"Several hundred years ago someone started an ambitious breeding program to make bulls rideable. They succeeded. Now the Sage Bulls are priced luxury chattel only the good-fortuned can afford."

This mod adds riding to Kenshi. You can buy mounts from four brand new towns, each containing things you have not seen before in Kenshi. New buildings, new riding-related items, new interior and exterior objects. Experience Kenshi like never before, with the wind in your hair!

Help! I cannot find any bulls to buy:   See spoiler tree discussion for more.

BETA BETA BETA BETA BETA did I already mention this is BETA?

KNOWN ISSUES
 - The rider's hands flap uncontrollably while riding (custom ragdoll needed, may be impossible to do)
 - Riding pose is the exact same pose as the shoulder carry (unfixable, this is a Kenshi limitation)
 - An unconscious character is carried by a bull sitting up (see above)
 - The Sage bulls do not have a portrait (skeleton/mesh/kenshi -unknown if fixable)
 - The Sage bull's husk appear in the background or on top of some of the squad members,
    especially small animals like dogs, and in auto-generated building menu icons (skeleton/mesh/kenshi -unknown if fixable)
 - Some of the bull's animations are rough (I will be fixing this by adding frames where needed)
 - Short characters ride too high (unfixable)
 - The ox cart's wheels do not rotate (missing animation, pending)
[x] - The game crashes when a NPC talks to a player bull. (fixed in V6)
  - The game crashes when a sage bull pick ups a bonedog (or any animal) UNFIXABLE requires a custom ragdoll, which we cannot make atm
[x] - Some NPC riders did not have a body, fixed in V8

LOAD ORDER
no longer has a known load order issue, although I suggest you load this after any mod that adds clothing or armor (because of transparency masks)

CONFLICTS
Yet to be explored. Let me know. I do not expect many. May be some issues with mods altering vanilla crafting.


CUSTOM RACES
This mod adds several new animations. Mostly fluff, like brushing the bull. The main animation/pose is the riding pose you will need to assign to the custom race yourself. Without it you still can 'ride', the vanilla pose just is crookedineverwhichway. See discussions for the list of already made patches.

REQUIRES A NEW GAME OR IMPORT

THE MOST REALEST RIDING IN KENSHI
What? You don't hit yourself in the head when you ride? Pfft amateur XD

It is a game changer, you can travel a lot faster, carry heavier loads and your loyal mount can even do first aid!
DO NOTE: the riding speed depends on the strength of the bull. They DO need to train that so you can ride faster.

HOW TO
1) Acquire a mount (or use a start with a mount)
2) Select the bull
3) Right click the rider-to-be and pick up

You do not need a saddle to ride, but it looks better with one.

I will probably work on this mod until the world ends, so expect several updates in the future.


See pinned discussions for suggested load orders the list of custom race patches and the link to the modders resource.

See Alternative riding pose: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2352054205