i have a custom ride based on modified vanilla horse nifs.
works fine all in all, but there's some details left over i just can't seem to fix, hope somebody can help

.) the ride is smaller than a horse, but you'll still mount to full horse height and then drop down to the ride's back's height -
how can i fix this? saddlebone coordinates seem to affect the height you come to sit only (but that's just fine as it is), not the height you mount
(can't make much of the controllers the saddlebone comes with though)

.) is there any way to make a riders legs less spread?

.) how do i scale eyes? they scale fine in the horse.nif (or it's aequivalent i'm using), but that doesn't affect ingame appearance -
and the skeleton doesn't seem to have a node for the eyes

.) do any changes i make to the horse.nif have any ingame effect at all (meaning model changes like scaling a part, not textures etc),
or is that solely done by the skeleton.nif? i'm somehow getting the impression they don't...?

.) why is it i can't get a stereo mane? is that just me or is it the models...?

thx in advance for any advice