily if you sneak yourself into a choky spot you're not going to beryllium capable to get retired of.

The mod should besides enactment modded canine companions, and judging by the comments could perchance beryllium tweaked to see New Vegas' coyote-snake hybrid Nightstalkers, who'd surely acceptable arsenic sneaky slithering sidekicks. Wombat besides notes that they've already added to immoderate sneak animations to different non-human companion successful the signifier of loveable robot shot ED-E. Though, there's nary video preview for that one, truthful I can't archer you whether it causes the bot to turn limbs and commencement scrabbling astir connected his belly similar the dogs.

Anyway, if you fancy creeping astir with 1 of the Mojave's mutts, you'll request to drawback a fewer different mods to get sneaking dogs working. The New Vegas Script Extender's up first, with the JIP LN NVSE Plugin and kNVSE Animation Plugin to follow, each of which are communal New Vegas frameworks.