Nova is acting...odd. I was trying to get the first Sigma mission, and got so frustrated that I went into Nova Data 1 and set the Avail to 100%. I also checked my pilotlog to see ifthere were any ncb problems. No. So I should get the mission, right? Wrong. So I got annoyed enough that I removed the regular test expression (I kept it in a worthless crön) and left only !b33. It STILL won't work. I noticed that something was very weird indeed; my plug-in I had in there was screwing up my pilot. So I restarted my pilot, and it STILL won't work! What the hell is going on?

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Can you post your pilotlog?

~Tim ^_-

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"Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted." --Fred Allen

I s'pose.

EV Nova pilot data dump

Output on 7/30/2004 at 0:29 AM

Game version: 1.0.8

Plugins loaded:
none

Pilot name: Brian Norwood
Pilot nickname: Brian
Pilot gender: male
Strict play: no
Seen intro screen: yes
Ship name: Exiprise
Ship type: Shuttle (128)
Current system: Sol (130)
Legal status: 0 (in system 130)
Game date: 7/19/1177
Fuel: 200.00
Cash: 24000
Kills: 0

Current cargo:
none

Active missions:
none

Mission bits currently set:
b6010
b6016
b6021
b6022
b9215

Escorts:
none

Items currently owned:
none

Stellars currently dominated:
none

Stellars currently destroyed:
none

Active ranks:
none

Active disasters:
An enormous food surplus (128) on Port Kane (137) - 7 days left
A glut on the market (129) on Georgia (175) - 0 days left
A minor drought (130) on Altia (163) - 3 days left
A seasonal lull (131) on Gineia (213) - 15 days left
An excess of trade (132) on New Ireland (139) - 15 days left
A recent increase in trade (133) on Lodestone (182) - 5 days left
A spate of break-downs (134) on Greenwich (185) - 15 days left
A good harvest of bio-agents (135) on Hargen (143) - 14 days left
An excellent harvest (136) on Tre'ar Vilarn (245) - 36 days left
An enormous surplus (137) on Ver'ar Pised (248) - 75 days left
Damage due to student pranks (138) on Romule (305) - 5 days left
An excellent harvest (139) on Aria (334) - 29 days left
A large number of prisoner deaths (140) on Eguit (316) - 7 days left
A series of good raids (141) on Houseless (318) - 0 days left
Damage due to student pranks (142) on Palein (328) - 29 days left
The discovery of a new ore deposit (143) on Atar (331) - 27 days left
The discovery of a new drug (144) on Tranquility (354) - 27 days left
A shortage in supply (145) on Heraan (360) - 8 days left
Another good harvest (146) on Stlap (378) - 36 days left

Active cron events:
157 - durationCounter: 0 holdoffCounter: 225
161 - durationCounter: 21 holdoffCounter: 187
162 - durationCounter: 21 holdoffCounter: 156
163 - durationCounter: 21 holdoffCounter: 125
164 - durationCounter: 21 holdoffCounter: 95
165 - durationCounter: 21 holdoffCounter: 156
166 - durationCounter: 21 holdoffCounter: 185
167 - durationCounter: 21 holdoffCounter: 155
168 - durationCounter: 21 holdoffCounter: 158
169 - durationCounter: 21 holdoffCounter: 95
173 - durationCounter: 10 holdoffCounter: 0
179 - durationCounter: 10 holdoffCounter: 0
184 - durationCounter: 7 holdoffCounter: 0
185 - durationCounter: 11 holdoffCounter: 0
186 - durationCounter: 5 holdoffCounter: 4
191 - durationCounter: 5 holdoffCounter: 4
192 - durationCounter: -15 holdoffCounter: 0
400 - durationCounter: -1 holdoffCounter: 0

- end of log -

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The programmer's code of entomology: there's always another bug.
There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who have friends.
Windows users: stop asking for plugins. (url="http://"http://www.aznt.com/EVN/EVNEW/")Make one yourself.(/url)
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One thing I'm seeing is that the required kill rating be at least ten, and that you have at least ten tons cargo capacity. Not too sure about the bits. You'll get the mission in the shipyards on Earth.

~Tim ^_^

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"Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted." --Fred Allen

D'oh! That explains it. The Combat rating. Thanks!

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The programmer's code of entomology: there's always another bug.
There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who have friends.
Windows users: stop asking for plugins. (url="http://"http://www.aznt.com/EVN/EVNEW/")Make one yourself.(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.cwssoftware.com")Sephil Saga Website(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/infernostudios/search.html")Add-ons Search Engine(/url)

Yeah, that's the first thing I work on when I get a combat-capable ship (I prefer Pirate Valks)!

Have fun!
~Tim ^_-

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"Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted." --Fred Allen

I finished a disabled Pirate Thunderhead.

Did you know that the upgraded (i.e. used and 75,000 credits) Heavy Shuttle was capable of destroying Pirate Vipers?

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The programmer's code of entomology: there's always another bug.
There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who have friends.
Windows users: stop asking for plugins. (url="http://"http://www.aznt.com/EVN/EVNEW/")Make one yourself.(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.cwssoftware.com")Sephil Saga Website(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/infernostudios/search.html")Add-ons Search Engine(/url)

Wonderful. Just what I wanted to know.

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One wonders just HOW the "Engine Upgrade" increases the ship's speed by 150 AU/hr in the original EV....