Athletics Skill Increases While Riding
by Pimpskinny

(Requires OBSE v0018 or later)

You no longer have to choose between increasing your Athletics skill or riding a mount. Now you can do both at the same time.

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Download
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http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=37432 at TESNexus.


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Description
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While riding a mount, and your mount is running, your Athletics skill will increase, just as if you were running on foot. No longer must you sacrifice your Athletics skill in order to ride a mount!


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Requirements
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You need OBSE version 0018 or better. This mod won't even initialize without it:
http://obse.silverlock.org/

You need 7-zip in order to open the archive:
http://www.7-zip.org/


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Install
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1. Copy the Athletics While Riding.esp file to your Oblivion\Data folder.
2. Start Oblivion Launcher, click 'Data Files', place a checkmark beside the Athletics While Riding.esp file. Or activate it with OBMM, Wrye Bash, or whatever your preferred mod manager is.


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Uninstall
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1. Uncheck the Athletics While Riding.esp.
2. Delete the Athletics While Riding.esp file from your Oblivion\Data folder.


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Known Issues or Bugs
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None.


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History
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1.0 (2011/3/4) - Initial release.


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Contact
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Place a comment on this mod's page at TESNexus or here on the forums.


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Credits
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Thanks to the OBSE Team. This mod is not possible without it.
Thanks to LHammonds for making the ReadMe Generator.


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Tools Used
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http://obse.silverlock.org/
http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp

Thanks for this mod. I bought a horse quite early in my first Oblivion playthrough, but ditched it quite fast, mostly because I loathed the fact that it hurt my athletics progression (which was quite slow in the first place).

This mod fixes this, and is so simple and to-the -point that I'm surprised that it haven't been made before.

I don't really understand why gamesas did not do this in the first place. Horseback riding is actually a pretty good workout, and it makes sense to have this.

Thanks for this.

My pleasure! I'm also surprised someone didn't make this long before me. I've heard people comment about the issue here and there for a long time.