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This download will only be available fthrough the weekend -- come Monday, Dec. 29, 2003, the links will no longer work -- so download now!
Starfleet Adventures v0.1a2.5
A Total Conversion For Escape Velocity: Nova
By John "Uncle Twitchy" Mietus
Download
Starfleet Adventures Alpha Build 2.5 can be downloaded in one large file:
(url="http://"http://homepage.macomb.com/~sirchuck/wretchedcheese/SFA_v0.1a2.5Total.sit")SFA v0.1a2.5 Total(/url) - 88.8 MB
...in four parts:
(url="http://"http://homepage.macomb.com/~sirchuck/wretchedcheese/1SFA_v0.1a2.5.sit")Part One(/url) - 19.3 MB
(url="http://"http://homepage.macomb.com/~sirchuck/wretchedcheese/2SFA_v0.1a2.5.sit")Part Two(/url) - 22.5 MB
(url="http://"http://homepage.macomb.com/~sirchuck/wretchedcheese/3SFA_v0.1a2.5.sit")Part Three(/url) - 24.1 MB
(url="http://"http://homepage.macomb.com/~sirchuck/wretchedcheese/4SFA_v0.1a2.5.sit")Part Four(/url) - 20.3 MB
...or, if you just want the files that changed since Alpha 2.2 (Thanksgiving):
(url="http://"http://homepage.macomb.com/~sirchuck/wretchedcheese/SFA_v0.1a2.5Changes.sit")SFA v0.1a2.5 Changes(/url) - 43.4 MB
Requirements
Escape Velocity Nova v. 1.0.7
Minimum monitor resolution of 1024x768 recommended.
Installation
Create a folder to place your original Nova Files and Pilots folders and move those folders into that folder (I recommend naming the folder Original Files ). Then move the Nova Files and Pilots folders from the SFA v0.1a2.5 folder, as well as the new blank pilotlog.txt and debuglog.txt files to the EV Nova folder. Run EV Nova.
It is recommended that your resolution be set to a minimum of 1024 x 768 -- otherwise, the Cargo section of the interface bar will be obscured. While it is not necessary -- very rarely does transporting cargo ever enter into the scenario -- it will give you the full interface bar.
What It Does
This is a conversion of Escape Velocity Nova to the Star Trek universe -- specifically, to the Star Trek universe during the 30-year career of James T. Kirk as commanding officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. This incomplete version does not yet contain storyline missions, though some resources related to those missions do exist.
Changes From Alpha Build 2
Began implementation of Warp Conduit Network
Restored the missing Tellarite Freighter shän
Finished the TOS era communicator descriptions and all but three engineers.
Cardassian freighter convoys should no longer appear outside of Cardassian space
Ptolemy class and Cardassian ships should have proper targeting graphics (though this may not be the case -- please report where it is not).
Finished shipyard text for all the TOS-era ships
Changed the Ensign rank to Lt. Junior Grade (Not sure if mission text in Kobayashi Maru flavor text needs to be altered to say this)
Seldonis system near Cardassian space no longer references Romulan düdes
Mobeh Station in Klingon space now references Klingon station graphic
Added some more shipyard pictures
Limited shuttlecraft to only 1 bay and 1 shuttle per ship.
Addressed some additional minor problems mentioned since Alpha Build 2 release
Reworked shďp appearance in shipyards to make sure Federation ships only appear at Federation bases, Klingon ships appear in Klingon bases, etc.
Fixed alien outfits so Federation ships cannot "purchase" them.
Made AI ships un-capturable
Set up escort ships for Commodore+ ranks
Finally rendered Epsilon IX and Argus Array spöbs
Fixed "Intercept Scout" missions so only ships that are available show up
Non-freighter AI ships have correct cargo hold space and no free weapon space
New shäns for the Tarellian freighter, the Talarian battleship and scout, and the Sheliak ship
First Federation flagship shän fixed
Ranger class should now deactivate when it's supposed to
Fixed the Alture hyperlinks to Vlugta, Theta Pegasi and Epsilon Cygni
Telfas Prime is completely uninhabited -- no trading post
The Dyson Sphere, Stars, and Black Holes are no longer destroyable
Ferengi ships no longer appear in non-Ferengi düdes
Shortened names of Federation Science Station and Penal Colony
Worked on 2273 and 2283 Cadets -- you no longer do the Kobayashi Maru in a Daedalus class.
The "recurring" Defend Planet Against Raider missions should no longer stack one after the other.
Rank increase requirements past Lieutenant have been relaxed.
Fixed Starfleet përs Hail quotes and named all Starfleet captains.
Excelsior variant stats now as intended.
The only ships which can legally have escorts are freighters and ships commanded by Commodores and Admirals.
Fixed some but not all of the mass discrepencies
Fixed the Cardassian battleship/Freighter image problem
Several typographical errors in dëscs have been rooted out and destroyed.
