Horse backs up when you mount it

[Leiraion]

Does anyone know what exactly causes this to happen? It doesn't do it every time I mount but when it does happen it is extremely annoying.
It's effectively a ~2 second stun when you mount....

[alan0n]

Yep, annoying. I've never been killed because of it, but have taken sun damage from it before.

[Leiraion]

For those of you still plagued by this, don't hold a movement key when you mount the horse from the front. It backs up because for a split second when you mount your camera was using the direction from your character which is backward to the horse.

You'll notice that this doesn't happen when you try to mount from the side or back of the horse. Only when you are facing it and in front of the horse.
So in that case, don't hold down any movement key for a moment.

[Shazza]

This has been a thing since Day One, unfortunately. It's as Letsatsi says, it's caused by holding a movement key the moment you mount.

It's a bit of muscle memory to get over, but possible.

[Demonsouls1993]

Originally posted by Letsatsi:

For those of you still plagued by this, don't hold a movement key when you mount the horse from the front. It backs up because for a split second when you mount your camera was using the direction from your character which is backward to the horse.

You'll notice that this doesn't happen when you try to mount from the side or back of the horse. Only when you are facing it and in front of the horse.
So in that case, don't hold down any movement key for a moment.

And your already wrong cuz I've had my dumb horse back up when mounting from the side and the back

[Leiraion]

Hey Demonsouls1993, chill.
You probably mounted it from the front 180degree arc.
Meaning you were on the side but slightly towards the front and you were holding a movement key.

If you are on the back 180 degrees of the horse it never happens. Try testing it in your castle a bit.

[Aapjuh]

was annoying for a while, can turn it into an escape advantage tho.
When enemies are after you when on foot or if they knocked you off your horse, mount and cause the walkback to make them miss their attack then speed off to escape.