Sneak kill animations bugged

[Sanctus]

So apparently when I use a melee power attack in stealth mode it will sometimes perform an animation. However whenever this happens I am taken of sneak mode and have to manually enter back into it, but every time this happens I get spotted before I can go back to sneak and it ends up killing me. Any fixes for this?

Edit: only happens in first person mode. Anyone know a console command to turn off kill moves?

[IdealPoint]

You mean when you use vats to sneak attack someone? You should go back into sneak mode after that. Melee attacks make a lot of noise and will often alert nearby enemies even if made from stealth.

If you mean outside of vats, you shouldn't be getting forced third person animations with a simple attack.

[Sanctus]

Outside of vats, in melee combat, in first person, power-attacking will execute a kill animation that briefly takes me out of stealth and seems to attract more attention. Only works on human enemies

[IdealPoint]

I just tested it and it appears that if you attack from behind then your character will do some kind of knock out move with either a melee power attack or gun but. It took me out of sneak the first time I used it, but not on subsequent times. That's really weird. I guess I'd just not use power attacks? Even a normal swing at a 10x multiplier should kill just about anything.

[A New Player]

Just one of the many bugs that are still here in the game. It was there at launch and it's still here now.

[Sanctus]

Originally posted by IdealPoint:

I just tested it and it appears that if you attack from behind then your character will do some kind of knock out move with either a melee power attack or gun but. It took me out of sneak the first time I used it, but not on subsequent times. That's really weird. I guess I'd just not use power attacks? Even a normal swing at a 10x multiplier should kill just about anything.

Oddly enough, after doing some testing, it seems like doing it in third person does not take you out of sneak, however it still attracts more attention than just a regular hit for some reason. Like a normal swing will keep me in hidden even with other people nearby, but a kill move will bring me straight to caution or even danger every time.

So far the only workaround I've found is to look away from the target when starting the hit animation, and then swinging around to face them just before it lands so as not to trigger a kill move.

Normally this bug wouldnt bother me too much but having a build with 18 agility and max sneak I feel cheated everytime I get caught when I know I shouldnt.