I have noticed that with no mods activated(except official DLCs) in FO3 1.7 GOTY, weapons like the minigun, laser rifle and missle launcher will slow you down even when holstered, while weapons like the assault rifle won't. They also slow you down a LOT more you have them drawn.

However a quick check through GECK shows that the weapons themselves dont have any special "this weapon will slow the player down by X" stat.

I tinkered a bit with fMoveEncumEffectNoWea and discovered that setting it to 0 makes it so that even missle launchers will not slow you down when holstered. My question is...why?

Why are only some weapons(e.g. missle launcher, minigun) affected by this value but NOT assault rifles, shotguns, etc?

Why do weapons like the laser rifle, etc slow you down a LOT more than an assault rifle, when drawn? What value controls this?

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I think it's the "Big Guns" equip type.

Hmm so its hard coded? But a laser rifle istn "big guns"...

maybe based on weight of the weapons.as i see laser rifle have weight 8 and assault rifle or combat combat shotgun only 7..

Not true i tested it. Changed laser rifle to weight 7 to no effect.

Perhaps its big guns AND energy weapons? I remember when they were making the game they described the energy weapons as weapons that were to impose the look of being 'Large clunky guns thrown together out of random stuff'. So perhaps they are large guns that slow you down somehow... I dunno. Just throwing it out there.

Hmm maybe. An official confirmation would be nice, but i doubt bethesda reads the forums.

That doesnt explain something strange i found out though...

With T-51B armor and blackhawk unholstered, i moved at a fairly fast speed. With tesla armor and blackhawk unholstered however, i found myself crawling at a snail pace. I wonder why?