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# Simple Horse QOL Small, focused quality-of-life features for horses: a cleaner first-person ride, plus two long-requested gameplay additions: storage chests on regular horses and two players riding one horse. ![Two players riding a horse with a chest equipped](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/930ae22e0a2319d2e7dd5ff17f17d2fff14bca0f.png) It's split into two independent halves, and the mod is optional on both ends: - Install it client-side for the visual tweaks. - Install it server-side for the gameplay features — these work even for vanilla players connected to your server. - Install it on both for the full experience.

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## Gameplay Features (Server-Side) These are server-authoritative, so vanilla clients get them too: ### Horse Storage Chests Right-click a tamed horse while holding a chest to give it a **27-slot storage chest**. Sneak + right-click with an empty hand to open it. Contents are saved with the horse and drop when it dies. ![Interface of horse chest](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/31dca9be69197b782970c03402df0ef506a55616.png) ### Two-Player Riding When a horse already has a rider, a second player can right-click it with an empty hand to hop on as a passenger. The original rider stays in control. This can optionally be restricted to tamed horses. ![Two players riding a horse](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/fa4262ede13a25d246264220f56f612688241d7d.png) Both features can be enabled or disabled independently in: `config/simple-horse-qol-server.json` - `multiRiding` - `secondRiderRequiresTamed` - `horseChest`

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## Visual Features (Client-Side) Configurable in-game through **Mod Menu + Cloth Config**. ### Lowered Head While Riding Tilts the horse's head down and forward in first person so it obstructs less of your view. Both the lowering amount and neck pivot are configurable. ![First-person view of riding a horse with lowered head](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/00d3de1c2e30d855dcfecb946542185a9e6c6106.png) POV with lowered head (configurable to go further too)

Without lowered head

![First person view of riding horse without lowered head](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/eea66a00808f95a7561c82898aca46fcf01ef9fd.png)

### Fade When Looking Down The horse gradually becomes transparent as you look further downward, preventing steep viewing angles from being blocked. ![Horse goes transparent while looking down to ride downhill](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/aa9c38d20bf1056e88dd6f6d71973d61b6e288e3.png) ### Free-Look While Standing Still Look roughly **90°** to either side without turning a stationary horse. ![Player turned 90 degrees on horse without the horse turning](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/3a9b3c3e4f9b5f988dcc08781dfe662d91d2464a.png) ### Second Rider Position Moves the passenger behind the driver instead of rendering both riders in the same position. ![Second rider is offset](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/d13faad8222a7835b3ddcd031d722f2fc739c1d4.png) Second player offset is configurable and helps avoid clipping ### Saddlebag Model Horses carrying a storage chest display a donkey-style saddlebag. ![A horse with a chest equipped](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/bc44f330d3c6066aae044889e4689c3c0c271c7c.png)

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## Compatibility The mod is optional on both client and server. - **Server only:** Vanilla players can use horse chests and two-player riding. Riders will visually overlap and chested horses won't display saddlebags. - **Client only:** You get the first-person visual improvements. - **Both installed:** Full functionality. There is **no hard client dependency**. The only networking is a one-way synchronization flag informing modded clients which horses are carrying a chest, so vanilla clients are never affected.

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Simple Horse QOL

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Minecraft: Java Edition

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Adventure with a friend!

Store all your horsey items!

Horse fades while looking down!

Better riding visibility!

Tons of configurability!