Like many things, Skyrim's controller rumble is quite simplistic by modern standards. In vanilla it's exclusively used for combat, but even there it has issues.

Rumble in Skyrim is either on or off, there is no in-between. Skyrim accomplishes rumble with two systems; firstly, it has a very basic system which originates from Oblivion (Xbox 360), used to create rumble for hit effects, and bow firing. Secondly, it has a system for generating rumble from audio.

The first system whilst basic, is functional. However crossbows both lack any rumble from firing, and are considered a melee weapon during hit effects. This mod automatically adds configurable rumble for crossbow firing, and correctly stops crossbows from creating hit effects for melee weapons.

The second system is very cool, however practically broken in vanilla. In vanilla Skyrim, rumble with this system, is basically either on or off. Even the quietest of sounds with rumble enabled, will make the controller vibrate heavily. It also almost exclusively uses a single rumble motor of two. This mod makes audio properly correspond to rumble, as well as making full use of both motors. This enables new subtle rumble effects, and significantly improves weapon swings and spell-casting.

By default, all sound sources will now generate rumble as long as they have an output model for it. This means that most "foley" sound effects such as drawing and unsheathing weapons, reloading crossbows, wood-cutting, mining and more, will now generate rumble. 

Get additional sources with Rumble Additions.


Preview: A few of the additional rumble instances.


FEATURES

• Reworked audio rumble.
• Crossbow rumble fixes.
• Built-in rumble sources.
• Default audio rumble override.
• Vanilla rumble overrides and editor.
• Event-based rumble and editor.
  

BUILT-IN SOURCES

• Horse footsteps.
• Sprinting.
• Wading through water.
• Rain.
• Water currents.
• Grindstones.
  

CONFIGURATION

A config menu and editor for adding new animation events and overrides can be accessed through the ReShade Add-on tab. ReShade is not required for this mod to function.




REQUIREMENTS

Address Library for SKSE Plugins


COMPATIBILITY

Compatible with all game versions excluding VR.


SOURCE

doodlum/skyrim-rumble (github.com)


SOURCE

Lens for testing and feedback.
Parapets for testing and feedback.