Horse Riding Together

This Mod lets you command another Horse (with or without a Rider on it!) to follow you while you are Horse Riding.

How the Mod works:

As some of you know, the Businesses & Hobbies Patch (1.113.277) broke a Part of this Mod, which was not fixable unfortunately. As soon as a Rider was on the Horse that follows you, a Client Error happened. To fix this I had to rework that part from scratch, and it works a bit different for mounted Horses now, so pls (re)read the Description below.

When you sit on a Horse you can click on your Horse to see the "Horse Riding Together" Interaction. This will open a Simpicker Menu where you can choose an unmounted Horse, or another Rider.

Horse Riding Together with an unmounted Horse

Choosing a Horse will let it follow your own Horse, when you start moving. You can command the other Horse to stop following by clicking on "Stop Horse Riding Together" on your Horse.

The Horse will auto stop following, when your Sim dismounts your Horse, or gets bucked off.

When a Horse follows your Horse they both get a hidden Happy Buff, and the following Motives will fill up while the other Motives Decay are lowered to 25%:

Fun
Social
Bladder

Both Horses will also gain some Friendship progress every few minutes, and they will gain Friendship progress with Sims riding them as well.

Horse Riding Together with another Rider

Choosing another Rider, will add both your Sim and the Rider in a Group. When you are in a Group you will see new Interactions clicking on Terrains:

Walk Here Together
Trot Here Together
Canter Here Together

Using one of the three new Ride Here Interactions will let your Sim as well as the other Rider ride to the Spot you clicked on.

Both Riders will gain Fun and Friendship while riding together. To stop riding together use the "Stop Horse Riding Together" on your Horse.

Be aware, using the "Go for Relaxed Ride", "Go for Intense Ride", "Go for Energetic Ride" do not work anymore for now. Use my three Ride Here Interaction pls. Depending on the distance between your Group and the Terrain Spot you click on, it can be that the Riders will choose different ways to ride to it. I recommend choosing a spot that is not too far away. I also recommend waiting until all Sims arrive at the Spot before choosing the next Spot to ride to. Sometimes the Riders and their Horses will glitch into each other when riding to the Spot, that is not a Mod Issue that is just the Game.

The Mod is compatible with my Riding Companion Dog Mod, which means you can use both Mods to let a Horse/Rider and a Dog follow you.

Important to Know:

Technically, the unmounted Horse and the Horse you sit on will get into Routing Formation. This way their Walkstyles will match. Your Horse will be in two different Routing Formations at the same time, you sitting on the Horse, and the other Horse following it. Sometimes these Routing Formations can cause glitches, which is not necessarily a Mod Issue. I recommend saving before choosing a Horse to follow you, in case a Glitch happens and you need to reload the Save.

It takes a Moment for them to get in the Routing Formation esp. when the other Horse is doing an Interaction at the moment you choose them in the SimPicker Menu. This means that it can take a moment until the next Interaction you clicked on e.g. Go on a Relaxed Ride, will start. The same is useful when switching between different Ride Options, and you feel like the Sims/Horses "lag".

Known Issues

Using the Game Speed 2 or 3, will glitch the following Horse into your Horse until you go back to normal Speed. Not sure if that is fixable yet.
The "Intense Ride" cancels itself sometimes, not sure if that is a Mod Issue or not, or if the Routing Formations do not work well with it.
It can happen that the following Horse will teleport back and forth, when stopping after a Ride Relaxed etc. This is not a Mod Issue that is a Game Issue that happens sometimes with various Interactions. Just wait a little, and use pause/unpause until the Horse is back.

F.A.Q.

Can I allow more Horses (with or without Rider) to follow at the same time?

No, not yet. It is planned to check if I can allow more than one Horse to follow you, but no guarantee yet that it will work.

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Available Translations

English (default)
German by me
Russian by Jane_Moriarty
Danish by Sara863g
French by MOLLORY/ heidi

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Mod Support available via my Discord:
https://discord.gg/KpZsvRM