::FEATURES::

This mod edits Whirlwind's appearance from a donkey to a horse. To be honest, I rarely used Whirlwind in my playthroughs - I guess it was his appearance because I always wanted him to be a horse. In any case I figured I'd create a Whirlwind mod to do just that and release it for those out there who might be interested.


This mod DOES a few things:

• It replaces Whirlwind's textures and meshes.
• It gives Whirlwind a horse saddle.
• It sets his morality to "Any Crime" which will prevent him from reporting crimes that the player commits.
• It gives Whirlwind complete immunity to fall damage.
• It grants Whirlwind the ability to water walk.
• It gives him the lightfoot perk to ensure that he won't trigger traps on the road.
• It increases his movement speed by 50%.
  

This mod DOES NOT:

• Edit the horse race or use its own custom race.
• Grant him unique spells or buffs to stats.
• Use any scripts.
  

All Skyrim Legendary Edition meshes that were used in the optional files were cleaned with SSE NIF Optimizer and a few of the normal maps were re-baked and dithered by myself.






::REQUIREMENTS::

• A legal copy of Skyrim SE
• Enderal SE
  

::INSTALLATION::

Install the mod virtually with your preferred mod manager or copy and paste the contents of the zip files into the Data directory. Please note that you can only use any ONE of the three main files, any ONE of the saddle mesh replacers and any ONE of the Whirlwind texture replacers. The "Default" version main file comes with all of the features while the "Slower" version is identical to the default version but with a 25% bonus to movement speed instead. The "Vanilla" version strips away the immunity to fall damage and increased movement speed, so that version of the mod basically functions like a texture and mesh replacer.

For midplaythrough installs of this mod, the changes to Whirlwind should immediately take hold even if you already obtained Whirlwind before. If for whatever reason the saddle or movement speed didn't update then don't panic - remove any items that you've stored on him, press the tilde key(~), select Whirlwind with the mouse cursor, type "resetinventory" (without the quotation marks) and press ENTER to fix it. Alternatively, you can try the "disable" and then "enable" console commands. If those console commands don't work then go to an interior cell like a house (any cell that the horse isn't sharing with you should do), press the tilde key (~) and type in "pcb" (just pcb without the quotation marks) and press ENTER - after doing this Whirlwind will finally have his modded saddle equipped. Instead of using console commands to "force" Whirlwind to equip the new saddle, you can just continue your adventures in Enderal - doing this will eventually force the game's engine to "update" his saddle for you.



::UPDATING::

You can update the mod by reinstalling it with the updated version through your mod manager or by manually deleting the mod and installing it again with the updated version. The changes should take hold immediately after applying the update. Follow the tips outlined in the "Installation" section above if Whirlwind's appearance or movement speed doesn't update immediately.



::UNINSTALLATION::

Uninstall the mod manually from the Data folder or virtually with your mod manager. The mod doesn't have any scripts or persistent objects, so it is 100% safe to remove at any time.





::MOD COMPATIBILITY::

This mod will be incompatible with any other mod that tries to edit Whirlwind. If you suspect a conflict you can use EnderalEdit to load your current load order to immediately find any conflicts with Whirlwind (Under Non-Player Character (Actor): Form ID: 00074A7D, Editor ID: _00E_NQ06Bonni). You can resolve conflicts by loading Better Whirlwind after any conflicting mod, so that Better Whirlwind's changes will be visible in-game. Use the following basic load order as a guide to resolve such conflicts:



If you found any conflicting mods then please send me a message, so I can list the conflicting mod by name within this compatibility section for the sake of other users:


::RECOMMENDED MODS::

Please note that the following mods aren't actually required for this mod to work:

• Mod Organizer 2 will give you better flexibility when installing this mod and its optional files. Other than being able to virtually install mods (installing them safely outside of the Data folder thus keeping the Data folder clean), it gives you the ability to choose which assets from one mod will overwrite the assets of another mod - a feature which will make customizing Whirlwind with this mod's optional files a lot easier.
  

::PERMISSIONS::

Please do not upload my mod to other websites. Anyone can make a translation for this mod and my other mods without seeking my permission. The only thing that I ask is that you at least upload the translation to the Nexus. For those out there who own a website, then it's perfectly fine if you host the translation on other websites, but all I ask is that you please maintain a separate mod page for the translation here on the Nexus in addition to that copy on your website.