Reindeer in real life can be ridden and can carry packs. Reindeer in Rimworld should be able to do the same. This mod patches the Caribou so that it can serve as a pack animal and rideable animal while on caravan trips.
What this mod does:
1) Makes the caribou a pack animal.
2) Decreases caribou wildness from 75% to 35%.
3) Increases caribou body size factor from 1.0 to 1.4.
4) Makes caribou increase caravan speed by a factor of 1.3.
5) Changes the in-game description of the caribou to reflect its more useful role.
Special thanks to @ddbbb07 for creating the saddle graphic for when the caribou are carrying gear! Their help is greatly appreciated!
If you would like to make your own Mod of this nature or see the files and code I used, here is a link to a google drive folder with the mod's XML files and icons.
[url=https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fdrive%2Ffolders%2F1rydL7YJYA6MX7uf0QPpgsCXMI8XMgA8n%3Fusp%3Dsharing]https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rydL7YJYA6MX7uf0QPpgsCXMI8XMgA8n?usp=sharing[/url]
Image in icon: A little girl from the Tsaatan culture in northern Mongolia riding a reindeer. From URL:
[url=https://youtu.be/O-0WFFoaLBo?si=_yQ6CowilPxpM2y8]https://youtu.be/O-0WFFoaLBo?si=_yQ6CowilPxpM2y8[/url]
Second image: A Tsaatan man from northern Mongolia with his reindeer. From URL:
[url=https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eternal-landscapes.co.uk%2Fmongolias-tsaatan-reindeer-herders%2F]https://www.eternal-landscapes.co.uk/mongolias-tsaatan-reindeer-herders/[/url]
Third image: A well-dressed Sami woman and her equally well-dressed reindeer in the north of Finland. The northern regions of Norway, Sweden, and Finland are often called "Lapland." The Sami people call their homeland "Sapmi." From URL: [url=https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffennougria.ee%2Fen%2Fwho-are-the-sami-people-meet-them-on-their-national-day%2F]https://fennougria.ee/en/who-are-the-sami-people-meet-them-on-their-national-day/[/url]
