Elden Roach

The concept of the mod comes from a simple constat : Roach is unpracticable. Roleplaying a Witcher who travels on horseback is not enjoyable. This light overhaul tries to address that. It's designed around three "modules", meant to be used together but still independent from one another. Here is an overview before a more in depth details about each modules :

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Magical Horse Spawn

Waiting for Roach to spawn, then comes to you ( if she didn't get stuck on the way, how frustrating ), then finally mount is a huge time loss. Remember Yen' skull crow ? Well, i'd like to think that Triss gave a similar item to Geralt at the end of W2, which allow to summon a magical horse each time he wistle ( automatically added to the player's inventory at first launch ). In addition, with that module :

- Roach will now magically spawns next to Geralt.

- Geralt auto mount on Roach after she's spawned.

- Roach despawn after dismount when Geralt is too far, in combat or when the panic bar is full.

More Interactions On Roach

How can riding be enjoyable when players have to dismount every time they want to interact with the world ? With that module, you can now talk to NPCs, interact with notice boards, read notices, use signposts to fast travel or loot chest and herbs while on horseback. Note that all interactions are deactivated and hidden when Roach is in full gallop.

New Roach Controls

This module adds several subtle changes that aim to enhance the riding experience, without drastically changing it. In short, Roach controls have been tweaked to be be much more similar than Geralt's :

- The speed key work both as a toggle and an hold key : press the key to go from trott to canter speed and vice versa. Hold it to go in full gallop speed. The input feedback module was tweaked to reflect that change. Timing of Geralt voicelines to Roach too.

- Roach stops when no directional input is held and follows the camera while moving forward ( vanilla behaviour ). In addition, the camera auto-centers while in canter or gallop.

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