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_Do you want to create planets using New Horizons?_ Then check out our [website](https://nh.outerwildsmods.com/) for all our documentation!

If you want to see examples of what NH can do check out the [examples add-on](https://github.com/xen-42/ow-new-horizons-examples) or [real solar system add-on](https://github.com/xen-42/outer-wilds-real-solar-system).

Check the ship's log for how to use your warp drive to travel between star systems!

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-   [Incompatible mods](#incompatible-mods)
-   [Supported mods](#supported-mods)
-   [Development](#development)
-   [Contact](#contact)
-   [Credits](#credits)

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## Incompatible mods

-   Quantum Space Buddies.
-   OW Randomizer.

## Supported Mods

New Horizons has optional support for a few other mods:

-   [Discord Rich Presence](https://outerwildsmods.com/mods/discordrichpresence/): Showcase what New Horizons worlds you're exploring in your Discord status!
-   [Voice Acting Mod](https://outerwildsmods.com/mods/voiceactingmod/): Characters in NH can be given voice lines which will work with this mod installed. Try it out by downloading NH Examples and talking to Ernesto!
-   [Achievements+](https://outerwildsmods.com/mods/achievements/): New Horizons and its addons have achievements you can unlock with this mod installed!

## Features

-   Load planet meshes or details from asset bundles
-   Use our [template Unity project](https://github.com/xen-42/outer-wilds-unity-template) to create assets for use in NH, including all game scripts recovered using UtinyRipper
-   Separate solar system scenes accessible via wormhole OR via the ship's new warp drive feature accessible via the ship's log
-   Remove or edit existing planets, including what they orbit around
-   Create custom planets from heightmaps/texturemaps
-   Create stars (and supernovae), comets, asteroid belts, satellites, quantum planets/moons, and custom Dark Bramble dimensions.
-   Add stock planet features to custom ones, such as geysers, cloak fields, meteor-launching volcanoes, rafts, tornados, and Dark Bramble seeds/nodes.
-   Binary orbits
-   Signalscope signals and custom frequencies
-   Surface scatter: rocks, trees, etc, using in-game models, or custom ones
-   Black hole / white hole pairs
-   Custom dialogue, slide-reel projections, translatable text, and custom ship log entries for rumour mode and map mode
-   Funnels and variable surface height (can be made of sand/water/lava/star)

## Development

If you want to help (please dear god help us) then check out the [contact](#contact) info below or the [contributing](https://github.com/xen-42/outer-wilds-new-horizons/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) page.

The Unity project we use to make asset bundles for this mod is [here](https://github.com/xen-42/new-horizons-unity).

## Contact

Join the [Outer Wilds Modding Discord](https://discord.gg/MvbCbBz6Q6) if you have any questions or just want to chat about modding! Theres a New Horizons category there dedicated to discussion of this mod.

## Credits

Main authors:

-   [xen](https://github.com/xen-42)
-   [Bwc9876](https://github.com/Bwc9876) (New Horizons v0.9.0 onwards)

New Horizons was made with help from:

-   [JohnCorby](https://github.com/JohnCorby)
-   [MegaPiggy](https://github.com/MegaPiggy)
-   [FreezeDriedMangos](https://github.com/FreezeDriedMangos)
-   [Trifid](https://github.com/TerrificTrifid)
-   [Hawkbar](https://github.com/Hawkbat)
-   And many others, see the [contributors](https://github.com/Outer-Wilds-New-Horizons/new-horizons/graphs/contributors) page.

Translation credits:

-   Russian: Tlya
-   German: Nolram
-   Spanish: Ciborgm9, Ink, GayCoffee
-   French: xen
-   Japanese: TRSasasusu

New Horizons was based off [Marshmallow](https://github.com/misternebula/Marshmallow) was made by:

-   [\_nebula](https://github.com/misternebula)

with help from:

-   TAImatem
-   AmazingAlek
-   Raicuparta
-   and the Outer Wilds discord server.