Horse Oriented Riding System Extension

Welcome to the 61st installment of my Oblivion Immersion Series.

Welcome to Horse Oriented Riding System Extension.  H. O. R. S. E. if you will.  Do rein in your expectations though - despite the name, this is primarily a cosmetic mod.  But hay, let's trot out the features and ruminate on what this mod offers.

Do you desire a horse of a different color?  Now the horses for sale at Bruma and Skingrad come in dun and dapple grey.  These colors are cosmetic only - their stats are identical to the paint and bay horses.  Now Seabiscuit can look unique!  But are those the only changes to the vanilla horses?  Neigh!  Not wanting this to be a one-horse race, all other basic horses are re-textured with assets from AlienSlof.  Unique horses (ex. Weynon Priory, Blossom, Shadowmere, the Unicorn) now also have new textures to give them unique coats.

Foals may now be found at stables too.  What else do you think they are doing while horsing around when put out to pasture?

Or perhaps you are a mage who yearns for a mighty steed to match your magicka?  Calindil at the Imperial City sells apprentice-level spells to summon a variety of magical mounts based on ESO: the skeletal horse, Frostmare, Nightmare Courser, and Auroran Warhorse.  You and Mr. Ed can go riding off into the sunset without having wrangle with the ranch, comfortably straddling the desire for lore-friendly steeds.  For 300 seconds anyway, until Secretariat needs to be re-summoned.  The real workhorse of these spells is the summoning script made available at the Oblivion Construction Set Wiki, archived at the UESP - always a true stable of resources for modders.

Are you disappointed by the invisible reins, martingale, and breast collar in vanilla?  Saddle up for these features being included with a modified vanilla mesh.

And now to close the barn door, Legion horses have new features like caparisons, reins, and even more coat colors.

Interested in a macabre mount that isn't just bones?  Now v1. 1 adds a spectral horse for your ethereal equine needs.

How many more dreadful horse puns can I cram into this description?  Blame sevencardz and Immersive Horses for the idea.

Requirements

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Oblivion Version 1. 2. 0416

Installation Instructions

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Copy contents into your Oblivion data folder.

Uninstallation Instructions

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Delete the added contents

- added spectral horse

- initial release

Optional Files

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An optional download is available if you want to have saddlebags with the reins and breast-collar.  Install and allow to overwrite.  May be used as a standalone too.

H. O. R. S. E. - Manually Placed Summons remo