Horse texture improvements

by xuru·v2.0·Updated 2025-09-19

Significantly improved texture detail on horses and mules, optionally reducing the glossy effect of horse fur

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About this mod Machine translation

Significantly improved texture detail on horses and mules, optionally reducing the glossy effect of horse fur

Equine Texture Improvements

🐎Module introduction

I've long felt that the texture quality of most horses in the game looked pretty poor compared to player assets. The fur looks very fuzzy and the model is covered in a horrible blocky sheen. This mod solves this problem by adding rough high-resolution fur detail on top of the horse's normal ambient occlusion and roughness texture maps.

✨ Main functions

  • **High Resolution Textures**: All horses and mules now have more detailed textures, with improved resolution and detail
  • **Enhanced Shadows**: Lowered the level of the ambient occlusion map for stronger shadows
  • **OPTIONAL SHINE REDUCTION**: Provides an option to reduce shine for players who don't like the shiny fur of vanilla horses.

🎨 Optional content

  • **Reduce Fur Gloss**: Drastically reduce the glossy effect on horses' fur by increasing the level of the roughness texture map
  • **RESTORE UNUSED TEXTURES**: Restored unused 2048x2048 resolution chestnut horse textures that were not used in the game. These textures belong to the horses visible in the game beta screenshots and bear a striking resemblance to RDR1's Cleveland Bay horses.

⚙️ Installation instructions

Make sure you have ScriptHookRDR2 and Lenny's Mod Loader installed, then extract the contents of my .zip file into your main RDR2 directory.

The optional files are installed the same way, but the fur-shine reduction download requires overwriting some files in the main download.

🔄 Compatibility

应该与几乎所有马匹模组兼容!这些文件编辑了一些特定的.ytd合并文件,而大多数马匹模组只编辑.ymt文件。 If I want to be 100% sure of compatibility, I can use the LML Mod Manager to have my mod loaded last and check the "Override" box.

📸 Effect display

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*Note: All the coat color names in the menu have also been modified! *

Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions

  1. Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
  2. There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
  3. Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
  4. Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.

Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.

File & checksum

Filename
Beta Bay
File size
10.4 KiB
SHA-256
4fe62705027d49daf29c3d350ca4a301e84e79a5e04b925d46fc8c5a361c8693
Stored at
2026-10-10 18:13