One Fallout 4 Trick Can Improve VATS Accuracy By Nearly 100%

Nearly a decade after ’s initial release, a player has found an interesting exploit that lets players increase their chance of hitting with VATS dramatically. VATS is a mechanic that allows players to take newer games back to their turn-based roots by essentially pausing combat and allowing the player to aim for a certain part of an enemy’s body. Each body part is given a percentage which indicates how likely it is that the player will successfully hit the enemy.

Though VATS is a nice option, there are plenty of times when the chance to hit is just too low for it to be useful. However, thanks to one player’s new trick, as long as a shot has any chance of hitting, they can now almost guarantee that it will land. This takes a little bit of getting used to, and some quick button inputs, but players who get the hang of it will quickly find out just how helpful VATS can be when it dramatically increases their accuracy.

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When players initiate a shot in VATS, the camera will cut to one of two types of angles. It will either show a view from over the player’s shoulder, or it will dramatically zoom in on the front of the player. When the camera begins to dramatically zoom in, this is a strong indication that the shot is going to hit the target. The only time this doesn’t seem to be true is when the enemy happens to step behind cover or another object gets in the way first.

By paying attention to these camera angles, Reddit user PaddyVu realized that they could cheese to almost always guarantee themselves a hit in VATS. For a brief moment before the player’s character shoots in VATS, there is an option to abort the shot. PaddyVu realized that they could abort any shot that was from the over-the-shoulder camera angle. Then, they would repeat their attempt in VATS until they got the dramatic zoom shot which indicates they are