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About this mod
A major expansion and rework to Escape Velocity Nova, which addresses bugs, corrects game balance issues, and adds new side content.
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Brave New Void is a 'total expansion' plugin for Escape Velocity Nova that aims to improve basic gameplay, re-balance combat, and add new content that feels like it belongs in the Nova universe. It adds new ships, missions, outfits, and locations to explore and experiment with, along with fixing bugs and design issues within the original scenario.
Combat should feel slightly different and a little harder. Additionally, many of the most powerful weapons have been slightly nerfed, and some weapons that were previously all but useless may have newfound usefulness. The same is true of ships and miscellaneous outfits.
Ship variants are now available for purchase, but with a twist; many of the more powerful variants require you to complete side missions, find upgrades to existing ships, or are only available infrequently from sketchy shipyards.
The trading system has been changed to make it both riskier and more rewarding. Raid fleets will hunt down
the player if they have a fleet of freighters, but spikes in supply and demand are now much more profitable to exploit.
New factions and mission strings await your discovery out in the galaxy. In particular, there are four new side strings that can be completed while doing any storyline (with a few exceptions) and several new minor offshoots of the six main storylines. Many of these strings will reward the player with new, unique ships not present in the base game.
Finally, numerous quality-of-life changes have been made. Ammo can be restocked at any outfitters as long as you have the launchers, and all outfits and ships will always appear if they are available. The Escape Pod now includes a built-in auto-eject, is massless, and persists across ship transfers.
Installation
Simply place all of the .rez files from the main directory (the ones beginning with 'Brave New Void') into your Nova Plug-ins folder. DO NOT REPLACE THE NOVA DATA FILES.
Additionally, this plugin contains several optional files, in the folder helpfully named “Optional Files”. Use of these is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. You can play the plug without them, but it definitely won't look as good or make as much sense.
Super-NOVA Graphical Overhaul: These files add compatibility between Brave New Void and Super-NOVA Graphical Overhaul. This one in particular is very highly recommended, as many of the ships in Brave New Void were designed with it in mind.
NeoPlanets: This file will add compatibility between Brave New Void and NeoPlanets.
Cheats: For debugging or if you just want to see the content.
Combat should feel slightly different and a little harder. Additionally, many of the most powerful weapons have been slightly nerfed, and some weapons that were previously all but useless may have newfound usefulness. The same is true of ships and miscellaneous outfits.
Ship variants are now available for purchase, but with a twist; many of the more powerful variants require you to complete side missions, find upgrades to existing ships, or are only available infrequently from sketchy shipyards.
The trading system has been changed to make it both riskier and more rewarding. Raid fleets will hunt down
the player if they have a fleet of freighters, but spikes in supply and demand are now much more profitable to exploit.
New factions and mission strings await your discovery out in the galaxy. In particular, there are four new side strings that can be completed while doing any storyline (with a few exceptions) and several new minor offshoots of the six main storylines. Many of these strings will reward the player with new, unique ships not present in the base game.
Finally, numerous quality-of-life changes have been made. Ammo can be restocked at any outfitters as long as you have the launchers, and all outfits and ships will always appear if they are available. The Escape Pod now includes a built-in auto-eject, is massless, and persists across ship transfers.
Installation
Simply place all of the .rez files from the main directory (the ones beginning with 'Brave New Void') into your Nova Plug-ins folder. DO NOT REPLACE THE NOVA DATA FILES.
Additionally, this plugin contains several optional files, in the folder helpfully named “Optional Files”. Use of these is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. You can play the plug without them, but it definitely won't look as good or make as much sense.
Super-NOVA Graphical Overhaul: These files add compatibility between Brave New Void and Super-NOVA Graphical Overhaul. This one in particular is very highly recommended, as many of the ships in Brave New Void were designed with it in mind.
NeoPlanets: This file will add compatibility between Brave New Void and NeoPlanets.
Cheats: For debugging or if you just want to see the content.