Smooth Weapons for DOOM Mod is a free mod by developer DoomguyZ1 for the classic FPS video game Doom. This utility introduces a list of changes to shooting and reloading animations and some changes to the sprites to enhance the gameplay experience of the base game. 

Smooth Weapons for DOOM Mod doesn’t add significant and sweeping changes to gameplay and visuals like the CALL OF DOOM: COD Style Advanced Weapons MOD mod does. Instead, it’s a mod that makes subtle changes to shooting animations and Doomguy’s sprite. The result is a smoother gameplay experience many will appreciate.

Small changes with great impact

Classic Doom is a legendary title in video game history for many reasons, and a good number of people continue to enjoy it today. However, it’s still an old game that’s missing a lot of quality-of-life features you can find in modern games. One of these features is smooth animation. Smooth Weapons for DOOM Mod is intended to fix that.

This is a lightweight mod that produces a significant change to how classic Doom feels. In classic Doom, shooting, muzzle fire, and reloading animations look like stop-motion animation. They don’t look ugly, but they feel stiff and rough. This mod changes that by adding more frames, optimizing them, and smoothing out animations from the base game — bringing it closer to modern shooters.

The mod also adds a “black glove” version for the animations, replacing the vanilla brown gloves. If you prefer the vanilla one, you can still use it along with the animation refinements. It also adds other modified sprites that are based on the Doom box art. This mod isn’t a fix or unofficial patch so expect problems from the base game to persist.

Is it worth installing?

Yes. Smooth Weapons for DOOM Mod breathes new life to classic Doom by significantly improving animations. Shooting down demons with Doom guy’s arsenal of weapons feels more satisfying. There are more frames in each animation and they are optimized. If you’re going back to classic Doom, you can use this mod alongside other mods that won’t interfere with it, just note that it doesn’t fix issues from the base game.