Two questions regarding animals.

[Banisha]

Does a dovecote attract pigeons?
Do I have the w.a.s.d. keys or arrow keys needed to ride a donkey or horse?
It would be easier if I could point on the road in front of me with the mouse, because now it looks as if the animal has eaten fermented fruit and is extremely drunk. Besides, I keep falling off because my mount crashes into the trees and I get devoured by the wild animals.

[Morri]

The dovecote, probably not. Don't have one yet, but it would surprise me if it actually attracted pigeons since that would be a bit overpowered in terms of easy to kill meat flying towards you :-)

To ride a mount, you have to keep in mind that the controls are slightly different than with your character.

When you press forward (W) with your character, it'll automatically turn and start walking in the direction your camera is facing.
Where the camera is facing, is actually where your character is looking. THAT doesn't change when you are on your mount. So when on your mount, your animal can go forwards, but you can still look behind you by turning the camera.
So when on your mount, forward (W) will no longer go in the direction of the camera, instead you'll go forward in the direction your mount is looking.
To change where the mount is looking, simply use the left and right keys (A and D) to "steer" and W to go forward (in the direction it's looking).

It might be easier to understand the principle by switching to 3rd person mode and see how it reacts there.

[Banisha]

1. A dovecote without pigeons does not look nice.
2. I will give it a try

Thanks Morri :-)

[rhwilson1953]

I would like a purple martin house instead of a dovecote. Those pesty mosquitoes sure get nasty.