"Pale" Beta for EV Nova

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NEW CONTENT ALERT
I'm happy to announce the initial beta of the Classic EV plug-in "Pale" for the EV Nova engine. I've tweaked gameplay speeds to where they feel like Classic, and fix all weapon and outfit bugs reported in the debug log. I've also merged the data with Guy's port for EVC, and added an optional "Geek's Planets" plugin for some Nova-flavored graphics. Once I have received some feedback and made any changes needed, I will add this to my official collection.
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Download Pale for Nova Beta 2.0 from Dropbox

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Pale for Nova Beta 1.1 is released

I added a lot of descriptive text strings that were missing from ships and outfits. Also added missing government comm codes. I also collected all the info found out about the plugin so far and updated the included documentation.

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Pale Beta 1.2.1 is available

Sorry for forgetting to post updates here. Complete changelog so far:

Beta 1.2.1 addendum (Feb 24, 2025):

Used X offsets to tweak the more troublesome weapon exit points. They're better now.
Added installation instructions to the readme.

Beta 1.2.1 (Feb 23, 2025):

Fixed missing graphics for several ships (at least six I think)
Converted all ship graphics to RLED (some were missed by SpacePort)
Adjusted XY Compression on weapon exit points to better fit the perspective of the ships. Some ships weren't quite correctly oriented for their frames, so the fit for those could not be perfect.

Beta 1.2 (Feb 22, 2025):

Fixed Corvette graphics.
Removed junk pixels from Mod-Monitor sprite.
Recolored sidebar to allow target images to blend.
Added missing scan masks to governments to allow smuggling missions to work.

Beta 1.1 (Feb 8, 2025):

Added ship names and titles where missing in shipyard, comm, and targeting dialogs.
Added government comm and targeting dialog strings.
Added missing lowercase outfit names for the player info dialog.
Added more documentation.
Added completion text to various Pale delivery missions. It felt weird for the mission to end with no text.
Corrected a typo in the QuickBrief for mission "Invisible Hunter." <RST> was used where <RSY> was intended.
Adjusted Shield Booster to attempt to scale its recharge rate more accurately to the original.
Added sale values for captured escorts. 10% of shipyard price for most ships, 2% for incredibly rare and ultra expensive ships you shouldn't be able to capture anyway.

Beta 1 (Feb 4, 2025):

Initial port in SpacePort.
Added nplay file for WineNova/Nova CE support.
Adjusted speeds of ships to feel closer to the EVC port.
Resolved all weapon/outfit conflicts (artifact of SpacePort process) reported in the debug log.
Created "Geek's Planets" for Pale.

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Beta 1.2.1 small patch (Feb 28, 2025):

Fixed bug with mission "Pale Visage." Changed special ship goal to "Chase Off" to resolve possible glitch with ships being despawned without being destroyed, causing the Special Ship objective to break.

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Pale for Nova Beta 1.3 is available.

Changes:
Beta 1.3 (Mar 4, 2025):

Added Shipyard and Outfitter to Dune. They're included in the original data files and didn't port over for some reason.
Changed faction of Special Ships in Mission 180 ("Invisible Hunter, Silent & Swift") to derelict (added new dude resource), so pirates and rebels don't attack the disabled ship unnecessarily. Needed due to AI change on the Nova engine.
Added map borders for major factions, and changed the map window interface to include the Borders toggle.

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Pale for Nova Beta 2.0 is available.

Changes:

Validated shïp resources against the original and corrected discrepancies in the loadouts (Thanks, Douglas Black!)
Validated planets:
- Removed outfitter from Mars. Even though it had one in the original, it didn't sell anything. Tech level 0, no special techs.
- Added missing tech level to Dune.
Story-related tweaks:
- Added b150 as a requirement for the visibility of either Charybdis system, so they're not explorable until the appropriate point in the story.
- Made the Scylla system unexplorable after the first mission that opens it, since the ending said they were closing the corridor. Reopened it at "Furies" when the story indicated the pathway was reopened.
Corrected bugs with missions:
- Changed behavior of "Mercenary, Mercenary" and "Wayward Brother" to function as intended in the original. As a consequence, "Mercenary, Mercenary" is now an invisible mission, and aborts only when "Wayward Brother" is completed. I also have the former mission auto-start the latter, and swapped BriefTexts so they'd appear in a logical order onscreen.
- Changed starting location of "Invisible Hunter" to any non-Pirate stellar.
- Changed starting location of "Invisible Hunter, Silent & Swift" stellar of govt+class 128 (Confederation). Added class 0 to Independent, YemCon, and Mercenary. This mission should now appear in any stellar other than Rebel, Pirate, Lethe, or Cydonian.
- Same as above to "Invisible Hunters, How Like Wolves"
- Fixed several auto-aborting missions to auto start the missions they introduced, due to a quirk with Nova that causes it to skip the next mission in a mission queue if the first is accepted. Also made these missions invisible: "Observations," "In the Company of Wolves," "Crossroads," "Bits and Bites," "Fold," "God Bless Astex," and "Decision."
- Added text to "Observations" and the following mission. Without it, you went straight from a meeting in the bar to a briefing in a briefing room with no connecting text.
- Removed Aux mines from mission "Furies," as making them Aux ships caused them to hyper in, which did not make sense. Instead, a silent mission was added to spawn in the mines as Special Ships, and I increased the count to 20 because I'm evil. I also added extra text to the completion dialog that appears only if you managed to beat the alien cruisers and return to Frontier without all of the mines being destroyed. You win an internet award if you manage to pull this off legitimately.
- Fixed the missions that grant cloaking devices to guarantee you only have one cloaking device. Also added flavor text so it's acknowledged in-game that you already had a cloaking device, but they decided to swap you because they think the other one looks unreliable.
Other:
- Made the Cloaking Device fade faster, to feel closer to the original. Sadly, no color filter option is available in EV Nova.
- Added borders for the "Unified" government.