Fixing FOV stutter bug when exiting Pipboy in 1st Person while wearing Power Armor

[amobofpandas]

Hi all, I'm interested in making a mod. I've noticed a weird bug in FO4 with the power armor, if you open the pipboy in 1st person while in a power armor suit, when you exit it, it seems to stutter for a split second and the FOV changes, seemingly by only +/- 1 or 2. This does not occur if you open and close the pipboy in 3rd person. It does it regardless of any FOV settings I've tried via INI or command line. I've seen some others posting about this bug going as far back as 6 years ago, and would like to fix it for the community.

I downloaded Creation Kit, and found the PipboyPowerArmorImod file in the master Fallout4.esm, I'm assuming I'm looking in the right place or close to it. Not sure where to go from there though. Any thoughts?

 

Some examples of users finding this issue:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/412446890562591813/?l=brazilian

https://forums.nexusmods.com/topic/8885518-power-armor-first-person-pipboy-exit-fov-pop/

https://forums.nexusmods.com/topic/6387791-field-of-view-fov-zooms-outin-when-using-pipboy-while-in-power-armor/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/3811780955348092575/

https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/1cnp3k2/first_person_power_armor_fov_bug_with_pip_boy/

https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/qwn7qp/fov_zoompop_bug_in_power_armor_when_using_pipboy/

Edited June 4, 2024 by amobofpandas

[worm82075]

This is most likely a hardcoded behavior and probably can't be fixed through game data.

Do you use F4SE? If so check out Baka Fullscreen Pipboy F4SE plugin. Chances are pretty good that while they were changing this code they either intentionally or inadvertently fixed the problem.

[amobofpandas]

Thanks for the reply! I was worried it might be an engine/hardcoded thing and be near impossible to fix. 
 

I do have F4SE, I will checkout the plugin you mentioned and give it a try.