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About this mod
This mod changes the values for walk, sprint, and walking sneak. Walk and walking sneak are faster, and sprint is now running speed. To support running, the cost of sprinting has been reduced from 7 stamina per second to 1 stamina per second. Finally, the walking speed of horses is now their running speed.
- Requirements
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Introducing Walkable Skyrim! This is an RP philosophy/guide built around a small mod that changes the default values for moment. The intent is simple: to allow you to walk around Skyrim VR in a way that makes the world feel larger, natural, and as vast as would be were you isekai’d after being hit by Truck-kun.
The TL;DR below tells you all you need to know to install and use this mod. Reading the rest is optional.
TL;DR
This mod changes the values for walk, sprint, and walking sneak. Walk and walking sneak are faster, and sprint is now running speed. To support running, the cost of sprinting has been reduced from 7 stamina per second to 1 stamina per second. Finally, the walking speed of horses is now their running speed.
To install this mod,use your favorite mod manager or simply add the .esp to your SkyrimVR/Data folder. As this mod only changes default game values, it is safe to add and remove at any time during play.
After installing the mod, add this line to your DragonbornSpeaksNaturally.ini file.
Time to Walk=press capslock
Once in game, to start or stop walking, say the phrase above. Caps Lock toggles walking. Walking will then remain your default mode of movement. To run, click or hold the Sprint button. You can also mount your trusty horse to get places much faster. Horses are actually useful!
See Troubleshooting for common issues.
See Quest Compatibility and Workarounds for known quest issues.
Testing
I’ve tested this mod through about 100 hours of Skyrim VR, and I’ve played through vanilla, Dragonborn, and Dawnguard quests and much of the side content using this mod. I have not encountered any situations where the mod breaks anything completely, though there are cases where you may wish to temporarily disable walking (which is easily done by saying the phrase you set up when you installed).
See Quest Compatibility and Workarounds for known quest issues, including the vanilla Helgen scene.
Troubleshooting (Why Do I Constantly Stop Running?)
(Immersion) Advantages to this Mod
Philosophy Behind this Mod
How Does This Mod Change Skyrim VR’s Combat?
How Does This Mod Work?
FAQ
What Settings Does This Mod Change? (And Can I Remove It?)
Quest Compatibility and Workarounds
This mod will cause minor issues with some vanilla Main Quests, though the workarounds are simple.
The Opening Cart Ride: Literally the *only* time in all of Skyrim horses actually walk is during the tutorial cart ride. Since I change horse walking speed, horses will move faster, which causes unpredictable and hilarious results. It may not break everything, but it won’t be fun.
Solution: Temporarily disable the mod in your mod manager until you complete the Helgen tutorial, then enable it afterward. Or, use one of many Alternate Starts to skip Helgen entirely entirely!
The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller: You may find the sequence where you have to use Whirlwind Sprint to bypass the multiple gates more difficult with this mod, as you could typically Sprint (at vanilla Sprint speed) in addition to using Whirlwind Sprint to bypass this. I typically simply toggle Walk off (Running speed
remains unchanged) and have no difficulty beating the gates.
I’ve encountered no other situations in Vanilla, Dawnguard,or Dragonborn where these Walk/Run settings caused issues. That’s not to say they don’t exist, however, but in such cases toggling Walk/Run will bring you back to Skyrim’s normal galloping horse running speed.
The TL;DR below tells you all you need to know to install and use this mod. Reading the rest is optional.
TL;DR
This mod changes the values for walk, sprint, and walking sneak. Walk and walking sneak are faster, and sprint is now running speed. To support running, the cost of sprinting has been reduced from 7 stamina per second to 1 stamina per second. Finally, the walking speed of horses is now their running speed.
To install this mod,use your favorite mod manager or simply add the .esp to your SkyrimVR/Data folder. As this mod only changes default game values, it is safe to add and remove at any time during play.
After installing the mod, add this line to your DragonbornSpeaksNaturally.ini file.
Time to Walk=press capslock
Once in game, to start or stop walking, say the phrase above. Caps Lock toggles walking. Walking will then remain your default mode of movement. To run, click or hold the Sprint button. You can also mount your trusty horse to get places much faster. Horses are actually useful!
See Troubleshooting for common issues.
See Quest Compatibility and Workarounds for known quest issues.
Testing
I’ve tested this mod through about 100 hours of Skyrim VR, and I’ve played through vanilla, Dragonborn, and Dawnguard quests and much of the side content using this mod. I have not encountered any situations where the mod breaks anything completely, though there are cases where you may wish to temporarily disable walking (which is easily done by saying the phrase you set up when you installed).
See Quest Compatibility and Workarounds for known quest issues, including the vanilla Helgen scene.
Troubleshooting (Why Do I Constantly Stop Running?)
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Sprinting, in SkyrimVR, is buggy. When you first start using this mod, “Running” may take practice due to how twitchy Skyrim’s sprint option is by default. Currently, once you start Sprinting (or Running, in this case) you will immediately STOP Sprinting if you look left or right. Why? Who knows.
You just do.
In order to Run, you need mentally to lock your head forward and keep it facing the same way so long as you want to continue running. It takes some practice and becomes natural over time. You can still use snap turn to change direction while Running as long as you don’t physically turn your head.
Finally, I prefer to set Sprint to Toggle instead of hold. Since Sprint/Run will toggle off when I look left or right (or simply hit the button again) I’ve found this the most efficient way to Run as long as I like.
You just do.
In order to Run, you need mentally to lock your head forward and keep it facing the same way so long as you want to continue running. It takes some practice and becomes natural over time. You can still use snap turn to change direction while Running as long as you don’t physically turn your head.
Finally, I prefer to set Sprint to Toggle instead of hold. Since Sprint/Run will toggle off when I look left or right (or simply hit the button again) I’ve found this the most efficient way to Run as long as I like.
(Immersion) Advantages to this Mod
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Once your default speed is walking, you can now visually appreciate and “soak in” Skyrim’s beautiful cities, dungeons, and countryside. You can run as needed, but you’ll get tired.
Stamina is actually useful! The more Stamina you have, the longer you can run without tiring.
Combat requires more thought! You can’t just sprint up and bonk everything. You have to use ranged weapons, magic, and your shield strategically or use Stamina to close with enemies.
Horses are actually useful! Rather than being a cosmetic speed increase, mounting a horse and galloping actually dramatically increases how fast you can ride through the countryside.
Stamina is actually useful! The more Stamina you have, the longer you can run without tiring.
Combat requires more thought! You can’t just sprint up and bonk everything. You have to use ranged weapons, magic, and your shield strategically or use Stamina to close with enemies.
Horses are actually useful! Rather than being a cosmetic speed increase, mounting a horse and galloping actually dramatically increases how fast you can ride through the countryside.
Philosophy Behind this Mod
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There’s no combat advantage to using this mod. It simply helps immerse me in Skyrim’s VR world like I am immersed in other games. As a VR player, Skyrim’s default speed actually lowers my immersion!
I’ve played around 1000 hours of Skyrim VR (probably less than many of you), but it was only after I completed my first playthrough (and after spending plenty of time playing other VR games) that the disconnect between a standard VR experience and Skyrim’s VR speed began to register. Very few other VR games give you a default speed as fast as Skyrim’s vanilla Run. Walking makes the world feel “real”.
Moreover, I modded Skyrim to look pretty. Very pretty. Yet I rarely noticed the moss between the cobblestones on Whiterun’s street, the way the flowers gently swayed in the wind in a forest, or the flicker of torchlight in a dungeon, because my default speed was blazing through the world at 50 mph. I would constantly get hung up on small objects while speeding around town or delving dungeons.
After playing many of Skyrim’s dungeons with this mod, I strongly feel Skyrim’s dungeons and barrows are far more immersive and creepy when
you move through them at a Walking pace. You actually have time to soak in the atmosphere, look for traps, and strategize as to how you handle distant
enemies. Clearing a medium-sized dungeon is now a proper crawl rather than a one minute sprint.
In my opinion, dungeons actually play *better* in VR when you Walk (with strategic Running) than in default speed mode. Skyrim’s overworld also feels impossibly vast at Walking speed, which immersively drives home how “big” Skyrim is and means buying a horse is now vital to get around the overworld.
I’ve played around 1000 hours of Skyrim VR (probably less than many of you), but it was only after I completed my first playthrough (and after spending plenty of time playing other VR games) that the disconnect between a standard VR experience and Skyrim’s VR speed began to register. Very few other VR games give you a default speed as fast as Skyrim’s vanilla Run. Walking makes the world feel “real”.
Moreover, I modded Skyrim to look pretty. Very pretty. Yet I rarely noticed the moss between the cobblestones on Whiterun’s street, the way the flowers gently swayed in the wind in a forest, or the flicker of torchlight in a dungeon, because my default speed was blazing through the world at 50 mph. I would constantly get hung up on small objects while speeding around town or delving dungeons.
After playing many of Skyrim’s dungeons with this mod, I strongly feel Skyrim’s dungeons and barrows are far more immersive and creepy when
you move through them at a Walking pace. You actually have time to soak in the atmosphere, look for traps, and strategize as to how you handle distant
enemies. Clearing a medium-sized dungeon is now a proper crawl rather than a one minute sprint.
In my opinion, dungeons actually play *better* in VR when you Walk (with strategic Running) than in default speed mode. Skyrim’s overworld also feels impossibly vast at Walking speed, which immersively drives home how “big” Skyrim is and means buying a horse is now vital to get around the overworld.
How Does This Mod Change Skyrim VR’s Combat?
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In vanilla Skyrim VR, you can close the distance with any ranged enemy at a speed approximating that of the Flash. This means whether you use melee weapons, arrows, or magic to kill your foes is a matter of preference, not strategy. With this mod, you must now use ranged attacks or your shield to
combat distant enemies, or expend precious Stamina (by Running) to close with them before you can use melee.
Now that you can no longer zoom around the battlefield at high speed, combat is increasingly strategic. While Stamina has never been a significant factor in Skyrim VR’s combat, the fact that you can no longer zip around at 50 mph means you must consider when to Run in battles. You can’t freely zip up to a distant enemy and power attack them. Not unless you saved Stamina for your power attack!
This also encourages you to actually put points into Stamina when playing Skyrim VR, rather than Stamina being a largely meaningless stat you ignore to pump points into Health and Magicka.
combat distant enemies, or expend precious Stamina (by Running) to close with them before you can use melee.
Now that you can no longer zoom around the battlefield at high speed, combat is increasingly strategic. While Stamina has never been a significant factor in Skyrim VR’s combat, the fact that you can no longer zip around at 50 mph means you must consider when to Run in battles. You can’t freely zip up to a distant enemy and power attack them. Not unless you saved Stamina for your power attack!
This also encourages you to actually put points into Stamina when playing Skyrim VR, rather than Stamina being a largely meaningless stat you ignore to pump points into Health and Magicka.
How Does This Mod Work?
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The mod customizes your Walk speed in Skyrim to be slightly faster than vanilla, increases the speed of walking Sneak so it is bearable, lowers the speed of Sprint to approximate vanilla Run, and lowers the Stamina consumed by “Sprinting” (which is now Running). It also adjusts the Walk speed of horses to match their Run Speed. This ensures Walk is suitable for moving in all cases, including on horseback.
Manually toggling Walk/Run to support this sort of experience would be untenable, but with these settings, you never have to toggle Walk/Run except once, when you first start a new Skyrim session. After that, you never need touch it again. Replacing Sprint with Run gives you an intuitive method to switch between Walk/Run that uses default controls and consumes Stamina without the need to toggle.
This mod leverages a rarely-used feature of Skyrim (the ability to toggle permanent Walk) to allow you to Walk/Run using the same controls you’d normally use to Run/Sprint. Using a mod like Dragonborn Speaks Naturally (recommended) you can toggle Walk once you start a new session and never again.
Walk now becomes your default locomotion method, and you use the same button/method you’d use to Sprint to Run instead. Running now consumes Stamina like Sprint, but at a dramatically lower rate (1 as opposed to 7). When you first start a new character, you can run for about a minute or so without slowing down to rest. If you put more points into Stamina, you can run for longer periods of time.
Manually toggling Walk/Run to support this sort of experience would be untenable, but with these settings, you never have to toggle Walk/Run except once, when you first start a new Skyrim session. After that, you never need touch it again. Replacing Sprint with Run gives you an intuitive method to switch between Walk/Run that uses default controls and consumes Stamina without the need to toggle.
This mod leverages a rarely-used feature of Skyrim (the ability to toggle permanent Walk) to allow you to Walk/Run using the same controls you’d normally use to Run/Sprint. Using a mod like Dragonborn Speaks Naturally (recommended) you can toggle Walk once you start a new session and never again.
Walk now becomes your default locomotion method, and you use the same button/method you’d use to Sprint to Run instead. Running now consumes Stamina like Sprint, but at a dramatically lower rate (1 as opposed to 7). When you first start a new character, you can run for about a minute or so without slowing down to rest. If you put more points into Stamina, you can run for longer periods of time.
FAQ
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What if I Get Tired of Walking or Want to Freely Run for Awhile?
If you ever decide your immersion should come second to getting somewhere fast, just toggle Walk off with Caps Lock by saying the phrase you put into DragonbornSpeaksNaturally. Your Running speed remains unchanged and unaffected.
Continue to run at near horse speed until you decide you want to immersed in Skyrim VR again, then toggle Walk back on.
Does This Effect NPC Walking Speed?
Yes, incrementally. Unfortunately, the Walk Speed of the player and the NPCs are set by the same game value. However, while I incrementally increased the Vanilla walk speed to make it tolerable, the increase is small enough you shouldn’t really notice any NPCs walking “weird”. It’s really not noticeable at all.
Doesn’t It Now Take Forever to Get Anywhere?
It takes *longer*, which makes dungeons feel like real dungeons, towns feel like real towns, and the vast countryside of Skyrim feel like a vast countryside. No longer can you jog through Solitude at the speed of a horse, or sprint between Whiterun and Riverrun in a couple of minutes. Now that your default movement is walking, Whiterun now feels like a decent-sized town and Solitude now feels like a city!
Also, now that your default movement speed is no longer horse speed, you’re incentivized to buy a loyal steed and ride it across country to your destination, just as you would were Skyrim a real place. Finally, having a horse is actually useful instead of simply being a cosmetic change to your locomotion method.
If you ever decide your immersion should come second to getting somewhere fast, just toggle Walk off with Caps Lock by saying the phrase you put into DragonbornSpeaksNaturally. Your Running speed remains unchanged and unaffected.
Continue to run at near horse speed until you decide you want to immersed in Skyrim VR again, then toggle Walk back on.
Does This Effect NPC Walking Speed?
Yes, incrementally. Unfortunately, the Walk Speed of the player and the NPCs are set by the same game value. However, while I incrementally increased the Vanilla walk speed to make it tolerable, the increase is small enough you shouldn’t really notice any NPCs walking “weird”. It’s really not noticeable at all.
Doesn’t It Now Take Forever to Get Anywhere?
It takes *longer*, which makes dungeons feel like real dungeons, towns feel like real towns, and the vast countryside of Skyrim feel like a vast countryside. No longer can you jog through Solitude at the speed of a horse, or sprint between Whiterun and Riverrun in a couple of minutes. Now that your default movement is walking, Whiterun now feels like a decent-sized town and Solitude now feels like a city!
Also, now that your default movement speed is no longer horse speed, you’re incentivized to buy a loyal steed and ride it across country to your destination, just as you would were Skyrim a real place. Finally, having a horse is actually useful instead of simply being a cosmetic change to your locomotion method.
What Settings Does This Mod Change? (And Can I Remove It?)
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The only values the mod changes are gameplay values, meaning this mod is safe to add or remove mid-playthrough. You don’t even need a separate mod to work this work! You could easily use something like TES5VREdit to change these settings in an existing mod. I just provide the mod for convenience.
Below are the only settings this mod changes. I’ve found these values ideal for a feeling of Walking/Running in a larger, more believable VR world. You can make these changes to an existing mod in TES5VREdit for the same effect, or tweak them to your liking if you feel some are too fast/too slow.
fSprintStaminaDrainMult: 7 -> 1
NPC_Sprinting_MT:
Forward Walk: 500 -> 300
Forward Run: 500 -> 300
Back Walk: 270.8399996 -> 200
Back Run: 270.839996 -> 200
NPC_Sneaking_MT:
Left Walk: 41.4399999 -> 80
Right Walk: 41.4399999 -> 80
Forward Walk: 47.2000001 -> 80
Back Walk: 43.3800001 -> 70
NPC_Default_MT:
Left Walk: 80.089996 -> 90
Right Walk: 79.750000 -> 90
Forward Walk: 80.099998 -> 90
Back Walk: 71.930000 -> 80
Horse_Default_MT:
Forward Walk: 125 -> 450
Horse_Fall_MT:
Forward Walk: 125.110001 -> 450
Below are the only settings this mod changes. I’ve found these values ideal for a feeling of Walking/Running in a larger, more believable VR world. You can make these changes to an existing mod in TES5VREdit for the same effect, or tweak them to your liking if you feel some are too fast/too slow.
fSprintStaminaDrainMult: 7 -> 1
NPC_Sprinting_MT:
Forward Walk: 500 -> 300
Forward Run: 500 -> 300
Back Walk: 270.8399996 -> 200
Back Run: 270.839996 -> 200
NPC_Sneaking_MT:
Left Walk: 41.4399999 -> 80
Right Walk: 41.4399999 -> 80
Forward Walk: 47.2000001 -> 80
Back Walk: 43.3800001 -> 70
NPC_Default_MT:
Left Walk: 80.089996 -> 90
Right Walk: 79.750000 -> 90
Forward Walk: 80.099998 -> 90
Back Walk: 71.930000 -> 80
Horse_Default_MT:
Forward Walk: 125 -> 450
Horse_Fall_MT:
Forward Walk: 125.110001 -> 450
Quest Compatibility and Workarounds
This mod will cause minor issues with some vanilla Main Quests, though the workarounds are simple.
The Opening Cart Ride: Literally the *only* time in all of Skyrim horses actually walk is during the tutorial cart ride. Since I change horse walking speed, horses will move faster, which causes unpredictable and hilarious results. It may not break everything, but it won’t be fun.
Solution: Temporarily disable the mod in your mod manager until you complete the Helgen tutorial, then enable it afterward. Or, use one of many Alternate Starts to skip Helgen entirely entirely!
The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller: You may find the sequence where you have to use Whirlwind Sprint to bypass the multiple gates more difficult with this mod, as you could typically Sprint (at vanilla Sprint speed) in addition to using Whirlwind Sprint to bypass this. I typically simply toggle Walk off (Running speed
remains unchanged) and have no difficulty beating the gates.
I’ve encountered no other situations in Vanilla, Dawnguard,or Dragonborn where these Walk/Run settings caused issues. That’s not to say they don’t exist, however, but in such cases toggling Walk/Run will bring you back to Skyrim’s normal galloping horse running speed.