Immersive Horses - Vanilla Start Fix
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #37 of 82 Bug Fixes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Details
When using Immersive Horses, one will find that the Vanilla start will never play out as intended. The horses that General Tullius and Hadvar ride on are given their faster trotting speed, causing them to reach the trigger box at the Helgen gate far before the prisoner carts.
When this happens, the horses try to navigate directly to their "parking" spot, but are unable to directly as the gate is now closed. So, they will try to cross the mountain. This is not a successful endeavor on the horses' part. This package should only be reached by the time the cart horses are at the gate, so this unexpected behavior occurs.
This mod ensures that the horses used in the intro are excluded from the relevant Immersive Horses MGEF, and further ensures that the horses will be at the correct position and remain at a consistent speed with the cart horses.
This mod fixes the ride to the Helgen gate in the vanilla intro when using Immersive Horses.
Disclaimer
The Vanilla Intro is ridden with bugs, especially when played in a large mod list. It is possible to achieve relative stability, however more measures need to be taken depending on the setup in use.
There is an innumerable amount of things that can go wrong in the vanilla intro. This is not new information to most Skyrim modders. This mod only fixes this specific and reproducible issue when using Immersive Horses.
Compatibility
Alternate Perspective - Alternate Start
A patch is provided for Alternate Perspective in the Optional Files of this mod page. AP makes some changes to Tullius and Hadvar's horse references. This patch carries over the changes from both mods.
No other incompatibilities were found among the mods in my own mod list, which you can find here https://loadorderlibrary.com/lists/zediious-mod-list.
Let me know if you find any further incompatibilities!
A small bug fix for Skyrim that resolves horse speed inconsistencies during the Vanilla Start when Immersive Horses is installed. With 24 endorsements and 44,018 downloads, it's a niche utility for players using that popular mod.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Tiny fix that solves a real annoyance if you use Immersive Horses (24 endorsements, 44k downloads)
- Zero bloat – just patches the intro scene, nothing else
- Active author (last updated March 2025)
⚠️ Cons
- Only relevant if you run Immersive Horses – useless otherwise
- Low endorsement count (24) means it's not widely tested
- May conflict with other mods that alter the Vanilla Start sequence
For Skyrim players who use Immersive Horses and hate seeing horses rubber-band during the intro cart ride. If you don't use that mod, skip it – this fix does nothing for you.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Load this after Immersive Horses in your mod order so the fix overrides the original files.
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, just install and enable – no extra setup needed.
- Test by starting a new game; the intro cart scene should now have consistent horse speeds.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Zediious
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 44,018
- Endorsements
- 24
- Category
- Bug Fixes
- Created
- 3/8/2025
- Updated
- 3/8/2025
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