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As previously stated on the mod page and in the accompanying documentation, A Horse's Life is intended to replace Convenient Horses and Immersive Horses. It is not compatible with either, as all three mods make substantial changes to how horses are managed in Skyrim.
SC Horses
1. It would significantly limit the number of horse variants available in the game, reducing them from around 14 down to just the standard 5.
2. Following that, players would inevitably request a patch for Equestrian, which is far more complicated and would lead into a minefield of issues I’m not prepared to tackle right now.
Oblivion Horses
Light Horses
Ideal Solution
The ideal solution would be for someone to create a fresh set of horse textures (and optionally, new models) that complement Skyrim’s original art style — offering new breeds and coats without dragging in endless Witcher-imported saddles and conflicting changes.
Unfortunately, I don't have the time or desire to dive into 3D modeling and texture creation myself, so that's not something you’ll see coming from me.
Conclusion
When I started A Horse’s Life, it was first and foremost to satisfy my own vision of a horse mod — and to challenge myself to accomplish something I’d never done before. I’m incredibly proud of the result. This project has been a long, demanding journey that I’ve worked on in my free time outside of a full-time job. It eventually reached the point where even just loading up the game to test was exhausting. You can probably imagine why I'm not quick to jump into the additional work of patching complex mods right now. A Horse’s Life isn’t a simple system to manage, expand, or patch. For that reason, I’m going to let it sit for a while — much like I did with my follower framework — giving players time to explore it, uncover its secrets, report any lingering issues, and let it breathe. Once I’ve had time to recharge, I’ll revisit it with fresh energy and consider creating patches in the future.
Many Thanks
Many of you have shared your wishes for features like X, Y, and Z. While I’m not planning to expand A Horse’s Life any further in the immediate future, I’m always open to hearing your suggestions and I completely understand why some may prefer to stick with one of the alternative mods out there. I encourage you to give A Horse’s Life a try — and if it’s not quite what you're looking for right now, I sincerely thank you for downloading it. I recommend tracking the mod, as future updates may bring it closer to what you’re hoping for.
Immersive horses had a simple JSON file, but I can't figure out your mod :)
Getting some texture issues. The underfur textures are all messed up. The eye appears on half of the tail, and the other half of the tail is invisible. Maybe it is related to Fluffworks since it is the only mod that works with textures besides PG patcher.
Also, something is strange with forward motion behavior. Wild horse that I found was perfect, you press forward and it would walk, run, sprint forward, but then I've bought a horse in whiterun stable and this horse was flinging his head left to right when I was walking and runing forward, and it would walk in a slower speed. Only when I sprinted forward sometimes it would go straight. Not sure if a feature.
My horse animations mods: RAO/HAO, Horse Behavior Improvements, Better Horse Dismouting, Horses Simply Turn Better (Will try disabling this one). And skills of the wild.
Any ideas?
Horse animation issues will not be related to this mod as I don't change the horse nif nor any animations so check the other mods you listed.
Edit- I can't fix it. I have no idea why the unicorn is invisible. It's really dramatic- I was riding the unicorn when I saved the game. now I'm mounted on a saddle, mid-air.
Amazing mod by the way as it adds alot of immersion glad i didnt start my new game yet, will swap it out with immersive horses.