Horse Route Follow

Horse Route Follow

The horse auto-follow picks a random branch at every fork. With this mod it follows a route to your custom map marker instead: place a marker, get on a road, let the horse follow, and it takes the right turn at every junction - like a GPS. The route is drawn on your map with the same dotted line the game uses for fast travel, and the horse stops when you arrive.

New in 1. 0. 2

• []No more on/off hotkey: the mod is always active while a custom marker is placed. An accidental F6 press (or another mod using F6) could silently switch it off in 1. 0. 0 - this should hopefully fix the reports of the mod not working at all, although we could not reproduce them.[/]

  []The horse now stops at the point of road closest to your marker, also on long roads without junctions (it could ride past the marker there).[/]

  []The route is planned once and kept; it is only recalculated when you actually leave it.[/]

  []Fixed the first route of a session sometimes being planned on the wrong region's roads.[/]

  This is one of our first mods for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. It has only been tested on one setup, so there are bound to be issues we have not run into yet. Bug reports (with the log - see below) are very welcome.

  Features

  • []Follows a road route to your custom map marker, turning correctly at every fork[/]

    []Route drawn on the map (fast-travel style dotted line) as soon as you place a marker[/]

    []GPS-style: the route starts in the direction you are travelling, is planned once, and is only recalculated if you leave it[/]

    []Stops the horse on the point of road closest to your marker (also for markers placed away from roads)[/]

    []Uses only the game's own auto-follow - the mod chooses between the roads it offers and never steers the horse itself[/]

    []Always on while a custom marker is placed - no hotkey; settings in an .ini file[/]

    []Update-safe: if a game update changes the code it relies on, the mod switches itself off instead of breaking your game[/]

  Requirements

  • []Kingdom Come Script Extender (KCSE) by JerryYOJ[/]

    []Address Library For KCSE by JerryYOJ (required by KCSE)[/]

  Installation

  Vortex: install as usual.

  Manual: copy the horse_route_follow folder from the archive into <game>\Mods\ - you should end up with Mods\horse_route_follow\KCSE\Plugins\kcd2_autotravel.dll.

  Uninstall: delete that folder.

  How to use

  • []Open the map and place a custom marker - the route appears as a dotted line.[/]

    []Get on your horse, ride onto a road and let auto-follow take over as usual.[/]

    []The horse follows the route and stops on the road as close to the marker as it gets.[/]

    []Remove the marker to ride with the game's normal auto-follow.[/]

  Settings

  (Mods\horse_route_follow\KCSE\Plugins\kcd2_autotravel.ini)
  • []BrakeOnArrival=1 - stop the horse on arrival[/]

    []ArriveDistance=3 - how many metres before the closest road point to stop (raise if it overshoots)[/]

    []UTurnPenalty=400 - how many extra metres a turn-around at a dead end counts as[/]

    []MapRoute=1 - draw the route on the map[/]

    []DebugLog=0 - 1 = detailed log for bug reports[/]

  Known issues and limitations

  []Only tested with the Steam version of the game (1. 5.x, build 15693).[/]

  []Hardcore mode has not been tested and is not supported yet.[/]

  []Routes can sometimes take an odd detour even when a more direct main road exists. This is a known bug in how the mod reads the game's road network; the route still gets you there. A fix is planned.[/]

  []Starting while facing away from the marker: the horse cannot turn around by itself, so the route continues ahead and loops back. Turn the horse around yourself for the direct route.[/]

  []Trosecko is well tested; Kuttenberg and the monastery map are included but have had little testing.[/]

  []Only roads the game can auto-follow are used, so routes can differ from the roads drawn on the map; some followable trails are not drawn on the map at all.[/]

  []At a road that simply ends, the horse stops - turn around and it continues.[/]

  []In towns with many small streets the route can occasionally take a detour before it settles.[/]