��Convenient Horses by Alek

Version 7.1

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9519/?





Convenient Horses and Anniversary Edition

Everyone who still plays Skyrim has already migrated to a new anniversary update, while some have even purchased creation club content that was released at about the same time. With that content came quite a few features related to horses that didn't play well with Convenient Horses. To name the few: wild horses, steel and elven horse armor, horse saddles, all of it was getting in the way of the mod and required a proper update.

Mod has been updated to version 7.1 and with it improvements to horse training, which is now faster, gives better bonuses and allows re-specialization through additional training. Bethesda has also separated horse and mane as two separate meshes to prevent mane clipping when horse armor is equipped, something that Convenient Horses has been doing with its dynamic mane behavior which is now obsolete.

As a part of 7.1 mod update also comes the patch for those who purchased the creation club content, that fixes all the incompatibilities. Wild horses can be tamed without mod interfering. Steel and elven horse armor is added to mod's equipment collection when purchased and new saddles are collected by default. All new items are supported through mounted looting, harvesting and crafting material management.

That is all for this update. I wish you all happy new year 2022 and to enjoy the game.





Author notes

Translations may be released in public without my consent (ESP file only).



File credits

My wife for being tolerant.

charon711 and pattersonml for helping me fix grammar.





Introduction

Convenient Horses for Skyrim Special Edition is next installment of a popular mod that has more than a million of unique downloads, aiming to overhaul horse system in Skyrim.

Unlike its predecessor, it has been built from a ground up to radically change the way you interact with and use horses. It is not a port, but a completely new experience with a special accent on immersion, free of any script extender dependencies.





Features

* Mounted harvesting of ingredients.

* Mounted interaction with people and corpses.

* Mounted combat horse charge.

* Horse stabling, naming and quick swapping.

* Horse encumbrance system and mobile storage.

* Horse dialogue interaction and fast dismount.

* Horse follow and combat behavior customization.

* Horse whistle and calling.

* Horse attribute training.

* Horse equipment crafting and discovery.

* Followers horses and mounted combat.





Getting Started

The introductory quest will start once you own a proper horse and have been riding it. There are two paths to follow, one for a new mod user allowing them to learn about mod features step by step, and other for veterans who want to skip the introduction and jump right into the action.

When you complete the introductory quest the mod will be fully open to you with all its features.





Horse Training

All owned horses can be trained to have their attributes improved. There are three main attributes and values they govern: Strength (damage and carry weight), Endurance (health and stamina) and Speed (movement speed).





Encumbrance System

Owned horses have limit to how much they can carry, weighing both items stored on them and items that you carry when you ride. Horse will slow down the more it carries and even buck you off its back if you are being unreasonable.





Horse Equipment

You start with some basic horse equipment. Protective barding can be crafted if you are a blacksmith. The rest of the equipment is tied to becoming a member of a faction or rewarded when you complete certain quests. Equipment can be changed when intro quest is completed.





Additional spoiler lists all available horse equipment and how to unlock them:

1. Bareback (available)

2. Nordic Saddle (available)

3. Imperial Saddle (available)

4. Dark Brotherhood Saddle (complete DB02 "With Friends Like These")

5. Traveler Saddle (purchase during CHIntro "Convenient Horses")

6. Bard Saddle (complete MS05 "Tending the Flames")

7. Hunter Saddle (complete CHHunter "Field Hunter", start by killing the fox while mounted)

8. Big Game Hunter Saddle (complete CHHunterBig "Big Game Hunter", auto started after "Field Hunter")

9. Dawnguard Barding (complete DLC1HunterBaseIntro "A New Order")

10. Dawnstar Caparison (become Thane of the Pale)

11. Dawnstar Bannered Caparison (become Thane of the Pale)

12. Falkreath Caparison (become Thane of Falkreath Hold)

13. Falkreath Bannered Caparison (become Thane of Falkreath Hold)

14. High Hrothgar Caparison (complete MQ105Ustengrav "The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller")

15. High Hrothgar Bannered Caparison (complete MQ105Ustengrav "The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller")

16. Markarth Caparison (become Thane of the Reach)

17. Markarth Bannered Caparison (become Thane of the Reach)

18. Morthal Caparison (become Thane of Hjaalmarch)

19. Morthal Bannered Caparison (become Thane of Hjaalmarch)

20. Riften Caparison (become Thane of the Rift)

21. Riften Bannered Caparison (become Thane of the Rift)

22. Solitude Caparison (become Thane of Haafingar)

23. Solitude Bannered Caparison (become Thane of Haafingar)

24. Whiterun Caparison (become Thane of Whiterun)

25. Whiterun Bannered Caparison (become Thane of Whiterun)

26. Windhelm Caparison (become Thane of Eastmarch)

27. Windhelm Bannered Caparison (become Thane of Eastmarch)

28. Winterhold Caparison (become Thane of Winterhold)

29. Winterhold Bannered Caparison (become Thane of Winterhold)

30. Leather Barding (craft at forge)

31. Nordic Barding (craft at forge, requires Steel Smithing perk)

32. Dwarven Barding (craft at forge, requires Dwarven Smithing perk)

33. Steel Scale Barding (craft at forge, requires Advanced Armors perk)

34. Ebony Barding (craft at forge, requires Ebony Smithing perk)

35. Daedric Barding (craft at forge, requires Daedric Smithing perk)

36. Dragonbone Barding (craft at forge, requires Dragon Armor perk)





The final spoiler shows how to cheat and unlock specific horse equipment using in-game console:

Make sure you've completed the intro quest first.



Use following console command to list quest variables then scroll with PageUp/Down keys:

sqv CHEquipmentManager



You will notice a bunch of variables named Armor*State and Saddle*State.

It is neccessary to set desired variable value to 1 and you will be able to select and use related horse equipment.

Use following console command to unlock daedric horse armor:

setpqv CHEquipmentManager ArmorDaedricState�1





Followers Horses

You can ask followers to buy a horse for themselves. They will gladly take gold from you, go to the stables and come back when done. They will use horse call or whistle, and fight from a horseback. If there s no dialogue option for a follower to buy a horse, then it s not supported by the mod.





What s Changed

If you are new to Convenient Horses then you already have enough information to start playing. However, if you are accustomed to using previous version of the mod then you should be aware of following no mores:

* No more bound keys, you will learn new controls by following the introductory quest.

* No more configuration menus, everything is done via horse dialogue.

* No more stat bonuses, each owned horse can be trained differently for increased efficiency.

* No more instant access to all the equipment, it s unlocked through gameplay instead.

* No more unlimited storage, be aware of new encumbrance system and combined weights.

* No more useless features and spaghetti code.





Compatibility, Known Issues & Fixes

* Amazing Follower Tweaks: There have been few issues here and there and most of them have been prevented. It is important to have horse features disabled in AFT along with follower teleport on weapon draw setting.

* Open Cities: I haven't tested, but it has been reported that CTD may happen if CH is loaded before OC.

* Realistic Horse Breeds: Should be loaded after CH. The only thing you lose is dynamic mane, so it will clip through the barding. This stands for any other horse mesh replacer.

* Conflicts with mods that alter the Steed Stone ability since CH v7. Load the other mod after CH and the only thing you lose is the description which states that horse training speed is increased by 50%. Training speed bonus will always work regardless of how you handle the conflict.

* There is no option to select horse name when purchasing. Horse naming is a new v7 feature and the most common issue is conflict with the "stables" quest. Only way to fix it is to make a patch (prefered if you know how) or tweak load order to give priority to this mod.

* Horse is moving way too fast. Implemented a total speed control in CH v6.0.3, so no one should notice this problem anymore.

* Horse is stuck and cannot move. This is the game engine issue and only way to fix it is to exit the game completely.

* Horse is sliding and flying when saved game is loaded where player is mounted. Game bug countered in CH v6.0.3 by dismounting player on game load.

* Horse camera moves vertically making it impossible to aim with ranged weapon. This is another game bug which is caused by NPCs using horses, sending animation events that trigger player horse camera to change. This becomes more apparent when riding with followers and they engage in mounted combat. I coded a fix that will attempt to quickly re-draw player weapon when such animation events caused by followers are detected, which in turn fixes the camera position, but you can always sheathe and draw weapon manually if mod does not fix it for you.

* Follower returns to default outfit or becomes naked when dismounting or leaving mounted combat. This is related to CH keeping�{teammate status flag turned off} on followers while controlling them, to prevent interference from player actions. I bypassed all known triggers for this problem in the update, but it still might happen when some other mod does something to follower equipment while they are mounted.

* Player is bored of having to replay intro quest on every new playthrough. This issue has been fixed in v7.0.1.





Supporting New Ridable Worlds

It is up to other mod authors or users to enable riding in custom world spaces. A formlist RidableWorldSpaces (0x99B) is defined in Update.esm and initialized in Dawnguard.esm for the purpose of restricting Arvak summoning. CH extends the use of this formlist by adding DB's Solstheim world to it and restricting the usage of Horse Call and follower riding according to the worldspaces it contains. Therefore it is not neccessary to build dependency on CH when making the patch to allow riding in new world spaces. End user might need to merge all the RidableWorldSpaces�formlist records in a custom patch if multiple mods try to add their own records each, using the�{SSEEdit}�� tool for example.





Thank you for using Convenient Horses!





Changelogs

* Version 7.1

* Removed dynamic mane behavior and not using custom horse mesh anymore because it has been fixed officially.

* Horse can now lose one training level per its level allowing new attribute to be trained.

* Horse training experience gains from riding increased by roughly 60%.

* Horse hp/stamina gain from the Endurance attribute increased from 40/10 to 120/30 per level.

* Horse speed gain from the Speed attribute increased from 5% to 6.66% per level.

* Horse carry weight gain from the Strength attribute increased from 50 to 100 per level.

* Horse unarmed damage gain from the Strength attribute increased from 2 to 5 per level.

* Horse charge targetMaxHP damage gain from the Strength attribute increased from 2% to 3.33% per level - base from 2% to 10%.

* Version 7.0.1

* Intro quest is easier to start and can be skipped.

* Version 7.0

* Player's horses can now be named but only before being purchased.

* Any owned horse can now be stabled at custom location, up to 30 horses.

* Player can quickly swap between stabled horses.

* Stabled horses will retain the equipment when not in use.

* Horse training XP rate is doubled when under the effect of The Steed Stone.

* Ride and seek intro quest objectives can now be skipped.

* Version 6.0.3

* Added sounds for opening and closing the sack and changing the equipment.

* New categorized sack view option accessible from a quick trade topic.

* New horse speed control system which potentially fixes fast horse bug.

* Reduced the amount of repetitive intro quest objectives.

* Mounted harvesting now works for both alchemy and cooking ingredients by default.

* Player is now auto dismounted on game load to prevent possible flying horse bug.

* Followers will no longer try to engage flying targets in mounted combat.

* Fixed fast travel staying disabled after using a horse that is over encumbered.

* Fixed follower reset to default outfit after dismounting if torch was in their inventory.

* Horse combat behavior change should now apply when dialogue is closed.

* Improved mounted combat camera fix timings.

* Version 6.0.2

* Fixed follower trying to mount player's horse after dismount.

* Fixed follower trying to re-enter mounted combat instead of dismounting in combat when not near player.

* Fixed both Dark Brotherhood Initiates not going to buy the horse and being stuck when paid.

* Version 6.0.1

* Three new encumbrance options have been implemented.

* Fixed AFT naked follower bug on mounted combat weapon unequip.

* Fixed follower AI getting stuck after dismount.

* Fixed missing texture on Daedric Barding.

* Fixed mounted harvesting not ignoring owned harvestables.

* Fixed issue where training percentage display value is carried onto new horse.

* Changed condition for intro quest to start so that you have to sleep for at least eight hours.

* Various text changes and grammar fixes.





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