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Silverblaze55 for Simple Saddlebags (concept inspiration) Ryuujin-0 for Command Mounts and Horses (concept and script inspiration) retakrew7 for Horse Utilities (updated saddlebag assets) mystikhybrid for Saddlebag Accessories (original saddlebag asset author) odin_ml for Saddlebag Mesh Fix (original saddlebag asset author)
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Horses will now change to wait if you enter an area where they cannot follow. This fixes a bug that could allow horses to teleport to you if you fast travelled from within a city to another location within the same city.
Version 2.0.7
Fixed accidental use of OBSE message functions instead of the vanilla (the mod does not require OBSE).
Packed assets into a BSA.
Version 2.0.6
Fixed an issue that caused a delay the first time that saddlebags were opened each game session.
Version 2.0.5
Saddlebag inventory is now shared between horses, meaning you do not need to retrieve your items if your horse dies.
Fixed a strange bug where you could get ejected from guilds if your horse was carrying stolen items and was attacked by certain NPCs.
Fixed items not being transferred to your new horse when buying horse armour.
Version 2.0.4
Saddlebag inventories will automatically be transferred from an unarmoured horse to the armoured horse when your buy horse armour.
Version 2.0.3
Fixed a bug that caused any items given to Shadowmere to be returned when mounting it.
Version 2.0.2
Fixed the saddlebag carry weight sometimes not being updated correctly.
Version 2.0.1
Activating a dead horse will directly open the horse's inventory, rather than processing all the saddlebag stuff.
Version 2.0.0
Saddlebags now have a weight capacity and the inventory is unique to each horse. This helps balance the feature, rather than it acting as a safe, unlimited, and mobile storage container.
Added an optional file to enabled shared and unlimited saddlebags like in the previous versions.
Version 1.1.3
Fixed a bug that prevented the Horse Whistle power being added if you had not already ridden a horse when you first installed the mod. You may have to make a clean save if you still don't get the spell after updating.
Version 1.1.2
Horses will always teleport in front of the player when called from a long distance away. Previously, they would always be East of the player. However, this means it's now easier to intentionally teleport your horse over a cliff edge if you're a madman...
Slightly increased the distance away from the player that summoned horses spawn at.
Horses that are teleported to the player will get a couple of seconds of fall damage immunity.
Version 1.1.1
Added Saddlebags to unarmoured Shadowmere.
Decreased the confidence of all non-Shadowmere horses to make them more likely to flee combat rather than get killed.
Version 1.1.0
Optimised the saddlebag meshes. Thanks to Pherim for the discovery.
This mod implements simple, vanilla-friendly saddlebags and horse follow/wait commands. It is essentially a ground up reimplementation and update of Simple Saddlebags and Command Mounts and Horses with tweaked saddlebag assets from Horse Utilities. It covers all vanilla horses with simpler implementation and no setup spells or quests. I mainly made this because I wanted a comprehensive horse saddlebag mod that supported armoured horses and that was as un-intrusive as possible.
Saddlebags
All vanilla horses and horses from the official Horse Armor DLC now have saddlebag models added to them. To access a horse’s saddlebags, activate the horse whilst sneaking.
Saddlebags have a limited capacity depending on your horse's Strength attribute. To access saddlebags, you must own the horse and it must be your last ridden horse. These checks prevent you from accessing the saddlebag inventory of a horse you’ve stolen or otherwise don't own.
The saddlebag inventory is shared between horses, so you don't need to retrieve your items if your horse dies; all items will appear in your new horse's saddlebags.
Horse Whistle
If you have ridden a horse, you will be granted a Horse Whistle power. Using the power when your horse is nearby will swap it between wait and follow modes. If your horse is further away, it will teleport to you and start following you. All changes in follow/wait state are complete with sound effects.
Changes from previous versions of these concepts:
No setup spells, quests, or menus.
Saddlebags cover all vanilla horses and horses from the Horse Armor DLC.
All fixes from the unofficial patches are included.
Extra checks have been added to make sure you can’t access saddlebags or use Horse Whistle on stolen horses.
Saddlebags have limited capacity for better game balance.
The follow distance for horses has been increased so it’s no longer following you closer than an awkward friend at a party.
The distance at which a horse will swap to follow mode rather than teleport to you has been increased slightly.
Horses will teleport directly to your location, rather than teleporting nearby and running to you. The way this was handled in the original Command Mounts and Horses mod meant that your horse often took fall damage and could even be killed if you used the Horse Whistle power whilst in the mountains.
Bash tags added for easy patching with Wrye Bash.
The horse textures in the screenshots are from Trolls Various Animal and Monster Retextures. They're an improvement over the vanilla, especially the vanilla purple black horse texture.
Installation
Standard installation procedure: add the file to your data folder and check in the game launcher or your mod manager of choice.
Uninstallation
Just uncheck the mod. Uninstalling this mod will have no permanent effects on your save game, but just make sure to remove all items from the saddlebags first.
Compatibility
This mod will conflict with any mods which alter vanilla horses, but this can easily be resolved by a bashed patch. Bash tags and all the relevant fixes from the unofficial patches are already included.
