Details of Dates in Nova

How does the date system work in Nova? I mean, what are the specifics of it? Things I need to know include: How many days in a month, or does it vary? How many days in a year?

I just want to be sure- I could play the game a bunch and make notes, but that takes a lot of time.

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~Charlie

It is the same like normal date system, and you add in the NC.

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It just has always seemed like a shortcut or two was taken in the date system. But I guess not. Oh well, just have to deal.

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~Charlie

I'm not 100% sure but I think Nova uses the standard calendar except that each month has the full 31 days.

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Hah! I knew it wasn't totally simple! I'm trying to make a realistic Tax season, and it has to come every year- so do I need a post-holdoff of 365 or 372? If each month has 31 days, then I need 372- and I need to recalculate the orbit velocities... Anyone know for absolute sure?

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~Charlie

Why not just use the first/last day/month fields, to constrain the tax event to only one day during a year, then use a Post HoldOff of something >1. That way, you don't need to worry about just how long a year is, and you can pick which day of what month you want to use exactly.

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DIdn't think of doing it that way, with the last day/month set- I was just using a first day/month, and a post holdoff of the number of days in a year. Let me check it and see.

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~Charlie

Record a starting date and then take 365 hyperjumps and see if it comes back to the same thing.

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Um, that's what I'm trying to avoid....

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Originally posted by CrazyTom9:
**Record a starting date and then take 365 hyperjumps and see if it comes back to the same thing.

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And be sure to note how many times you land for fuel, too. Or make sure you have enough for 365 jumps.

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Originally posted by Anatole:
**And be sure to note how many times you land for fuel, too. Or make sure you have enough for 365 jumps.

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Or get a big ship (3 day jump) and take 122 jumps. It should end on the day after you started.

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or just start on the 1st of a 30-day month and see if it lasts 31.

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Originally posted by Masamune:
**DIdn't think of doing it that way, with the last day/month set- I was just using a first day/month, and a post holdoff of the number of days in a year. Let me check it and see.

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Did it work?

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Yup, sure did- thanks for the suggestion.

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