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Skyrim mod horse riding with conveniences. Skyrim: Convenient horses

Horses in the original version of Skyrim do not behave very adequately. Every now and then your horse will get stuck in textures, get lost somewhere along the way and run away at the first sign of danger. In addition, the functionality of horses is so poor that sometimes it is easier to reach the right place on foot than fooling around with horse riding.

Fortunately, there were enthusiasts who decided to fix this deplorable situation. Thus, a lot of horse mods appeared in Skyrim, which will not only make horse riding an enjoyable experience, but also allow it to become important element gameplay. You can read about the best of these modifications in this article.

Enhanced Horse Skins

This mod for horses in Skyrim is suitable for those gamers who are satisfied with the way the riding mechanics are made in the original version of the game. Having installed all the files, you will not notice any gameplay innovations. The only thing that will change for the better is appearance horses.

This modification replaces the textures of all horses that can be found in the game with better ones. At the same time, the author tried to achieve maximum similarity with the original, simply by increasing the resolution of the original "skins".

Revised horses

Thanks to this mod for horse riding in Skyrim, you can make this process more interesting and realistic. For example, your horse will learn the commands "Stand" and "Follow", and you, in turn, will be able to use saddlebags for storing and transporting things (the interface is similar to exchanging items with companions).

In addition, you will have to periodically feed the horse with goodies. Moreover, this element is not made for show, but is an important part of the gameplay. The fact is that a well-fed horse will be able to move faster and carry more weights, and a hungry one, accordingly, vice versa.

Convenient Horses

Not only a mod for summoning a horse in Skyrim, but also a collection of important gameplay innovations. By activating this modification, you can collect alchemical ingredients, communicate with characters and fight enemies without getting off your horse. In addition, it will be possible to increase the characteristics of your horse and dress it in special equipment.

The modification also adds a riding option for your companions. Unfortunately, it only works for vanilla satellites, so keep that in mind. And finally, the mod allows you to quickly change the horse, and also gives you the opportunity to choose a stall for your horse.

Mounted Followers

Those who know English language, should immediately understand the purpose of this mod for horses in "Skyrim" from its name. After installing all the files, your companions will learn to ride and finally stop running after you on foot. Agree, this adds a lot of atmosphere and realism.

The modification works quite simply: as soon as your hero summons a horse (either bought or stolen), the companion receives a copy of it and begins to ride on horseback. At the same time, the companion, just like you, can use the sprint and fight without getting off the horse. Unfortunately, the mod works correctly only with standard companions and mounts.

Riding together

This mod for horses in Skyrim will allow you to ride a horse with your companion. That is, not on different horses, but together on one. At the same time, this process looks quite organic, so it will not disturb the general atmosphere of the game. On the contrary, the mod makes horse riding more believable, because in real life you can safely ride a horse together.

To use the modification, just walk up to the horse and press the action key. A dialog box will appear in which you can choose one of two options: go alone or with your companion. Please note that your companion must be close to the horse to work properly together.

Horsearmor

Mod "Armor for horses in" Skyrim "will allow you to dress your horse in strong armor. The author approached this matter responsibly and did not just replace the textures of the horses, but added a number of gameplay innovations.

For example, you will have to visit the forge on your own and craft equipment for your mount. In this case, you will have a wide choice possible options armor, ranging from leather to Daedric. In addition, Hiervar of Whiterun will start selling horse gear, so you can drop by if you don't want to bother with crafting.

Blaze of eventide

This is the most best mod on a fiery horse in Skyrim. Once installed, you will be able to summon the Twilight Flame - an infernal steed from the depths of the underworld. Enemies, seeing such a handsome man, instantly begin to flee in fear.

It is noteworthy that the horse not only has an impressive appearance, but also has unique properties. For example, any fire does not cause any damage to the horse. Moreover, the flame, on the contrary, restores the health of the horse.

Also worth noting is the Explosion ability, which appears in the menu after calling fire horse... After using it, Twilight Flame will run up to the target enemy, and then explode, dealing impressive damage.

Notes (edit)

Despite such an abundance of modifications for horses, not all of them work correctly in Skyrim. So, having installed several mods from different authors, you may encounter bugs, periodic crashes and even critical errors, due to which you will have to reinstall the game.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to know in advance whether problems will arise from the use of one or another modification. In other words, you make changes to the game files at your own peril and risk, so always keep this in mind if you are going to install the next mod.

- Setting up mod and functions via SkyUi (MSM - game menu)
- Compatible with UFO, AFT and EFF mods, the possibility of up to 15 horses for companions, improved AI, enhanced capabilities
- Horse fight on horseback for companions
- Armor for horses, heroes and companions
- You can knock the enemy down on horseback
- You will have the ability to auto-collect items on horseback
- New voice acting and animation for calling a horse and whistling for calling a horse
- You will be able to search corpses and talk to NPCs on horseback
- You will be able to collect ingredients on horseback
- You will be able to quickly dismount from a horse with an equipped weapon
- You will be able to move the inventory of one horse to another
- You will be able to switch the attitude of the game factions towards you (friend or neutral)
- Advanced AI for horse following
- You will have the option to customize the AI ​​for the horse (cowardly or brave behavior)
- You will be able to change and increase health, stamina, movement speed and invulnerability for your horse
- Available mod customization with the ability to assign hotkeys (requires SKSE)

A WARNING:
Do not leave horses in Solstheim, Cairn of Souls, Black Reach or near Fort Dawn, as horses cannot pass through zoned points on their own

Update: 5.0
- Added even more horse equipment options, and added new saddles with a choice
- Old horse armor meshes have been smoothed and several shaders have been fixed
- Reworked the collection system when you are on horseback
- The attack system on horseback is now much more flexible
- Added configurable SFX - effects in the MSM menu, damage, stamina consumption and physical simulator parameters (directional deflection angle, directional impact force, power of push, impact, angle of ascent on a horse). The simulation parameters can be configured individually only in the MCM menu or use one of the 5 already available presets
- Added support for the latest version of UFO v1-2j.b16 and higher
- Added missing crafting materials from Danwguard and HearthFires DLC to quickly move to the blacksmithing list
- Removed gamepad hotkey binding limitation. Gamepad keys can be customized in MCM menu
- Fixed a crash that was caused by dynamically changing the riding speed of followers

Changelog:
- Added an optional option to the MCM menu "Weight limit". The mod will still use the good old containers for unlimited storage, but ... with this "Weight Limit" option, all things will move from the temporary storage container to the actor when accessing the inventory, and then they will be transferred back again. when the inventory menu is closed. This is because it is not a safe storage for items stored on the NPC, but there is no other way to limit the weight carried. The items of all things will be saved as the property of the player, but will not be displayed when viewing the inventory at the NPC. Other functions that are directly related to the horse's inventory (auto collect and fast travel) will still work exactly the same as the main container, which directly means that the weight limit will only take effect manually when moving things (the UI will be gray shroud of items in the inventory, if there is not enough capacity to store their weight). You can always access the container directly through the fast travel menu and the "Horse bag" storage now has a new name "Big horse bag", while the temporary NPC inventory will show as "Small horse bag" (to be honest, I'm not I understood why this is all ... giggle)
- Added a new option to the MSM menu "Reset the Whistle training quest". This option will help to pause the whistle training quest and add the "Riding Whistle" skill, but will not do anything if the Whistle training quest has already been completed
- Added full support for the mod. When updating faction relations from the SkyTEST mod, custom factions will be enabled. The horses from the SkyTES mod have been updated to support the Horse Riding 4.9 mod, and must be loaded in the launcher after the SkyTEST mod
- Added factions for compatibility with Falskaar and Wyrmstooth mods
- Faction ratio updates will now activate automatically if new factions from supported mods / DLCs have a detection spec. Due to this change, everyone who is upgrading to "Horse Riding v4.9" will have their faction of the upgrade relationship to "Friendly"
- "Disable Riding Tracking" option will now recover after riding a horse without the need for mounting
- Fixed a bug with advanced auto collecting, when all items were left with dead NPCs when collecting
- Fixed a bug for companions who got stuck on horses if they had torches equipped. This is a game bug and to prevent this, all torches will be removed from companions when mounted and returned when dismounted. Will not work with custom torches from mods
- Added horses Eltray and Setei with armor
- Added support for Interesting NPCs mod
- Added support for Wyrmstooth mod
- Removed the function of auto replenishment of stamina when you die on horseback
- Fixed a bug with moving stored items to new horse through the inventory menu
- Minor translation corrections in the MSM menu

Added basic support for the unofficial Falskaar DLC
- Added alternative skin textures for horses Brown, Black and White, Piebald and Gray (Works with all versions and even without the main mod) See screenshot below
- Added new topic for dialogue with companions: "You seem to be stuck on horseback" (This will instantly restart the companion and fix general animation and behavior problems. Use this dialog when the companion is in dismount mode or "stuck". The dialog will not appear if the companion is in combat. You also you can activate the companion horse to fix the stuck companion, this is useful in case of an error)
- Fixed a bug when the dialog was not displayed when teaching the whistle if the "Smart horse follow" option was disabled in the MSM configuration file
- Fixed bug with extended auto collection when items were marked as "stolen"

- Fixed a bug with extended auto-collecting when you did not receive collectable items. The new method uses a temporary container as an intermediary, all items are transferred immediately from the corpse to the container, then additional loot can be safely moved by removing items from the temporary container. The rest of the items that were not collected then moved back to the corpse
- Fixed a bug with the camera position when it did not work and did not return to the desired position after followers entered the battle on horseback
- Fixed bug where companion horses continued to follow their owners even if Smart Follow is disabled
- New feature for satellites "Delayed dismount". Before jumping off by themselves, the companions will wait until the player moves a certain distance from the place where he jumped off or a certain period of time. This feature will prevent companions from immediately dismounting if the player wants to get off the horse for a short-term action (for example, to mine ore).
- New feature to disable in-game horse following so that it does not move when moving quickly (requires SKSE). By default, the last saddled horse follows the player and this function makes the game "forget" which horse was saddled in last time when not in use. Can interfere with a mod that changes horse follower settings.
- Expanded and improved horse-fighting auto-collection (requires SKSE). Now auto-match can be set to simple (the old way of opening the inventory of each downed) or advanced (using the filter to auto-match without stopping the game). The filter includes categories: ingredients, animal skins, ore and ingots, lamps and torches, food and drinks, elixirs, poison, books (of little value), spell books (all or just not learned), recipes, scrolls, soul crystals, gems, keys, equipment (all in one: clothing, armor, weapons and jewelry). For each category, you can configure auto-collection to the player's inventory or the horse's inventory. Equipment category has additional sorting based on enchantment, minimum price or weight.
- New resource / ingredient transfer function (requires SKSE and key assignment mode). Materials are divided into three categories, for each profession: Alchemy, Blacksmithing, and Enchanting. To access this function, hold down the modifier key: Alt, Ctrl, or Shift, depending on which of them are used by the standard functions of the mod, the first free one can be used. If all three keys are occupied by the CH mod, then the function will be unavailable.
- A new item is available for crafting: "Kit hot air balloon". Can be created in any forge, being in the inventory is automatically activated when overweight. When activated, the item is destroyed, and the player is added 10,000 carry weight for 5 minutes. Useful when transferring things from house to house or for quietly moving between workshops in the forge when overweight." The function is optional - whoever needs it will use it.
- Advanced camera fix. Now it will try to use the new SKSE features to fix the camera rotation without manipulating with exposing / hiding weapons and will work smoothly no matter how many satellites are following you. In addition, you can fix the camera with the assigned key "Enable horse follow", which can be useful when nearby npc, in addition to companions, and they cause camera glitches.
- A new feature available in the "Absolute" Inventory Access key assignment for unconditional access to the horse's inventory.
- Key bindings now use keystroke logging instead of waiting for ~ 30 presses per second, which will significantly reduce the load on Papyrus and ensure that keystrokes are detected every time regardless of script latency.
- Changed horse following behavior. The sputnik horse will no longer follow him if he is waiting or resting, but will instead wait. The player's horse travel distance is increased by 15 feet. The player's horse will use a move procedure instead of a follow procedure if cowardly behavior is assigned or follow is disabled. The movement procedure makes the horse's movement less dynamic and prevents automatic movement when traveling fast.
- Added new locations from the Dragonborn DLC for "smart" horse following.
- Added support for Arissa's upcoming companion from Chesko.
- Fixed a minor bug related to the arrival of a horse at the wrong location when summoning it.
- Added support for the Dragonborn DLC. Horse can be summoned and ridden in Sostheim (Do not leave horses in Solstheim, Soul of Kern, Blackreach or near Fort Dawnguard as horses cannot pass through zoned points by themselves.).
- Added support for SkyUi 3.1 and higher and the ability to configure through the new MSM game menu
- Added support for new herbs and recognition of new factions (do not forget to update relations with factions)
- Added new options for accessing horse inventory (Onsite, Traveling and Remote) You cannot access the inventory for example in a dungeon.
- Reworked the system for restoring and saving horse inventory
- Added the ability to set up knocking down enemies in a gallop to achieve the best result
- Added the option Restore inventory in the SkyUI configuration menu - MSM
- Removed the howling sound that can be heard when using a whistle to summon a horse
- Fixed a bug where the Valfar companion could not get into the saddle when using a horse summon
- Fixed a bug where Consolidated Harvesting would not work if the key blank was left free.
- Fix for Northern horse, game shaders did not work on fur pieces of armor
- Full compatibility with game version 1.8.151.0.7 and higher
- Fixed scripts and AI horse behavior
- Removed additional mod for compatibility with Dawnguard, now everything is in one version, support for all future extensions.
- All resource extensions are currently compiled into a single script and fed into the feed for every game download.
- Increased compatibility of two custom mods for Hoth and Walfar 1.4 followers, now they will ride horses (remove Valfar patch if installed)
- Reworked detection, hit physics is more realistic, horse will be slowed down momentarily if target is close
- Improved access to horse inventory, easy access will now always be instantly open.
- Increased the maximum health and stamina bonuses from 500 to 1000. These changes also prevent the death of the horse
- Fixed crash of dialogues and player dialogue when calling a horse with a whistle
- Disabled message display
- Fixes for various problems
- Armor and color of horses will now change immediately
- Serana can now ride regular horses, instead of summoning a fiery Alsweed all the time (available after completing her quests).
- Added scripts test
- Added camera fix
- Fixed a number of different issues

Read everything carefully and do not be alarmed what the description is big, in the game everything is done very easily!

Setting:
Before using the mod, take a little time to configure. Settings are available in-game in MCM. For the control mode of the assigned keys, you must first assign them (apparently for those who yell that they are not bothered by nifiga). For the companion horses to work, this function must first be enabled.

Control modes:
- Key assignment: There are 5 actions available to which you can assign separate keys - dialogue / loot, collection, inventory, quick dismount and activation of follow. Requires SKSE and a disabled gamepad (if connected). If the conditions are not met, the control mode will automatically switch to sequential combinations of one key (aka Multi-Tap).
- Multi-Tap: The action button is used for riding. Functions are activated depending on the number of consecutive presses (like click and double click in the Windows interface)
- One press - saddle / dismount
- Double tap on the ground - open the horse's inventory
- Triple tapping on the ground - following the horse behind you, combinations of tapping on horseback - dialogue / loot / collection. This mode causes saddle / dismount delays as there is a delay to count clicks. This delay can also be configured in MCM.

Description of features

Fight on horseback for companions:
- By default, the game does not support the use of mounted combat by NPCs. A lot of work has been done on something that, in principle, should not work under any circumstances. Every attack and every detail is activated by tons of scripts, even preparing weapons for battle or, on the contrary, hiding weapons. Behavior scripts also include target selection, contact distance, attack side selection and other small details.
- Each companion will be given a weapon specifically for the fight on horseback, which in fact has no damage, in any other case, satellites will hit 90% of the target. These weapons are modified versions of conventional weapons. The choice of weapons by the companions is made at the beginning of their fight on horseback, depending on which weapon they use on the ground. If they do not have a weapon, then they receive it in accordance with their combat skills, set material and player level
- Fight on horseback does not depend on the material of the weapon, but only on its type, player level, perks, imposed reinforcing spells, difficulty level and enemy defense. If on which difficulty you are playing it seems to you that the damage is too high / low, then it can be adjusted in MCM.

Horse armor:
- Armor can be selected in MCM, separately for GG and separately for satellites. You can choose from: Leather, Nordic, Dwemer, Ebony, Daedric and Dragon (from Dragonbone if you prefer). None of them actually give a bonus to the armor rating, it was made for beauty.

Battering ram of adversaries on horseback:
- The horse can knock any other NPCs in the way when sprinting, knocking back and dealing damage. Sprint by itself does nothing, only when it collides with an object. When a possible collision is predetermined, the horse will make a small jerk towards the possible victim at the same time, the GG will lean forward and yell like a Papuan
- The speed of the dash, depending on the level, will rise from 10% to 50%. Further, the damage will depend on the collision angle, target protection and horse speed, ranging from 5 to 160 damage units. On every successful knockdown, the horse will lose 15-20% of its base stamina to prevent overuse of this feature
- The ram will not work on a target that has already been knocked down and it will be extremely difficult to implement if the target is on your tail (in figuratively...). It is better to use a dash when your target is distracted from you by attacking someone else. Note: any target, be it friend or foe, goes to ram. If you knock down a friendly target, you will be considered a criminal.

Calling a horse:
- To use this function, you need to buy a forge from any stable owner for 500 septims. After purchasing the horn, it will be available as a skill. Use it to summon a horse and after a short cutscene you will already be on horseback. Only works in the open world outside of the city outside of combat. Avoid using this feature indoors
- Companions will also use the horn with you. If you have a horse paddock mod installed, use the skill in the picture to call any horse at any distance by name. It is on your conscience not to leave horses in locations from the DLC.

Whistling:
- An alternative and more lore summoning option. Especially useful for setting up horse follow when the horse stops due to a locate filter. No special manipulation was used to implement the function, the horse will come to you directly with the help of the AI. An hour on standby will speed up the arrival of the horse if it is too far away. The whistle is available as a skill, but you will have to find out how to get it during the game.

Dialogue and search of corpses on horseback:
- The function does not work on aiming at the target with the cursor, instead, the search method by radius is used. Pay attention to the relative position between the target and your horse. You can also conduct a dialogue with a target on a horse, since if a horse was detected in a radius, additional methods of detecting a character who can be riding come into action
- Searching corpses on horseback is as available as if you were trying to dialogue with the target. In the "Multi-Tap" mode, the dialogues were combined with the collection of vegetation, but the priority will be calculated towards the dialogue if there is an npc next to which you can talk.

Collecting vegetation on horseback:
- As well as dialogs, the function activates the detection method on the vegetation that can be collected. When using the multi-tap mode, grass is collected by successive clicks, if they stop, an attempt will be made to collect all possible resources in the available radius at one time
- The assigned key allows you to collect all available resources by pressing a key. In addition to the assignment of the keys, the "Combine" function, an option that disables the collect key and combines it with dialogs and actions (prioritizes between dialogs / collect / loot as in the case of multi-tap).

Quick dismount:
- No new animations were added, only replaces the dismounting animation with a jump or bare weapon if in battle while the character is behind the horse, creating the illusion of jumping off the horse's back. In multi-tap mode, the default dismount action will be overridden and can be configured to work in combat or disabled altogether. Key assignment mode uses a separate jump key. If used in combat, the game will be forced to ignore the weapon disarming animation

Horse inventory:
- All items can be stored in a remote container called "Horse bag". If your horse dies, all things will be restored immediately. Key Assign Mode allows you to access the horse's inventory if you are overweight but still want to tackle something. Works in rooms, cities, estates and castles
- Also for the key assignment mode there is an additional function for quickly moving resources and ingredients. To access the function, hold down the definition key and call up the horse's inventory
- The definition button is dynamic and can be one of the following: 1.Alt, 2.Ctrl, 3.Shift depending on which keys are used by the standard functions of the mod, the first available one will be used. If all of the above keys are occupied by mod functions, then quick reset of resources / ingredients will be unavailable

Balloon kit:
- This useful item can be created in any smelter in the "miscellaneous" section. Being in the inventory is triggered automatically if your carry-over weight is exceeded and gives 10.000 to your carry-over weight for 5 minutes.

Fraction ratio:
- When you first load the game with this plugin, a new friendly faction will be created for your horse, thanks to which your horse will not attack enemies and participate in hostilities. This procedure takes some time and can take as long as a minute. At this point, it's best not to save the game.
- Wait for the notification of the successful completion of the faction relations update ("Your horse is friendly to all factions"), then save and continue playing. If this function is not to your liking, then you can set a neutral attitude that is used by default in the game. select neutral / friendly (in line), then after you exit the settings menu and saddle the horse, the faction attitude will be updated.This function also affects the horses of your companions.

Clever Horse Follow:
- Horse follow is disabled by default. Use the appropriate key in key mode or triple tap in multi-tap mode to have your horse follow you. Additional settings are found in MCM. You can disable or enable Always Follow, and Smart Follow is also available. Smart Follow mode means that your horse will follow you if you are not sneaking or in a danger zone (bandit camps, forts, military camps, fortresses, etc.). You can also set the distance at which it will walk your horse (short / medium / long distance).

Horse behavior in battle:
- Two modes available: cowardly and bold. It is best to use this function based on the set ratio of factions
- The cowardly horse will always try to avoid danger, escape from combat and enemies
- The brave will, immediately seeing the enemy, rush at him, try to help all allies and will not leave the battle until she defeats the enemy or throws away her hooves
- Damage is calculated according to the following scheme: 20 units + player level. For example, having a friendly attitude of factions and bold behavior of a horse, you will get a mount that will not participate in battles, but will not run away from them either. On the other hand, if you do not set the neutral attitude of the factions and the brave behavior of the horse, you will get a full-fledged companion in battle.

Requirements:
Skyrim LE 1.9.32.0.8
1.07.03
4.1 and up
DLC Dawnguard (optional)
DLC Dragonborn (optional)

Installation from version 4.5+ to 5-0:

2. Save the game, update the mod, load the game, enter StartQuest CH in the console, play

Clean save and install:(installing the archive only manually, the archive will not be installed through the NMM manager !!!)
1. In the game, open the console (by default "tilde", aka "~") and enter "StopQuest CH" (without quotes) to stop all running scripts
2. Overwrite the previous save. All saves with running scripts of previous versions of this mod are considered "dirty" and can damage the game when loaded with a new version of the mod
3. Exit the game and remove the mod from the game
4. Go into the game without the mod installed from the last save made and save again to the same save with replacement and exit the game
5. Install the new version of the mod and enter the game from the last save
6. After a clean update of the mod, the horn, whistle, etc. will disappear from you and to return everything, type in the console:
set CHBuyHornCompleted to 1 and
set CHLearnWhistleCompleted to 1
7. Next in the console enter "StartQuest CH" (without quotes) to run the scripts, you're done

Complete removal of the mod:
1. In the game, open the console (by default "tilde", aka "~") and enter "StopQuest CH" (without quotes) to stop all running scripts. Before stopping the quest, make sure that none of the mod's functions in the MSM menu are activated!
2. Make net preservation... All saves with running scripts of previous versions of this mod are considered "dirty" and can damage the game when loaded with a new version of the mod
3. Uninstall the mod

Troubleshooting:
Compatibility:
- Conflicts with Better Horses, Horse Inventory or similar plugins that affect horses.
- Conflicts with some plugins that affect satellites. Especially those that change the behavior of companions in relation to horses.

The following plugins are supported:
... EFF - Extensible Follower Framework by Expired
... UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul by fLokii
... AFT - Amazing Follower Tweaks by Dheuster
- SkyTEST
- Using horse armor from this plugin will cause conflicts with all plugins,
affecting horse models and textures or adding armor.

Possible causes of problems:
The plugin was thoroughly tested during the beta stage before it was released to the public. If you have any errors, then the possible reason is the following:
- Requires Skyrim 1.9.32.0.8 or higher with Dawnguard and Dragonborn DLC installed or not, requires SKSE 1.06.16 or higher
- Considering how many functions, parameters and settings a plugin has, conflicts with other plugins are possible. In this case, you need to manually disable / enable plugins to find conflicting ones and disable them.
- Dirty saves: if you have not done a clean save after removing conflicting plugins or old versions, then most likely the cause of your problems may be "dirty" saves (see the technical part for how to make clean saves). In this case, you just have to start new game with a new character. If after that there are no problems, then you can be sure that there is a 100% problem
was just that.
- Something else - sometimes people report problems with animations, etc. In this case, uninstall this plugin and check if there are still any problems. You may have conflicting plugins before installing Riding Comfort.

Version: 4.7
Language: Russian

Requirements:

Required: Skyrim 1.9.32.0
Optional: SkyUi 3.4+, SKSE 1.6.15+, DLC Dawnguard, DLC Dragonborn

Note:

Plugin updated to version 4.7:

  • Added a new Delay Dismount feature. The companions will wait until the player moves far away or until the time runs out. All settings can be specified manually through the settings in MCM (if SkyUi is installed).
  • Added a new feature, Disable Tracking. When enabled, the horse will no longer move with the player when traveling fast.
  • Ability to enable and configure Auto-collection of specified items without having to open the inventory of defeated enemies (Translator's note: Attention may conflict with plugins such as: Kace Auto Loot - MCM Configurable Autoloot / Auto pick up and Harvest - auto pick up and search / Auto pick up and search for items, if you have them, then do not enable Auto pick from this mod ).
  • The ability to craft a new item in the forge, which will increase the carried weight by 5 minutes.
  • The ability to set full access to the horse's inventory in the settings, regardless of any conditions.
  • Fixed a number of various issues.

Since it is not possible to post the entire description here, I am posting only the introductory part of it. Before installing the plugin and playing with it, it is strongly recommended to read the description (ReadMe_Rus), located in the archive with the plugin. It is fully translated into Russian (without change log) and describes in detail all the functions and settings of the plugin, as well as talks about the compatibility of the plugin and the solution possible problems. Thank you for your attention!

Peculiarities:

Configuring the plugin via SkyUi 3.1+;
- Horses for your companions (UFO, AFT and EFF compatibility, up to 15 horses, improved AI, advanced features);
- Horse fight for companions;
- Armor for the player's horse and companions;
- Ability to knock the enemy down;
- Car collection on horseback;
- Beautiful and voiced animation for calling a horse;
- Horse whistle;
- Ability to search bodies and talk while on horseback;
- Ability to collect ingredients while on horseback;
- Ability to quickly jump off a horse with a weapon bald;
- Auto-transfer of inventory from one horse to another with easy access to it;
- Possibility to set the attitude of the game factions (friendly / neutral attitude);
- Clever horse following;
- Ability to customize the AI ​​of the horse (cowardly / bold behavior);
- The ability to increase the health / strength / speed of the horse and make it invulnerable;
- Intuitive plugin setup with the ability to set the keys to use;
- Multitab mode or key mode (key mode requires SKSE).

Technical part:

Installation:


StopQuest CH net preservation
1. Update Skyrim via steam to version 1.9.32.0
2. Install the latest version of SKSE (at the time of writing this is 1.6.15), if you want to use the key mode, the SKSE plugin itself is not required to work.
3. Copy the contents of the Data archive folder to the Skyrim \ Data game folder.
4. Connect the esp file in the game launcher or through the Wrye Bash program.
5. If you had previous versions of the plugin, you should:
Enter the game and type in the console (~) " StartQuest CH"without quotation marks.

Removal:

0. If you had previous versions of the plugin, you should:
Enter the game and type in the console (~) " StopQuest CH"without quotation marks. Then exit the game. Delete ALL files related to the previous version. Go into the game again and do net preservation(i.e. saving to a new slot after removing the plugin).
1. Delete all plugin files from Skyrim \ Data folder.

Note:

If you updated the plugin correctly using a clean save and console commands"StopQuest CH" and "StartQuest CH", as described above, then the ability "Whistle horse" and the horn you bought will return to your inventory automatically. If this does not happen, then use the following console commands: "set CHBuyHornCompleted to 1" - to return the horn, "set CHLearnWhistleCompleted to 1" - to return the ability to call the horse through the whistle, After, restart the quest using the commands "StopQuest CH" and " StartQuest CH ".
If you are installing the mod for the first time, and not updating from an older version, then the author strongly does not recommend using these console commands, but getting a horn and whistle in the standard way.

Setting:

Before you start playing, take a few minutes to configure the plugin. You can access the settings through the "Riding with ease" ability in the magic section. If you want to use the key mode you need to set it up first.

The Convenient Horses mod overhauls the horse handling system, adding a lot of interesting horse handling options. You can choose the behavior of the horses and put equipment on them. All official add-ons, MSM menu, SkyUI are supported. Compatible with many modifications, flexible control settings.

Other features of the mod:

  • satellites will be able to ride horses;
  • there is a realistic animation of the call of horses;
  • whistle is used to trigger;
  • customizable faction relations (friendly, neutral);
  • you can knock opponents down;
  • the stamina, health and speed of the horse are adjusted;
  • hotkeys can be configured;

Important: Horses cannot make their way through Solstheim, Soul Cairn, Black Reach and near Fort Dawnguard, so do not leave them there.

Setting: before using the mod, understand the setting. Settings are available in the MCM menu. For control mode, assigned keys must be assigned first. For the companion horses to work, this feature must first be enabled.

Control modes:

  • Key assignment: 5 actions are available to which separate keys are assigned - dialogue / loot, collection, inventory, quick dismount and activation of follow. Requires SKSE and a disabled gamepad (if connected). If the conditions are not met, the control mode will automatically switch to sequential combinations of one key (aka Multi-Tep);
  • Multi-Tap: The action button is used to control the top. The functions are activated depending on the number of consecutive presses (like click and double click in the Windows interface);
  • One press - saddle / dismount;
  • Double tap on the ground - open the horse's inventory;
  • Triple tapping on the ground - following the horse behind you, pressing combinations on horseback - dialogue / loot / collection. This mode causes saddle / dismount delays as there is a delay to count clicks. This delay can also be configured in MCM.

Description of features

Fight on horseback for companions:

  • By default, the game does not support the use of mounted combat by NPCs. A lot of work has been done to ensure that, in principle, should not work under any conditions. Every attack and every detail is activated by tons of scripts, even preparing weapons for battle or, on the contrary, hiding weapons. Behavior scripts also include target selection, contact distance, attack side selection and other small details;
  • Each companion will be given a weapon specifically for the fight on horseback, which in fact has no damage, in any other case, satellites will hit 90% of the target. These weapons are modified versions of conventional weapons. The choice of weapons by the companions is made at the beginning of their fight on horseback, depending on which weapon they use on the ground. If they do not have a weapon, then they receive it in accordance with their combat skills, set material and player level;
  • Fight on horseback does not depend on the material of the weapon, but only on its type, player level, perks, imposed reinforcing spells, the level of difficulty and defense of the enemy. If on which difficulty you are playing it seems to you that the damage is too high / low, then it can be adjusted in MCM.

Horse armor

Armor can be selected in MCM, separately for GG and separately for satellites. You can choose from: Leather, Nordic, Dwemer, Ebony, Daedric and Dragon (you can from Dragonbone). None of them actually give a bonus to the armor rating, it was made for beauty.

Battering the enemy on horseback:

  • The horse can knock any other NPCs in the way while sprinting, knocking back and dealing damage. Sprint by itself does nothing, only when it collides with an object. When a possible collision is predetermined, the horse will make a small jerk towards the possible victim at the same time the MG will lean forward and scream;
  • The dash speed, depending on the level, will rise from 10% to 50%. Further, the damage will depend on the collision angle, target protection and horse speed, ranging from 5 to 160 damage units. With each successful knockdown, the horse loses 15-20% of its base stamina to prevent overuse of this function;
  • The ram will not work on a target that has already been knocked down and will be extremely difficult to implement if the target is on your tail (in a figurative sense ...). It is better to use a dash when your target is distracted from you by attacking someone else. Note: any target, be it friend or foe, goes to ram. If you knock down a friendly target, you will be considered a criminal.

Calling a horse:

  • To use this function, you need to buy a forge from any stable owner for 500 septims. After purchasing the horn, it will be available as a skill. Use it to summon a horse and after a short cutscene you will already be on horseback. Only works in the open world outside of the city outside of combat. Avoid using this feature indoors;
  • Companions will also use the horn with you. If you have a horse paddock mod installed, use the skill in the picture to call any horse at any distance by name. It is on your conscience not to leave horses in locations from the DLC.

Whistling

An alternative option for calling a horse and more lore. Especially useful in setting up horse follow when the horse stops due to the location filter. No special manipulation was used to implement the function, the horse will come to you directly with the help of the AI.

An hour on standby will speed up the arrival of the horse if it is too far away. The whistle is available as a skill, but you will have to find out how to get it during the game.

Dialogue and search of corpses on horseback:

  • The function does not work when hovering over the target with the cursor, instead it uses the radius search method. Pay attention to the relative position between the target and your horse. You can also conduct a dialogue with a target on a horse, since if a horse was detected in the radius, additional methods of detecting a character who can be on top come into play;
  • Searching corpses on horseback is just as possible as if you were trying to dialogue with the target. In the "Multi-Tap" mode, the dialogues were combined with the collection of vegetation, but the priority will be calculated towards the dialogue if there is an npc next to which you can talk.

Collecting vegetation on horseback:

  • As well as dialogs, the function activates the detection method on the vegetation that can be collected. When using the multi-tap mode, grass is collected by successive clicks, if they stop, an attempt will be made to collect all possible resources in the available radius at one time;
  • The assigned key allows you to collect all available resources by pressing the key. In addition to the assignment of the keys, the "Combine" function, an option that disables the collect key and combines it with dialogs and actions (prioritizes dialogs / collect / loot as in the case of multi-tap).

Quick dismount

No new animations were added, only replacing the dismounting animation with a jump or bare weapon if in battle while the character is behind the horse, creating the illusion of jumping off the horse's back.

In multi-tap mode, the default dismount action will be overridden and can be configured to work in combat or disabled altogether. Key assignment mode uses a separate jump key. If used in combat, the game will be forced to ignore the weapon disarming animation

Horse inventory:

  • All items can be stored in a remote container called the Horse Bag. If your horse dies, all things will be restored immediately. Key Assign Mode allows you to access the horse's inventory if you are overweight but still want to tackle something. Works in rooms, cities, estates and castles;
  • Also for the key assignment mode there is an additional function for quickly moving resources and ingredients. To access the function, hold down the definition key and call the horse's inventory;
  • The definition button is dynamic and can be the following: 1.Alt, 2.Ctrl, 3.Shift depending on which keys are used by the standard functions of the mod, the first available one will be used. If all of the above keys are occupied by mod functions, then the quick reset of resources / ingredients will be unavailable.

Balloon kit

This useful item can be created in any smelter in the "miscellaneous" section. Being in the inventory is triggered automatically if your carry-over weight is exceeded and gives 10.000 to your carry-over weight for 5 minutes.

Fraction ratio:

  • When you first load the game with this plugin, a new friendly faction will be created for your horse, thanks to which your horse will not attack enemies and participate in hostilities. This procedure takes some time and can take as long as a minute. It is best not to save the game at this point;
  • Wait for the notification of the successful completion of the faction relations update ("The horse is friendly to all factions"), then save and continue playing. If you don't like this feature, you can set the neutral attitude, which is the default in the game. If you choose neutral / friendly (in line), then after you exit the settings menu and saddle the horse, the faction attitude will be updated. This function also affects the horses of your companions.

Clever horse following

Horse follow is disabled by default. Use the appropriate key in key mode or triple tap in multi-tap mode to have your horse follow you. Additional settings can be found in MCM. You can disable or enable Always Follow, and Smart Follow is also available. Smart follow mode means the horse will follow you as long as you are not sneaking or in a danger zone (bandit camps, forts, military camps, fortresses, etc.). You can also set the distance at which the horse will go (small / medium / large).

Horse behavior in battle:

  • Two modes: cowardly and bold. It is recommended to use this function based on the set ratio of factions
  • A cowardly horse will always try to avoid danger, flee from hostilities and enemies;
  • The brave one will, immediately seeing the enemy, rush at him, try to help all allies and will not leave the battle until she overthrows the enemy or throws away her hooves;
  • Damage is calculated according to the scheme: 20 units + player level. For example, having a friendly attitude of factions and bold behavior of a horse, you will get a mount that will not participate in battles, but will not run away from them either. On the other hand, if you do not set the neutral attitude of the factions and the brave behavior of the horse, you will get a full-fledged companion in battle.

Required: SKSE, SkyUI, optional Dawnguard and Dragonborn

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