README: a cleaner page with fresh screenshots of today's game and launcher

The README's pictures were from mid-October (launcher 0.2.30, the old
menus), so this retakes them and tidies the page around them.

- Pictures: Nightly 2026-11-05 (66f3981) windowed on the Mac mini's M4
  Pro (Metal) with seed 8675309: a river valley with a village and a long
  view, a cherry-grove sunset, a crimson forest with a piglin, survival
  with the HUD, and two players over LAN; the launcher 0.2.47's Home (with
  those screenshots in its instance) and Mods pages. WebP, 712 KB in all,
  under docs/media/readme/. The five README-only images they replace are
  removed; village/nether/underwater.webp stay (the launcher embeds them).
- Text: a short pitch, what works in the current release, a download
  table with each platform's file and requirements (Windows x64 and Arm,
  macOS Apple Silicon and Intel from 12, Linux glibc), the Microsoft
  sign-in requirement, mods and shader packs (Java mods don't run;
  modpacks import), hosting, agent control, build from source,
  contributing, and Mojang's "NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT" line.
- Fixed claims: macOS Intel and Windows on Arm are out (not "from the next
  Nightly"); the known-issues line points to docs/known-issues.md.
- Two badges instead of seven: the parity and gap badges the tests and
  tools/parity_gaps.py keep in sync. "Project status", its gap block and
  the "### Java parity: N%" table are unchanged, so the website still
  reads its number and #build-from-source/#project-status still resolve.

Builds on #11040 by Web-mc1, who first noticed the launcher pictures were
outdated and retook them.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

README.md

@@ -1,77 +1,87 @@
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/media/banner.webp" alt="The Horizon website: the game you know, rebuilt in Rust" width="100%">
-</p>
-
-<p align="center">
-  <a href="https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/actions/workflows/ci.yml"><img src="https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main" alt="CI"></a>
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Minecraft-Java%2026.3-5D9C3F" alt="Minecraft Java 26.3">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Rust-stable-B7410E?logo=rust&logoColor=white" alt="Rust">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/vanilla%20parity-100%25-F0795A" alt="Vanilla parity 100%">
-  <a href="#project-status"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/player--visible%20gaps-0%20open-F0795A" alt="Player-visible gaps open"></a>
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-Linux%20%7C%20macOS%20%7C%20Windows-2A2470" alt="Linux, macOS and Windows">
-  <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-3B2F7E" alt="MIT license"></a>
+  <img src="docs/media/banner.webp" alt="Horizon: the game you know, rebuilt in Rust" width="100%">
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://playhorizon.dev"><b>Website</b></a> ·
   <a href="#download"><b>Download</b></a> ·
-  <a href="https://playhorizon.dev/docs/"><b>Documentation</b></a> ·
-  <a href="https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/releases"><b>Release notes</b></a> ·
+  <a href="https://playhorizon.dev/docs/"><b>Docs</b></a> ·
+  <a href="https://discord.gg/playhorizon"><b>Discord</b></a> ·
   <a href="ROADMAP.md"><b>Roadmap</b></a> ·
-  <a href="#project-status"><b>Project status</b></a> ·
   <a href="#contributing"><b>Contributing</b></a>
 </p>
 
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/vanilla%20parity-100%25-F0795A" alt="Vanilla parity 100%">
+  <a href="#project-status"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/player--visible%20gaps-0%20open-F0795A" alt="Player-visible gaps open"></a>
+</p>
+
 # Horizon
 
-Minecraft: Java Edition 26.3, rewritten in Rust. Same worlds, same rules, same terrain, checked against the Java game by more than 300 differential harnesses. Free, open source and unofficial.
+**Minecraft: Java Edition 26.3, rewritten in Rust.** Your worlds, the same rules and the same terrain as the Java game, checked against it by hundreds of differential tests, in one native program with no Java. Free, open source (MIT) and unofficial: you play it with your own copy of Java Edition.
 
-> Not an official Minecraft product, nor approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft. Horizon contains no Minecraft code, assets or data: you need your own copy of Java Edition 26.3.
-
-## Download
-
-Get **the Horizon launcher** from [playhorizon.dev](https://playhorizon.dev) or [the launcher releases](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/releases?q=launcher&expanded=true) (Linux x86-64, macOS on Apple Silicon, macOS on Intel from the next Nightly, Windows x64). It installs and updates the game, prepares its files from your copy of Minecraft, and updates itself.
-
-**You need** a Microsoft account that owns Java Edition ([why](docs/microsoft-account.md)) and a GPU with Vulkan or OpenGL 3.3 (Linux), Vulkan or DirectX 12 (Windows), or a Mac (Apple Silicon, or Intel from the next Nightly). An existing Minecraft install (official launcher, Prism, MultiMC...) is reused; without one, Play downloads 26.3 from Mojang for your account. Step by step: [Install and first launch](https://playhorizon.dev/docs/install).
-
-<table>
-  <tr>
-    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/launcher-play.webp" alt="The launcher's Home page: the selected instance ready to play, the version picker, Join a friend and the instance's tabs"></td>
-    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/launcher-settings.webp" alt="The launcher's Settings page: Microsoft account, offline name, updates, appearance and accent colour"></td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="docs/media/readme/valley.webp" alt="A river valley with a plains village, savanna hills and a cherry grove, seen from above with a long view distance" width="100%">
+</p>
 
 ## What works today
 
-- **The game:** vanilla world generation, mobs, villagers, raids, redstone, every command, the HUD and the recipe book, on vanilla saves. Worlds from 1.8 to 26.2 are upgraded. [Status](#project-status).
-- **Extras:** new menus, graphics presets, distant terrain up to 1024 chunks, controllers, zoom, minimap and more, off by default where they change the vanilla look. [Settings](https://playhorizon.dev/docs/settings).
-- **Packs:** resource packs, and data packs with functions, predicates, item modifiers and world generation.
-- **Multiplayer:** invite friends with a code, Open to LAN, join servers (online mode included). [Multiplayer](https://playhorizon.dev/docs/multiplayer).
-- **Mods:** content mods (blocks, items, data) and native Rust mods, built by the launcher with nothing to install. Java mod jars do not run. [Mods](https://playhorizon.dev/docs/mods).
+Everything below is in the current release.
 
-In the Rust client, with vanilla assets and no mods or shaders:
+- **The game.** Survival, creative, hardcore and spectator; vanilla world generation in all three dimensions, mobs, villagers, raids, redstone, every command, the HUD and the recipe book. Vanilla saves open as they are, and worlds from 1.8 to 26.2 are upgraded.
+- **Multiplayer.** Join vanilla and Horizon servers (online mode included), open a world to LAN, or invite friends with a code from the launcher's Home page.
+- **Graphics.** Distant terrain up to 1,024 chunks, graphics presets, HDR and controllers, all off by default where they would change the vanilla look ([settings](https://playhorizon.dev/docs/settings)).
+- **Packs.** Resource packs, data packs and shader packs ([below](#mods-and-shader-packs)).
+- **Mods.** Content mods and native Rust mods, installed from the launcher ([below](#mods-and-shader-packs)).
+- **Servers.** Host one from the launcher, or run `horizon-server` on a VPS ([below](#host-a-server)).
+- **The launcher.** It installs and updates the game, prepares its files from your copy of Minecraft, and updates itself.
 
 <table>
   <tr>
-    <td colspan="2"><img src="docs/media/sunset.webp" alt="Sunset over a savanna river valley and a plains village"></td>
+    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/readme/sunset.webp" alt="Sunset behind a cherry grove on a hill, with a river below"></td>
+    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/readme/nether.webp" alt="A crimson forest in the Nether, with a piglin among the fungi"></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
-    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/survival.webp" alt="Survival at dusk: a zombie walks up, with the hotbar, health, hunger and experience"></td>
-    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/settings.webp" alt="Vanilla's Video Settings screen with Horizon's own buttons at the top: Horizon Graphics and Advanced Graphics"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/village.webp" alt="A plains village among savanna hills, with farms, villagers and an iron golem"></td>
-    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/nether.webp" alt="A crimson forest in the Nether with a zombified piglin"></td>
+    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/readme/survival.webp" alt="Survival in a village square: two villagers, flowers, the hotbar, health and hunger"></td>
+    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/readme/multiplayer.webp" alt="Two players in a LAN world: the other player's name tag and the player list"></td>
   </tr>
 </table>
 
+<sub>Nightly 2026-11-05 on a Mac mini (Apple M4 Pro, Metal): vanilla's textures, no mods or shader packs, render distance 32 with distant terrain on.</sub>
+
+## Download
+
+Get **the Horizon launcher** from [playhorizon.dev](https://playhorizon.dev), or from [the launcher releases](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/releases?q=launcher&expanded=true):
+
+| Platform | File | Needs |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Windows x64 | `horizon-launcher-setup.exe` | Windows 10 or 11, a GPU with Vulkan or DirectX 12 |
+| Windows on Arm | `horizon-launcher-setup-arm64.exe` | Windows 11 on Arm |
+| macOS, Apple Silicon | `horizon-launcher-macos-arm64.dmg` | macOS 12 or later |
+| macOS, Intel | `horizon-launcher-macos-x64.dmg` | macOS 12 or later |
+| Linux x86-64 | `horizon-launcher-linux-x86_64.AppImage` or `.tar.gz` | a glibc distribution, X11 or Wayland, a GPU with Vulkan or OpenGL 3.3 |
+
+**You also need a Microsoft account that owns Minecraft: Java Edition.** You sign in with it in the launcher, which plays only with an account that owns the game ([why](docs/microsoft-account.md)). Horizon contains no Minecraft code or assets: an existing install (official launcher, Prism, MultiMC...) is reused, and without one the launcher downloads 26.3 from Mojang for your account. Step by step: [Install and first launch](https://playhorizon.dev/docs/install).
+
+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/readme/launcher-home.webp" alt="The launcher's Home page: the Horizon instance, Play, the version picker, the friend invite field, screenshots and the patch log"></td>
+    <td width="50%"><img src="docs/media/readme/launcher-mods.webp" alt="The launcher's Mods page: Horizon's mod registry with Zoom selected, and tabs for modpacks, resource packs, shader packs and data packs"></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+## Mods and shader packs
+
+- **Content mods** (`.hmod`): blocks, items, recipes, loot, models and textures, with no code.
+- **Native mods** (`.hnmod`): Rust that the launcher compiles into the game for you, with nothing to install.
+- **Java mods** (Fabric, NeoForge, Forge) don't run: Horizon has no Java. The launcher carries over the data and assets inside their jars, and imports modpacks (`.mrpack`, CurseForge zips, Prism instances) the same way ([modpacks](https://playhorizon.dev/docs/modpacks)).
+- **Shader packs**: Iris/OptiFine-format packs (`shaders/` folders) and Horizon's own WGSL packs, under Video Settings → Shader Packs ([pack format](docs/shaders.md)).
+
+Mods are off by default: a fresh install plays exactly like vanilla 26.3. The launcher's Mods page browses Horizon's registry and Modrinth. [Mods](https://playhorizon.dev/docs/mods) · [make a mod](docs/mods.md).
+
 ## Host a server
 
-The launcher's **Servers** page creates, starts, backs up and updates a server, and invites friends over Tailscale. On a VPS, `horizon-server` installs with one command and needs no Java. [Host a server](https://playhorizon.dev/docs/hosting) ([reference](docs/hosting.md)).
-
-## Modpacks
-
-The launcher imports Modrinth and CurseForge packs and plays the mods Horizon can carry over: today, content mods made of data and assets, not Java code. [Modpacks](https://playhorizon.dev/docs/modpacks).
+The launcher's **Servers** page creates, starts, backs up and updates a server, and invites friends. On a VPS, `horizon-server` installs with one command, needs no Java, and takes vanilla 26.3 and Horizon players alike. [Host a server](https://playhorizon.dev/docs/hosting) ([reference](docs/hosting.md)).
 
 ## Agent control
 
@@ -80,13 +90,11 @@ AI agents and scripts can play Horizon. `horizon-ctl`, shipped with the game, re
 ```sh
 horizon-ctl launch --world Survival --seed 5 --wait   # finds the version the launcher installed
 horizon-ctl state                                       # position, health, food, target, screen...
-horizon-ctl find-block birch_log                        # the nearest logs
 horizon-ctl goto -0.5 65 -2.5 --near 2.5                # walks there along a path
 horizon-ctl break -1 65 -3                              # mines it; replies with the drops
-horizon-ctl open-inventory && horizon-ctl click-slot 0  # menus: slots, buttons by label, text fields
 ```
 
-Commands block until done and reply with the result; `horizon-ctl help` lists them all. [Agent control](docs/native-client.md#agent-control-horizon-ctl-and-mcp).
+`horizon-ctl help` lists every command. [Agent control](docs/native-client.md#agent-control-horizon-ctl-and-mcp).
 
 ## Build from source
 
@@ -105,13 +113,9 @@ cargo run --release -p horizon-client
 
 Prepared files land in the gitignored `.local/`: never commit or share them. Options, controls and architecture: [the native client guide](docs/native-client.md); all developer docs: [docs/README.md](docs/README.md).
 
-## Roadmap
-
-What is in progress, what comes next and where to help: [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md), or [playhorizon.dev/hub](https://playhorizon.dev/hub) with the work board and what shipped.
-
 ## Contributing
 
-Issues and pull requests are welcome: read [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) (vanilla first, small pull requests). Questions: [Discord](https://discord.gg/playhorizon). Before a pull request, run the self-check and paste its output:
+Issues and pull requests are welcome: read [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) (vanilla first, small pull requests), and see [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md) or [playhorizon.dev/hub](https://playhorizon.dev/hub) for what's next. Questions: [Discord](https://discord.gg/playhorizon). Before a pull request, run the self-check and paste its output:
 
 ```sh
 git config core.hooksPath .githooks
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@ It runs rustfmt, clippy, the touched crates' tests, the Python tests, the public
 
 **Player-visible gaps: 0 open** of the 833 the [port ledger](tools/port_ledger.py) found, reading every vanilla 26.3 method against Horizon's code: vanilla behaviour a player would notice that Horizon doesn't have yet. By area: Animals [0](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/issues/3512); Monsters and bosses [0](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/issues/3513); Entities, projectiles, vehicles and decorations [0](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/issues/3514); Items, enchantments and inventories [0](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/issues/3515); Blocks, redstone and fluids [0](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/issues/3516); World, world generation and saves [0](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/issues/3517); Screens, HUD and client packets [0](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/issues/3518); Entity and block rendering, models [0](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/issues/3519); Server and players on the server [0](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/issues/3520); Mob AI, villagers and raids [0](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/issues/3521). This number goes down as gaps close (`tools/parity_gaps.py`); the harness results below say that what is tested matches.
 
-The table is the project's own audit: every subsystem matches vanilla in every harness that compares it. 100% means 100% of what the harnesses compare, not that nothing else differs.
+The table is the project's own audit: every subsystem matches vanilla in every harness that compares it. 100% means 100% of what the harnesses compare, not that nothing else differs. What players still run into: [known issues](docs/known-issues.md).
 
 ### Java parity: 100%
 
@@ -147,14 +151,8 @@ Scores: 0 (absent), 0.25 (started), 0.5 (playable, major features missing), 0.75
 | Audio | 1 | None: the sound engine, sound events, music, situational music, ambience and subtitles match vanilla |
 | Block behaviours and ticking | 1 | None: block updates, random ticks, redstone, dispensers (6,000 cases), crafters (4,000), container spills (4,000), copper golems and the sculk family (435 scenarios) match |
 
-### Known issues
-
-Skins served over https show the default skin unless already cached; pack icons show the unknown-pack texture in game; item tooltips lack attribute lines.
-
 ## Licence
 
-[MIT](LICENSE), for the project's original work; dependencies keep their own licences ([notices](THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md)). Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies AB; its code and assets belong to Mojang and Microsoft under the [Minecraft EULA](https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/eula).
+[MIT](LICENSE), for the project's original work; dependencies keep their own licences ([notices](THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md)). Horizon is made by [Ludovic Marie](https://lu4ovic.com) ([@ludovic111](https://github.com/ludovic111)) and [its contributors](https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon/graphs/contributors); support it on [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/ludovic111).
 
-## Author
-
-Made by [Ludovic Marie](https://lu4ovic.com) ([@ludovic111](https://github.com/ludovic111)).
+NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT. Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies AB; its code and assets belong to Mojang and Microsoft under the [Minecraft EULA](https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/eula).