Mounting Animals! Battle Mounts! Rimworld Beta 18 Mod Showcase

Rimworld Beta 18 now has a mod that allows you to mount animals, modded or not! You can now mount your thrumbos, your wargs, dogs, even rabbits if you want.

'Giddy-up! Let your pawns charge into battle with mounts! Depends on Giddy-up Core and Hugslib

This mod is part of the Giddy-up! Series. it focuses on mounting with the purpose of battling. Mounting can only done with drafted pawns. Other mods in the series that I hope to release in the future will add mounting for non-drafted pawns.

Dependencies
Hugslib and Giddy-up! Core. Make sure the load order is Hugslib-Giddy-up! Core-Giddy-up! Battle Mounts

Features
- With this mod, drafted pawns can mount almost any animal that is large enough.
- What animals can be mounted can be configured in the mod options of Giddy-up! Core.
- Drawing priority (explained in Q&A) can be configured in the mod options of Giddy-up! Core for any animal
- Enemy pawns cannot yet mount. I plan to implement this though.
- Mounted pawns have an accuracy penalty, this penalty can be configured in the options.
- Movement speed of mounting pawns will be equal to the speed of the animal it is mounting. This is especially great for pawns with slow movement speeds (by injury or perks).
- Animals that are mounted will attack the target their rider is currently fighting when in range!
- Animals can only be mounted if they have completed obedience training.

Q&A

-How do my pawns mount animals?
First make sure the pawn is drafted, then right click the animal and an option to mount should appear.

-Can pawns shoot while the mount they are riding is moving?
Not by default, but they can if you install RunAndGun : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...
I actually really recommend using RunAndGun in combination with this mod as I created RunAndGun with this mod in mind. I mean, what is horse archery if archers have to stop moving to shoot?

-Does this work for any animal?
Yes, however, animals below a certain body size are disabled by default. Moreover, for some animals it looks really weird when pawns are drawn on top of them (especially in frontal view), these animals have also been disabled by default (this is for Caribou, Ibex and Labrador Retriever). You can however enable these animals if you don't mind the drawing issues. Even stronger, you can enable mounting for any animal in the mod settings, so if you want your pawns to mount rabbits, be my guest!

-Will it work for animals added by other mods?
In theory, yes, but there are some things to take into account. By default, pawns will be drawn on top of animals. For many animals this is ok, but for animals with long necks or horns it might look weird in frontal view as the pawn will be drawn on top of their face or horns. However, in the mod settings of Giddy-up Core you can change the drawing priority for any animal. This will solve most issues but not all. Some animals will look weird with any drawing priority, if you don't like that, you can disable mounting for the animal, or not.

-Will enemy pawns use mounts?
Not yet, in the current state your colony will be the only colony that discovered the secret art of mounting. However, it is one of my top priorities to get this working for enemy pawns.

-How about mounting for non-combat situations?
This mod will only focus on combat situations (i.e. mounting for drafted pawns). This mod is part of the Giddy-up! series though, and my aim for that series is to add mounting in as much situations as possible. So I will try to implement mounting for non-combat situations, but not in this mod. '

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