Better Riding View
🟠 Updated over a year agoPreview

🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.6% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #20 of 98 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Better Riding View
What Does the Mod Do?
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[]Provides a better and customizable view when riding a horse/cart.
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]Vertical Positioning: Moves the horse texture up/down depending on the camera's vertical angle. Intended to simulate visuals of the horse staying on the ground, rather than being attached to the center of your screen.[]Horizontal Positioning: Sways the horse texture left/right when rotating the camera left/right.
[]Jumping/Falling/Landing: During jumps, eases the horse texture's position so it looks like the horse is jumping.
[]Mod Settings: adjustable mod settings to tweak the visuals and dynamic behavior to your liking.
[]Mod Setting Presets: comes with different kinds of mod setting presets for you to choose from.
Installation
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[]Download mod for your OS.
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]Extract the .dfmod file inside the Mods folder into .../StreamingAssets/ModsCompatibility
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[]Eye of the Beholder:
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]Enable compatibility option in this mod's setting (Experimental).[]Disables horse texture when in third person view.
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[]Enable compatibility option in this mod's setting (Experimental).
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]Disables R&R's horse texture if it's enhanced riding module is turned on. Certain features will work (e.g., horse sprinting), but not all features (e.g., limiting how high/low you can look when on a horse).P. S. With this mod's compatibility options, you can run Roleplay and Realism along with Eye of the Beholder without having a horse texture on screen in third person mode.
Source Code
View source code on Github: https://github.com/ArshvirGoraya/Better-Riding-View
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[]Eye of the Beholder:
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[]Download mod for your OS.
Better Riding View is a compact visual mod for Skyrim that adjusts the camera perspective when riding horses or carts, offering a customizable view. With 82 endorsements and over 13,000 downloads, it's a niche quality-of-life improvement for players who find the default riding camera awkward. Last updated in October 2024.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Decent community traction (82 endorsements, 13.7k downloads) shows it's been tried and appreciated.
- Fills a specific niche—fixing the often-awkward riding camera in Skyrim.
- Lightweight and focused; does one thing without bloating your load order.
⚠️ Cons
- Small mod with limited endorsements (82), so it's not widely vetted.
- Last updated in October 2024—might not be compatible with the latest Skyrim patches or other camera mods.
- Potential conflicts with other camera or UI overhaul mods that alter the same settings.
For Skyrim players who spend a lot of time on horseback and want a more natural or customizable camera angle. Also for those who find the default cart view annoying. Skip if you're happy with the default camera or prefer comprehensive camera overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, install this mod through it to keep your load order clean.
- Check if you have other camera mods (like Improved Camera) that might override this one—load order matters.
- Test the view while riding a horse and in a cart to see if the customization suits your preference.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Daggerfallunity Mods
- Author
- Arshvir Goraya
- Version
- 1.1.0
- Downloads
- 13,723
- Endorsements
- 82
- Category
- Visuals and Graphics
- Created
- 9/4/2024
- Updated
- 10/23/2024
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