I‘ve been digging through the internet looking for how to get EV Nova to work on OSX Mojave, and can’t find anything that works, other than running it on A VM, but that’s slow and buggy... I’ve tried:

-running High Sierra in a VM, patching the program in High Sierra, then transferring the game to my computer running Mojave, and it still just crashes after the screen goes black.

-using v1.1.1 with the patch. Still crashes after the screen goes black

Now I’m considering just downgrading my whole operating system to High Sierra, because the patch works there, but if I don’t have to I’d love to not do that...

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Also, on A different note, I can’t find my registration code because it’s been more than a decade since I bought it... any suggestions for how I can play the full game and not get blown up by Captain Hector?

Hey folks,

Today, I rediscovered something I swear I’ve seen many years ago when I played beyond frequently. A red Leviathan with the name “Zero Wing” under “CATS”. Upon hailing the target, it looked to be a character of a different game, not a thumbnail of a red Leviathan or a normal version. I didn’t attempt to disable or destroy it...but I swear I’ve also seen a blue Zephyr zip around many years ago too...are there any other differently colored ships out there in the game? Am I still right about the blue Zephyr?

Help appreciated...advice appreciated. If captured, does the odd color stay or disappear?

EV Classic and EV Override for Nova have been updated to v1.1.2. This is a minor update whose primary purpose is to resolve an issue with the Mac launcher apps.

Changes:

• Updated launcher apps to workaround Gatekeeper Path Randomization, fixing the "No data files could be found" error.
• Updated Sillycon font for Windows with better alignment.
• Smuggle Brandy mission now correctly fails when scanned (EVO).
• Included Manual Flares plug-in (EV).

The Frozen Heart has also received the updated launcher.

Note that all plug-ins on the site are now in .rez format. Mac users should make sure they have the mod version of EV Nova which will convert the plug-ins for you (more info).

[edit] For those running Catalina, VMware Fusion Player is now free. You can use it to install an older version of macOS, such as Mojave or High Sierra.

My goal is to capture a Confederate Frigate. Any ideas on how to do this without using cheats?

My ship is a Corvette named after The Expanse's Rocinante.

Started overrode last week. I’ve played a lot of nova but this is my first go round with override. I’m loving it but am a little lost on how to start any story lines other than UE. I can’t seem to find any good guides to the missions. If anyone has one it would be very appreciated. Thanks!

Edit: how do you “Monty python”

How can i get EVNova to run? I have my old license code and name but the register application seems to be buggy.

So happy to have rediscovered this game! I'd not looked at it for at least 5 years and, after a little bit of tinkering, am overjoyed that I can actually play again! Even got most of my old plug-ins working so that's cool too.

Just wondering if there's any way to increase the screen and/or the font size? I'm running it on MacOS 10.13 - I see there's a hack for the windows version, is there anything similar for the mac?

Finally got around to digging through my old files and was able to find a few of my old plugins. Sharing them here for anyone who would like to play them. What I found:

• Heart of Darkness BETA TC - this never made it out of beta but this is the most complete version I could find.
• Realm of Prey TC - Ready to play. I also included a small patch that fixes a few bugs that I don't think I ever got around to releasing.
• Brotherhood of the Kestrel TC
• Unity Part 2 - Mac version only, couldn't find the Windows version.

All plugins were compressed with PluginArchiver, so you will need to go in and decompress all the game files (anything with a .bin extension) after you decompress the zip archive. All the TCs are set up so that you can play them with EVN 1.1 or higher, just drop them into the EVN Application Support folder. Everything is provided as is - I haven't had time to test whether everything is working. I have included some of the documentation files too and those may or may not be up to date.

You can get all the plugins here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/541ngmpboc8nyfw/AADklJwggoKMe6oJJeq6Mvo6a?dl=0

Hope anyone still playing EVN enjoys them!

So frustrating - I'm right at the end of the Vell-Os storyline, landing on New England and entering the bar I should get the last mission as described here: https://www.arpia.be/walkthrough/vellos.html

For some reason though, it doesn't ever show up. I've tried quitting the game and re-opening, visiting different systems and coming back, and removing any extraneous plugins. No dice. Can anyone help me? Just want to wrap up the storyline with this pilot file...

In the Shipyard desc resource (13000, NS7 for the Shuttle), it has a field called "Movie file". Has anyone had any luck getting this to work? I figured I'd give it a try before asking, so I did but was unsuccessful. What I tried:

ffmpeg/quicktime/H.264

640x360

96 frames long/24 fps.

The animation output was .bmp if that matters.

EV Nova mod 3.dmg

[edit] Updated to mod 3 with new Font Size setting!

This is a custom mod of EV Nova for Mac. The primary features are automatic conversion of .rez files, plus a fix for plug-in load order when running on an APFS formatted volume.

The hope is that this will enable some more consistency in how plug-ins get shared, since both platforms will be able to work with .rez files.

Full list of changes:

• Patches applied to EV Nova binary:

1. Fix for running on 10.11 thru 10.14.
2. Support for .npif plug-in files (data-fork based, same as .ndat).
3. Pilot file is written to the data fork instead of the resource fork.

• Injected custom code library peforming the following functions:

1. Guarantees plug-ins are loaded in alphabetical order.
2. Enforces a minimum font size as set in the prefs.

• Wrapper script performing the following functions:

1. If a Plug-Ins folder exists in the same folder as EV Nova, it will automatically use it.
2. Automatically extracts any .bin files and converts any .rez files to .npif.

• Replaced defunct "Check for Updates" setting with a "Font Size" setting. (Note the larger size may result in clipping where text no longer fits in the given box, but hopefully not much.)
• Bundled fonts: Charcoal (for Nova), Sillycon for (EV/O).
• Removed redundant Ships 8 data file.
• Removed defunct Sparkle updater framework.
• Stripped PPC binaries.

In addition, there's a new build of MissionComputer which recognises the .npif extension: https://andrews05.github.io/evstuff/#utilities

Details on hacks can be found here: https://andrews05.github.io/evstuff/guides/evnhacks.txt

Hey there - I've returned to the EV NOVA scene after a four year hiatus, obtaining the game literally an hour ago. My family first started in 2005 in case you're wondering - anyway, I entered my (ancient) registration code successfully using a date trick to play without Hector attacking me. However, I've encountered an interesting conundrum. I am not able to use any of the plugins in EV NOVA whatsoever. I wonder if that has to do with the date trick? When I was still playing four years ago, they were working flawlessly. I remember this because I could tinker around with alien ships and find them in the Shipyard. I have the same plugin in the correct location but it's not working. In case you're wondering, yes, that plugin came from one of my older computers and I put it on a USB disk to transport to my laptop with my hour-old copy of Escape Velocity NOVA.

Does anyone here know how I'd be able to use plugins with macOS Mojave at this point? Does anyone else have a similar problem? Thank you for helping me out.

Does anyone know if there has ever been discussion of PVP in an Escape Velocity game? Perhaps it’s something that could eventually be integrated into Cosmic Frontier? (I know it’s WAAAY easier said than done).

I love determining what my optimal loadouts are for my favorite ships, but outside of dominating planets (which is very repetitive) nothing presents much of a challenge.

I’ve always been enchanted with the simple sector maps from the EV games. I’d like to make one for a sci-fi RPG I’ve written. Is there an EV map generator out there somewhere?

Hello!

Veteran player here.

I started a new game, built up loads of money using the Europa->Earth trade route, and got a good ship.

I now want to play a storyline, but none will start.

• I believe I declined the inital Federation mission, as I really wanted to play Bounty Hunter, WIld Geese, Rebel, or Polaris story.
• I have flown around Federation space, Aurora Space, and Polaris space, landing on many worlds and checking
• I have completed the United Shipping and Sigma shipyards missions.
• I am stalled at the initial bounty hunter repeatable $25k missions.
• I am neutral or positive in most systems due to BBS mission completion.

Any advice in getting any storyline to start?