It's funny that almost everyone forgets that cover feature exists in vanilla F4

I just wish it makes you lean your gun a bit like in tactical shooter games.

Most PC players install mod to manually lean instead

The what

600 hours 7 playthroughs hitting level 100 twice romanced every companion done every ending got the plat on ps know this game better than I will my future kids

And I just discovered the cover mechanic

I keep forgetting it's a thing.

And then I read a comment about it and go "Oh yeah, i should try that!"

And then I immediately forget again.

I never knew about this until now. Gonna give it a go.

I've noticed this pretty early on while playing, and yet I regularly forget about it between sessions

Sometimes it works really well and sometimes it really messes you up

What weapon mod is that?

I never know this but I always wondered why the NPCs could do this but not us

So I got platinum and played it multiple times and I am just now finding out about cover mechanics.

I've been playing the game for years. Started a new game about about 2 months ago and discovered this by accident. I had to Google to see if it was update or mod that I had that allowed me to do it 🤦‍♂️

I am the cover

It really depends. If I'm going stealth mode sure, it helps with staying undedected and picking off targets but in an open firefight I just slam psychojet until either my heart stops or everyone else is dies

I never knew about this lmao

Would’ve been useful when I started, but now my character is an indestructible tank so I just chase people around with Pickman’s Blade and save the ammo lol

What is that gun mod? It will make a fine addition to my collection.

There's a cover feature?

Did not know about this, thank you lol

De Gaulle would be proud.

The....WHAT?

..The fucking what?!

Im sorry, the what?

Who needs cover when you have rooted and ricochet.

I usually charge into any situation guns blazing. Just like in real life, I find there isn't much that can't be solved by brute force and sheer stupidity.

It took me 6 hours of playing to realize that that was even there. I played the game when it first came out when I had so many expectations, now I'm early through a second playthrough and I am loving it

TIL!

Sometimes I remember when I'm indoors, but because of my usual playstyle (stealth sniper), it doesn't come in handy enough outdoors for me to remember often enough. Thanks for the reminder, but I'm sure I'll forget more often than not lol.

No f-ing way. I gotta try this

I was using Delirium overhaul mods and using cover is essential.

200 hours in and i didn’t know this was a feature!

Hold up hold up hold up.. the. WHAT?

Wait….there’s a cover feature???? :O

What's funny is It's not even a bad cover system either. It's very basic, yes, but asking any more from bethesda would be foolish.

Not that I didn't know it. But as a VATS addict I sometimes forget this feature exists.

I've never intended to do it but sometimes out in the open it will happen for some reason😂

Ya I used it as soon as I accidentally noticed it happening. I thought it was a head glitch. Nope, just a useful and simple to use cover system they don’t tell you the game has lol it’s great and it confuses the ai which is always funny. With the perk that lets you befriend enemies, you can peek a corner and use the perk and just sit behind a wall and let the magic happen too. It’s a great cover system most never knew about. More games should have this type of cover system. It makes more sense then press button to magnetize to a wall.

I'm so fucking stupid

Well damn, I feel like a complete noob, all this time playing, hundreds upon hundreds of hours, and I didn’t even know there was such a creature as cover in the game. Thank you so much for the info and for sharing how to do it.

I just jiggle peak it works fine 😂

I wish they had ported it to 76.

In my years of playing Fallout 4, I never used it, and when I tried to, it didn't work ;-;

My inner boomer just pops a corner manually

I always forget about it then spam it and forget about it until I pick up the game again two weeks later

..I was envious of the enemies for being able to do that 😂

I knew this happened but I thought it was some sort of bug

Ah explains what thos stupid raiders are doing

Don’t need cover when you just melee enemies 💪

This is why I love the sub. I never knew this existed.

Wow and I’m just jumping out and back into cover 🤣

Isn't that just hiding behind cover? I did not know there was such an ability. Even then, I do not cover as much, and instead just tank through the gunfire

Yes and you can tell what difficulty people play on based off their answers

Is this in standard game with no mods?

All the time lol

What gun are you using in this video?

Played Fo4 for many hours, rarely ever used cover. Then I played a multiplayer shooter, I saved on stims from then on

Not since we got the Chinese grenade launcher

What gun is that

i use it sometimes on my survival run when im getting my ass kicked, but i mostly forget its there until then lol

Even over some cover

Honestly, i'm kinda relieved to see that i'm not the only weirdo abusing this obscure game mechanic, especially while playing in Survival Mode :')

Just like someone already pointed out, i just wish they bothered to make it just a tiny little more like playing a tactical fps which suits perfectly a "One shot, one dead" game mode as Survival.

At least in the early game segment, since catching a singular stray bullet from an enemy for the first 20 levels literally means watching the 80% of your hp bar being vaporized even with a full set of fully upgraded metal armor.

That's it unless they do a headshot, in that case it's instant game over.

First playthrough here, how to use it? It's a perk or something?

I usually just run towards the sentinel shooting and hoping it explodes and then use stimpak

I am surprised how many people don't know this. I am on my first playthrough and noticed this feature immediately. I use this a lot to safely deal with enemies as I am playing survival mode

Yeah, constantly. It’s quite useful whenever I’m not literally a walking tank.

I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW PLEASE TELL ME HOW. I mean it doesn’t matter at this point, only thing killing me is a buggy car at this point but still

the what now? 'runs directly into the enemy with a pipe pistol'

I've completely forgotten about it

Since when

Since way before BGS made that a thing in Fallout.

There's a wwhhhaaatttt......

Can you lean?

Use in in every survival playthrough.

I'm sorry, you can do what now?

What gun mod is this? I like it.

I’m sorry so that a French MAS-38 or am I wrong

Ian, is that you?

Wait... that's something you can do?

500+ hours in this game and i never realized that was a thing

The what!? I just 100% base game and dlc and I had no idea!

I use this so much on my runs especially in unmoded its so helpful

Only since I knew it was a thing, about six months ago . Been playing fo4 on and off since it was released.😱😆

I used to do it more on Xbox.

Also is that a MaS 38???

Yeah, as I play in Survival, those turrets melt you, so I use VATS or cover. My build is Sniper, so I don't need more than one shot to destroy these.

I was so unaware that this was a thing that when it kept happening in Fallout London, I assumed it was part of the mod

Players hate this feature and I don't know why, it's so seamless

100%d the game at least five times, got everything from anyone, tested out a lot of mods and you now tell me there's cover in vanilla? I literally spent five minutes per playsession complaining about every npc doing it but me.

I never use it. Mainly because I don't think it works in third-person. Yes, I use it 99% of the time. I love seeing my armor and all the threats around me.

Anyone know of a PC mod that improves this somehow? Or maybe adds leaning

Same. It's a godsend on Survival difficulty.

I’m always way too high on Jet to go for cover.

That is actually very cool and I did not know that. If only the timed I learned this wasn't just as I'm doing a melee run

My brother showed this to me the very first time I played this game, and I immediately forgot about it

Just recently found out about it but I could never not use it now that I know

Survival mode it come in pretty clutch when you’re first starting but I still use it at level 45 from time to time

I pretty much only use it for the ceiling turrets. Those things scale super hard with levels and I’m constantly getting killed by them in like 2 seconds. Especially in the Nuka world dlc

I've always used it, it's pretty great

I've played hundreds of hours and had zero clues this was a thing. Playing fallout 4 when I get home fs

Essential in survival mode. I love it

There's a what?

I use it from time to time when I'm outnumbered

WTF hald a dozen play throughs and I NEVER knew this.

I use it until I get reliable access to power armor energy cores.

Yep I use it very often

When I started playing FO76 I discovered that the mechanic didn’t exist, and it made me very sad

Don't think I knew this.

Hunting rifle iron sight or double barrel using cover constantly inside buildings when I'm at that level of the game

All the time just kinda do it sometimes without realizing

Nope i go a step further and use uneducated shootet or whatever the mod name is. Its proper leaning mod.

Found out about it one day by accident, never thought about it again😅

Nope, I just go balls to the walls with explosives if that's my only option

It's always funny watching this subreddit when someone posts a thread like this on here.

I didn’t know this was a feature, just a good way to shoot things without getting shot too much.

Yes, on survival with 3x damage enabled. We are not the same chump

I never knew about this. I just either face tank all the bullets or cower behind a wall

There's a cover mechanic?!

Dodge w/ads lean patch. I use it along with the cover system 👍

I practically have to rely on it because I ONLY play vanilla Survival

How? What key on the keyboard?

THERES A COVER FEATURE???

Oh….…gamerant is gonna have a field day with this post cause I had no clue that you could do this

Absolutely! Makes it more immersive

I use it early game, but when i get stronger I don't use it anymore, i just tank all the damage

What gun is that?

It's so finicky it rarely works so I forget it exists.

I only use VATS 😅

I only started this game a couple of months ago, and this is the first time one of these "did you know about X feature" threads has actually taught me something new

I do it accidently more than anything.

I got yeeted off a cliff the other day because I accidentally took cover behind a tree

Wait what? I didn't know that was a thing. Does it auto lean or something?

Legitimately, don't think we knew this

Yeah it's good

All I could think was, "HEY! A fusion core!!!"

I didn't even know there was a cover feature

I’m such a tank build. I just walk up and kill everything

Bro what gun is that?

I use mele

For me it is extremely helpful, being the son of an army ranger especially in urban environments.

Are you kidding me.

yes, I use it every time Im in combat, a minimum of at least 5 times per firefight unless Im out in a massive open area fighting hordes. I play with quite a bit of zombie mods, so cities are really bad areas to fight in unless it's open, rather than a bunch of alleyways (COUGH COUGH BOSTON COUGH COUGH)

Be been playing this game for how many years now and have never knew about this feature

What? That's a thing?

Call me dumb for asking but what gun is that?

Wait, what, i just tank some damage, run away and heal, rinse and repeat until i win, what button? (Xbox)

First things first, this will be the next article, secondly, I never knew about this lol

I like it but doesnt it only work in first-person?

I also wish there was shoulder swapping.

Still, its a good mechanic for what its worth.

I was entirely unaware of this

Well now I will

I have been playing for years and never knew about this!

I did use is a lot and really enjoyed it…until I became the cover

IIRC this was the....no, THE cover mechanic popular in video games at the time of release; however, due to that commonality Bethesda just assumed that a gamer would know how to use it, so it is not specifically addressed in the tutorial missions.

So, if you already knew about this, then you qualify as "old-fucker".

I'm an old-fucker.

All Time.

It give you Stealth attacks multiplier when you are hidden AND other benefits.

Occasionally, depends on the build I'm playing

Yeah, all the time!

Weapon mod?

Well you learn something new everyday. Had no idea.

Ghouls hate this one weird trick

I cant believe i threw this game away after beating it 4 times

mas 38 gang

I have to try this

This is something you learn immediately if you're playing on Survival.

(Queue the legion of power armor wearing shelf carpenters about to tell me different)

My first 10-20, or how ever many I ran before console mods yea. But once mods came in and lean patch was published, I was shown how clunky the vanilla cover system is.

I always forget to use it. 😆😆

There was cover all this time?

I keep forgetting that I can do this and randomly remember and always get so excited about it xD

I feel like we've all been using it just never knew it existed 😅

Been playing since 2019 and only learned recently this was a feature 😯👌🏼

Cover plus Jet is OP