EV Nova Community Edition r4

Changes:

• Image blitting has been reimplemented using GDI+, for improved quality and performance.
• Map borders draw in a much larger area, supporting fullscreen map sizes up to 1920x1080.
• Nebula image selection prefers larger images over smaller ones, for improved display quality.
• The hotkey for "x2" mode can be overridden in the ddraw.ini file.
• Game icon has been replaced with the higher-quality version from Mac Nova.
• Improved support for odd-width resolutions, no longer leaving a blank column on the right.
• Improved support for loading data files from alternative locations with new .nplay files.
• ddraw dll override will be automatically enabled when running in wine.

EV Nova Community Edition r3

Changes:

• 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", to facilitate running total conversions.
• Hyperspace Effects preference is now visible and will disable the white flash when turned off.
• Pilot files are no longer encrypted.
• New custom debug-mode functions added to execute NCB strings.

EV Nova Community Edition r2

Changes:

• Greatly improved the UI scaling feature, which now also scales the status bar.
• Added support for enabling the built-in debug mode.
• 'ppat' decoder rewritten to support lower bit depths as used in EVC/EVO.
• Added fix for poor quality Mission BBS title rendering in Wine.
• Increased the particle cap.
• Improved handling of windowed checkbox in prefs.
• CE version is displayed in the lower left corner on the main menu.
• Included Charcoal font file for button text.

EV Nova Community Edition r1

First release.