[UPDATED] Devs' Corner: May 2026

Horse tack is now visible on the coverings page. I have this option turned off for a reason. Thanks for ignoring my preference and forcing me to see tack.

If you've managed to fix reindeer pages from slowing down, how about fixing the rest of the site? The Game Lagging topic in the VIP forum was created May 29, 2020 (although the issue started before that). It's chock full of player info on how the lag affects them. We are your customers and fan base and deserve to have our old game back that was quick and enjoyable to play. Howrse is a distraction and place where we can de-stress and have fun but with the lag it's more work than what we're trying to escape from.

I experience lag sometimes even when I have fast internet. Usually I have to close page and reload.

uh, what *possible* reason is there for showing tack on covering pages? it doesn't affect begging at all and is just another extra thing to load on an already bogged down and laggy site lately. very confused why this was added versus more important things being addressed (like, say, uni dehorning!!!!!! it's been years now!)

Looks like you also changed the layout for adding BMIs from a horse's page. I just went to use a Black Orchid on a Wind Divine and almost used passes instead of one from inventory. How about changing the default payment option on BMIs to use from inventory first? I'm sure we'd all appreciate that.

The display of equipment on horses is incredibly infuriating! I was hiding it just like that? I don't want to look at it anywhere. It’s not clear why they added this thing in miniatures, so it’s also on the covering page now, although I’ve never seen anyone ask for it. On the contrary, there were many complaints

Super happy that the reindeers no longer get that bonus from the divines, it made it impossible for other players to rank higher when one player had multiples of the divine and all their reindeers were in the top ranking

Hey, so thankful for all the work you guys do!
I have a horse that randomly disappeared, like she wasn't for sale, and one day I just logged on and she was gone. I was wondering if you have any idea why that would be or how I could check to see where she went?
Thanks!

Nvm, I think I found her. Thanks anyway. I have not had much problems with lag, but I'm glad you are trying to fix it! I think it is an interesting idea to have tack on the page when you are covering a horse, but if that gets done, then wouldn't it make sense to have tack on every picture of horses, such as the thumbnails on the pages with covering options and sales? I'm just wondering where the line would be drawn.

Personally, I hate seeing tack on horses. Woud like an option to disable this on the breeding famr (and now in coverings).

It was a bit weird when you'd cover a horse without tack and her saddle cloth would appear when you used tears or something... I guess it's more consistent this way. But yeah, wasn't a major problem (unless it was related to the lag!)