![]() You'll then be presented with the planet's, for lack of a better term, overworld menu where you can catch up on galactic news, gamble, purchase ships, weapons and other items and accept missions as well as refuel your ship's hyperdrive. Press L again and you will have landed on Earth. Gently accelerate your ship with the Up arrow key (be careful, velocity is preserved in this basic ship) until it passes over the Earth, and then decelerate using the Down Arrow until your ship comes to a complete stop. You should hear a confirmation sound effect. In order to land at Earth, left-click it to select it as your target, and then press L. Mouse U/D/L/R and Left-Click - target reticule/target selection.L - request landing clearance at targeted destination/land at targeted destination.During the events of the tutorial you will be introduced to the basics of establishing a trade route (buy low at point A, sell/buy high at point B, etc.) as well as the intricacies of galactic map navigation, hyperspace jump routes and ship combat.īasic Controls Tutorial, or How To Actually Do Things I'd suggest you land on Earth, where if memory serves a tutorial on basic inter-system navigation, trading and combat should begin upon landing. Upon completing this screen, you're thrust into the blackness of space, beginning the game in the Sol system. The next screen allows you to choose the name of your character and that of your starting ship, a used Sigma Shipyards Alpha-class shuttle. If this is the first time you've played before, go ahead and create a new Pilot profile by clicking New Pilot. Open Pilot - Loads a pilot profile - necessary before playing, as if memory serves there's no "Continue" option.New Pilot - Creates a new pilot profile (effectively your save file) for use in EV: Nova.Otherwise, this screen will not appear and you will be greeted with the game's main menu alongside Gustav Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War. After this time limit you will have to purchase the game in order to register an activation code necessary to turn the demo installation into the full version. If playing the demo, you'll first be greeted with Ambrosia's shareware screen notifying you of the demo's 30-day time limit.Due to the nature of the Windows port (basically identical to the Mac OS X version, itself a port of the Mac OS 9/earlier version, even down to menu composition) the rendering system tends to behave in weird ways at times and it may take a bit of tweaking to get the game running. If the game refuses to run, try running in compatibility mode for Windows XP Service Pack 2, disable visual themes and desktop composition and/or run as administrator. Choose an installation directory, shortcut creation, taskbar icon creation, etc. Install the demo/full game as per usual.I'd suggest you first test the game by installing the demo, to ensure that EV Nova is capable of running on your computer. Download the game (or demo) from Ambrosia Software's EVN page.If any duders want to chip in on cross-platform installation/retro support tips, I'd appreciate it! This guide unfortunately doesn't cover Mac OS X (or ostensibly Linux through Wine?) as this guide-writer does not have an Intel Mac, but one would assume installation is similar to that done with games on PowerPC Macs running Mac OS X manufactured up until late-2005. (Editor's note: Potential future additions: modding information (including cross-platform compatibility quirks), faction information, basic ship information, starting points for each faction storyline)ĭISCLAIMER: This guide's still under construction and is subject to change.Begin your first trade route in order to make money to spend on all the things.Get a handle on the game, its UI, controls and general look 'n feel.Install the game for modern Windows PCs (as of writing, those capable of running Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10).This guide is designed to quickly teach players how to: Revision 2 - 7/24/15 - The First Guide Expansion ![]()
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