{"id":1482176,"date":"2026-02-01T05:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T05:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/PaKjryXqqa4GtzF759tQAe"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T05:59:43","slug":"i-didnt-even-know-i-was-bothered-by-how-bad-skyrims-npcs-look-during-the-split-second-theyre-opening-doors-and-now-a-modders-pointed-it-out-the-mod-to-fix-has-become-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/i-didnt-even-know-i-was-bothered-by-how-bad-skyrims-npcs-look-during-the-split-second-theyre-opening-doors-and-now-a-modders-pointed-it-out-the-mod-to-fix-has-become-essential\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn&#8217;t even know I was bothered by how bad Skyrim&#8217;s NPCs look during the split second they&#8217;re opening doors, and now a modder&#8217;s pointed it out the mod to fix has become essential"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1ke2e8h_u9A\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The way NPCs open doors in Skyrim has always been a bit silly. When they&#8217;re crossing load screens they can&#8217;t open them all the way\u2014because then the other side would have to be rendered\u2014and so they pop doors open a crack revealing a sliver of darkness, then fade out of existence like the guy in that one meme.<\/p>\n<p>I remember looking for a mod to replace that with fuller animations back in the day and learning it would be completely impossible. (Deleting the door-opening animation altogether was on the table though, thanks to the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/skyrimspecialedition\/mods\/1125\">Get On With It mod<\/a>.) Given the whole process is necessarily artificial, it never struck me how bizarre it looks in the instant before the fade\u2014when the NPC about to vanish lights up like they&#8217;ve just been plugged into the mains.<\/p>\n<p>As well as all shadows on them disappearing their hair looks super weird, vanishing from their eyebrows, sideburns, and the nape of the neck as the transparencies suddenly fail. Watching the video by modder wSkeever really makes it impossible to ignore. They light up like Uncle Fester with a lightbulb in his mouth, which is why the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/skyrimspecialedition\/mods\/170693\">No Load Door NPC Fade mod<\/a> is such a blessing.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a one-kilobyte download, and immediately joins my list of Skyrim modding essentials along with a bunch of other mods by wSkeever (don&#8217;t ask what the &#8220;w&#8221; stands for) like <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/skyrimspecialedition\/mods\/59529\">Lock Add-Ons<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/skyrimspecialedition\/mods\/60741\">Dynamic Things Alternative<\/a>, the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/take-over-an-annoying-skyrim-shopkeepers-shop-with-this-mod\/\">questmod Belethor&#8217;s Sister<\/a>, and the one that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/skyrim-mod-adds-doctor-whos-weeping-angels-in-case-you-feel-like-wetting-yourself\/\">adds the weeping angels from Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"b3dd3c36-ac5c-488e-a391-cb5101d8cd98\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Fallout 4 cheats\" data-dimension48=\"Fallout 4 cheats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:366px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"afZYAs9fTHP3qxTNcvkXcF\" name=\"skyrim-ae-square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/i-didnt-even-know-i-was-bothered-by-how-bad-skyrims-npcs-look-during-the-split-second-theyre-opening-doors-and-now-a-modders-pointed-it-out-the-mod-to-fix-has-become-essential.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"366\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/fallout-4-cheats-and-console-commands-can-turn-you-into-a-superhero\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"b3dd3c36-ac5c-488e-a391-cb5101d8cd98\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Fallout 4 cheats\" data-dimension48=\"Fallout 4 cheats\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Fallout 4 cheats<\/strong><\/a>: Nuclear codes<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/fallout-new-vegas-console-commands\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>New Vegas console commands<\/strong><\/a>: Stacked deck<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/oblivion-console-commands-cheats\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Oblivion console commands<\/strong><\/a>: Crisis controls<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/skyrim-console-commands-let-you-cheat-and-do-other-stuff\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Skyrim console commands<\/strong><\/a>: Tune your Tamriel<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/so-what-is-skyrim-anniversary-edition-and-what-does-it-actually-include\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Skyrim Anniversary Edition<\/strong><\/a>: What it includes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-elder-scrolls\/i-didnt-even-know-i-was-bothered-by-how-bad-skyrims-npcs-look-during-the-split-second-theyre-opening-doors-and-now-a-modders-pointed-it-out-the-mod-to-fix-has-become-essential\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The way NPCs open doors in Skyrim has always been a bit silly. When they&#8217;re crossing load screens they can&#8217;t open them all the way\u2014because then the other side would have to be rendered\u2014and so they pop doors open a crack revealing a sliver of darkness, then fade out of existence like the guy in that one meme. I remember looking for a mod to replace that with fuller animations back in the day and learning it would be completely impossible. (Deleting the door-opening animation altogether was on the table though, thanks to the Get On With It mod.) Given the whole process is necessarily artificial, it never struck me how bizarre it looks in the instant before the fade\u2014when the NPC about to vanish&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/i-didnt-even-know-i-was-bothered-by-how-bad-skyrims-npcs-look-during-the-split-second-theyre-opening-doors-and-now-a-modders-pointed-it-out-the-mod-to-fix-has-become-essential\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1482177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34,1222],"class_list":["post-1482176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg","tag-the-elder-scrolls"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I didn&#039;t even know I was bothered by how bad Skyrim&#039;s NPCs look during the split second they&#039;re opening doors, and now a modder&#039;s pointed it out the mod to fix has become essential | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The way NPCs open doors in Skyrim has always been a bit silly. 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