That's what happened then, and it explains why a reinstall didn't fix it. Long story short, I had on my first install, installed several mods of the type which simply added or changed files in the data folder (meshes/textures/sound) which I didn't want to fuss about trying to figure out which I was missing for my new install, so I copy/pasted those folders into a separate folder, uninstalled, reinstalled, copy/pasted back, updated to 1.6, and proceeded to install my new mods. The idea was than any files which had been changed from vanilla fallout would be changed, and anything changed by update 1.6 would then be adjusted by the update so that there would be no problems playing the game (it has worked so far beautifully, by the way). So, how then do I get the default animation back? I am pretty sure it was this mod: http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35028 If that is indeed the problem. Specifically, the standing-aiming-idle animation (second row, middle image on "image" tab).