Discussion Starting New Horizons

[Anubis Cruger]

Starting New Horizons, so need a full debrief on installation. Please guide me through the installation of the latest stable version with possible patches. There are so many options in the forum and in Moddb which is confusing.

 

[Dat Scharger]

How I did it:

1: Install PotC everywhere, but C: Program Files
2: Download the necessary stuff (Which you can find in the opening post here: Mod Release - Build 14 Beta [Last Update: 3 August 2018] )
Build 14 Part 1: Installation Wizard
Build 14 Beta 4.0 Part 2: Contents Archive file
Extra Fix Archive: Download
3: Put the downloads into one created folder, just in case.
4: Start the Installation Wizard, install New Horizons into the same direction PotC is in.
5: Drag the contents of the Extra Fix Archive into the game direction. Overwrite everything.
6: ???
7: Yo Ho Yo Ho, a pirate's life for me!

 

[Jack Rackham]

1: Install PotC everywhere, but C: Program Files

For windows 10 it worked best for me in a new folder directly under C:.
As I recall it neither the "PROGRAM" or the "PROGRAM (x86)" folders did work.

Also I always take a copy of stock potc and add all the things to that one.
So there is still a clean stock potc left if everything goes wrong or when you have to
repeat the process later.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Also I always take a copy of stock potc and add all the things to that one.
So there is still a clean stock potc left if everything goes wrong or when you have to
repeat the process later.

Yep, that's always a clever idea! Potential reinstalls are much easier that way.

 

[Anubis Cruger]

Yo Ho Yo Ho, a pirate's life for me!

Sure it is matey, thanks for the help

 

[Grey Roger]

Also I always take a copy of stock potc and add all the things to that one.
So there is still a clean stock potc left if everything goes wrong or when you have to
repeat the process later.

Same here. I have a stock installation which I copy to a new folder, then run the newest installer on that folder. It's a lot quicker than installing from CD. (And I can run tests when, occasionally, someone wants help with the stock game.)