Prepare for r4

dist/EV Nova CE Read Me.txt

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-EV Nova Community Edition r3
+EV Nova Community Edition r4
 
 
 Patch Notes
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 • Game resolution can be set in the ddraw.ini file. By default it will match your desktop
   resolution.
 • Experimental UI scaling can be set in the ddraw.ini file.
+• Image blitting has been reimplemented using GDI+, resolving performance issues on Apple Silicon
+  as well as providing improved scaling quality and 16-bit dithering.*
+• Map borders draw in a much larger area, supporting fullscreen map sizes up to 1920x1080.
+  Additionally, the drawing has been tweaked to ensure borders remain visible when zoomed out.
+• Nebula image selection prefers larger images over smaller ones, for improved display quality.
 • Radar interference works again and also supports lower depth ppats as used in the.
 • Asteroids will always work regardless of the resolution. No extra plug-ins required.
 • Opening a pilot no longer switches to windowed mode temporarily.
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   Charcoal to work when installed.
 • Certain non-ascii characters are now displayed correctly (e.g. in The Frozen Heart plug-in).
 • The "Run in a window" setting will immediately switch mode, functioning the same as alt-F.
-• Odd width resolutions are now semi-supported (by leaving a blank column on the right edge).
-• Dialogs are no longer forced to even dimensions. This prevents scaling the background image
-  unnecessarily, resolving a performance issue on Apple Silicon.
+• Odd width resolutions are now supported.
+• Dialogs are no longer forced to even dimensions.
 • Mission title in the BBS no longer renders poorly when running in Wine.
 • Particle cap has been increased from 1,024 to 100,000.
 • Additional keyboard shortcuts from Mac Nova 1.1 have been added:
     - Spacebar to open (and close) ship info in the shipyard
     - B to show/hide borders in the map
     - C to clear route in the map (previously centered map, but Spacebar still does this)
+• The hotkey for "x2" mode can be overridden in the ddraw.ini file.
 • The app path is written to the registry, allowing scripts etc to locate the exe.
-• The game will look for its Files, Plug-ins & Pilots in the "current directory", which may be set
-  to a location other than the EV Nova folder to facilitate running total conversions. The following
-  are some possible ways of doing this (you only need to do one of these):
-    - Copy the "TC Launcher.vbs" script file to the TC's folder. Double-click to run.
-    - Create a shortcut to EV Nova.exe, get properties and set "Start in" to the path to the TC.
+• The game supports loading data files from alternative locations (see details below).
 • Hyperspace Effects preference is now visible and will disable the white flash when turned off.
 • Pilot files are no longer encrypted.
+• Game icon has been replaced with the higher-quality version from Mac Nova.
 • Debug mode can be enabled by pressing Alt+Home (see details below).
 
+* Note: wine users should install gdiplus from winetricks for best results.
+
+
+Playing Total Converversions (TCs)
+
+EV Nova CE will load Files, Plug-ins & Pilots from the "current directory". This is normally the
+"EV Nova" folder but to facilitate playing TCs and other major plug-ins, the game provides a couple
+of mechanisms for explicitly changing this:
+• Passing the target folder path as the first argument to EV Nova.exe.
+• Creating a ".nplay" file in the target folder which can be double-clicked to launch EV Nova.
+
+Additional notes:
+• If "Nova Files" is not found in the target folder, it will fallback to the default copy. This
+  allows plug-ins that aren't strictly "total conversions" to also use this mechanism.
+• If "Nova Plug-ins" is not found in the target folder, it will try to use "Plug-ins" instead.
+  This improves compatibility with plug-ins created for Mac Nova that use this folder name.
+
 
 Debug Mode Effects
 

dist/Play My TC (copy to TC folder).nplay

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+Seeing this text? EV Nova Community Edition r4 or newer is required to open this file. If you already have this version, try launching it once from its current location before opening this file again. If you don't have it yet you can download it from https://github.com/andrews05/EV-Nova-CE

src/version.c

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 // Display version in corner of main menu
 
 
-char version[] = "EV Nova Community Edition r3";
+char version[] = "EV Nova Community Edition r4";
 
 CALL(0x004884BC, _drawBackground);
 void drawBackground(NVBitmap *bitmap, QDRect *frame) {