Once your ship’s navigational computers have a destination, you can hyperjump to that system. To navigate from system to system, use your ship’s map (default - M key) to select a system to travel to. To hail another ship, select it with the targeting sensors by mouseclicking on it, then press the comm button (default - Y key). (by the way, the quantity and difficulty of the missions you’re offered in the bar tends to increase as you build your reputation). If their offer sounds good, you can accept their mission and carry it out just like one you’d get from the Mission BBS. As you mess around in a bar, you may be approached by Bars serve as handy meeting places for clients and captains - whenever somebody has a job for a space captain to do, they invariably hang around the spaceport bar, searching for a likely-looking candidate. A spaceport bar is a good place to relax, gamble, hire an escort ship, check the latest news, and especially to find missions that aren’t normally offered through the Mission BBS. Many spaceports have a bar located in them. You’ll be given the chance to name your ship, then it’s all yours. You can also click on the Info button (or double-click on the ship icon) to see a detailed summary of the capabilities of a particular ship class. In this dialog, you can click on any of the available ship types to see a picture and a brief description of that type of ship, along with its price before and after trade-in. Click on Visit Shipyard to see what’s available. Industrial spaceports that have the ability to construct new ships will have a shipyard. Some items require a special license for use, and won’t be available to the general public. Clicking on an item will bring up a description of that item, with its price and whether or not your ship can carry the upgrade. Everything from engine upgrades to illegal weapons systems can be bought and sold in Ship Outfitters - though some items, such as engine upgrades, are permanent upgrades, and can’t be sold back. Click on Outfit Ship, and you’ll be able to purchase upgrades for your ship. If a spaceport is advanced and large enough, it will have a ship outfitters. This is a good way to explore the universe, and earn more credits. Click on Mission BBS, and you may be asked to fly passengers from one spaceport to another, others may require you to fly specical goods across the galaxy. The captains of industry are always looking for pilots and ships to fly missions for them. To recharge your ship, press the Recharge Ship button in the spaceport. Jump engines, used to hyperspace between systems, use up lots of energy. By buying low and selling high, you can earn credits to buy upgrades for your ship, or even purchase a new ship when you have enough credits. Some goods will sell for a low price in this system, but for a high price in others. Here you can buy and sell goods according to market demands. In the spaceport you’ll find a Commodity Exchange. Some game details copied and pasted from the manual - just remember this game was out in 1991 irrc, and you could even capture / board other ships! (hmmm where have I heard of that before?): (Iv'e tried it and it works with Win7)įree tiral download of EV Nova for PC here: Even though Escape Velocity can only be played on the Mac, they have Escape Velocity Nova for the PC. I had fogotten what it was called and who published it. That was 3 years ago.I just found this, an ancient 2D space game I used to love and play (one of the few shareware games I ever actually paid for): I would love this too, but I found this after a long "investigation" xD: You can't invite this user because you have blocked him. You can't chat with this user because you have blocked him. You can't chat with this user due to their or your privacy settings. User since Unblock chat User blocked This user's wishlist is not public. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation. Pac230 pac230 Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable.
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