Horse Movement Fix VR
⚪ Last updated 2018⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #4 of 13 VR mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
With Skyrim VR version 1. 4, this mod is no longer necessary as Bethesda properly implemented bUseWandDirectionalMovement into their game.
Using bUseWandDirectionalMovement = 0 for walking changes movement from wand pointing direction based to head based. I greatly prefer head based movement, but changing this setting to 0 makes horses near unusable. This mod simply changes bUseWandDirectionalMovement to 1 when the player gets on a horse and then back to 0 when the player gets off the horse.
To install, just download and install through a mod manager or extract everything to your SkyrimVR\Data folder.
Horse Movement Fix VR is a small utility mod for Skyrim VR that automatically toggles the bUseWandDirectionalMovement setting when mounting or dismounting a horse, allowing head-based movement on foot and wand-based movement while riding. The mod is now obsolete as of Skyrim VR version 1.4, which properly implemented the setting. It has 153 endorsements and was last updated in April 2018.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solves a real annoyance for VR players who prefer head-based movement but found horses unusable.
- Tiny, focused mod that does exactly one thing and does it well.
- Community-tested with 153 endorsements and over 5,000 downloads.
⚠️ Cons
- Obsolete for anyone running Skyrim VR 1.4 or later — you don't need this anymore.
- Has a 0-5 second delay when mounting/dismounting where you can't move, which can be jarring in combat.
- Only affects horse movement — if you're on the latest version, it's dead weight in your load order.
For Skyrim VR players on pre-1.4 versions who use head-based movement and want horses to actually work. If you're on 1.4+, skip it — the game already does this. Not for anyone wanting gameplay changes beyond this specific fix.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're on Skyrim VR 1.4 or later, don't install this — it's redundant and could cause conflicts.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to avoid manual file placement errors.
- Expect a brief pause when mounting/dismounting; that's the mod working, not a crash.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Phoenix2496
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 5,037
- Endorsements
- 153
- Category
- VR
- Created
- 4/22/2018
- Updated
- 4/22/2018
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