hello guys,i have installed all the things but i dont know how to malke my new horizons mod work,how do i do that?
First, New Horizons is not fully supported. It is offered because the web site devoted to New Horizons development always claimed they wanted New Horizons to run on the newer engine. We provided that upgrade for them, and figured they would then enthusiastically finish the few remaining inconsistencies themselves. An example is that they need to redo their sky textures to match the new engine format. We placed a single set for an example, but now every hour is the exact same sky, instead of a changing one throughout the day/night. We did not want to presume they would want the same skies as another, unrelated mod, like ERAS. They also need to figure how they want the new HUD laid out, because the new engine handles those differently. That site has never done any of this, have done no playthrough testing, and do not appear interested in what they said they wanted. The one person that did engage in the project, we have not heard from in over a year.
However, that one person from their site did perform some playthrough for awhile, did discover some problems that we fixed, and also made some changes and as far as we know, it should work for the most part.
If you are having trouble, I need to know what exactly is not working? The first thing to do is find the example shortcut in the Maelstrom installation folder: "Maelstrom New Horizons" and edit the properties for Target and Start In paths. There is a document, MaelstromSetup.pdf, and page 3 shows an example with screenshots. The basics are right-click the Maelstrom New Horizons shortcut, select Properties. You should see a Shortcut tab where the Target should be the exact path on your machine to the Maelstrom.exe version you want to run.
Example Target: C:\ThisIsTheFolderIPutMaelstrom\gentlemen-of-fortune-maelstrom-engine\DirectX9_64bit\Maelstrom.exe
Just below that, change the Start in: value to the FOLDER where you put the New Horizons stuff (i.e. where you see the start.ini file, the PROGRAM and RESOURCE folders.
Example Start in: C:\ThisIsTheFolderIPutMods\games\new-horizons
An easy to make sure these paths are correct is to use Windows file explorer, go to the folders, then at the top of the file explorer, highlight the whole path, Ctrl-C to copy, then Ctrl-V inside the Properties box to make sure no typos.