[ANN] EVNEW updated to version 1.0.4

From the description:

"EVNEW - Escape Velocity: Nova Editor for Windows, is the first, and right now the only, plug-in editor for Windows. This is the Release version 1.0.4. EVNEW can edit all 23 of the Nova-specific resources, plus cicn, PICT, rle8, rleD, snd, str, and str resources. It has the capabilities of ResEdit, EnRLE, DeRLE, ConText, and ResStore all wrapped together in a neat little package. Send all comments to me at Aprosenf@aol.com"

Get it (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/nova/addons.html")here(/url)! 🙂

Sorry if I beat you to the punch, Aprosenf.

best always,

Dave @ ATMOS

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27 DLs and no rating? That's not cool.

gives it a 5

I like the new stuff. Little things that make life easier.

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Ah yes, I forgot to make an announcement. I was waiting for Azratax to post it on his site, but it seems that he's not around at the moment. Enjoy.

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Originally posted by Aprosenf:
**Ah yes, I forgot to make an announcement. I was waiting for Azratax to post it on his site, but it seems that he's not around at the moment. Enjoy.

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So does the new version add more features, bug fixes, or both?

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EVNEW readme
**7/28/04: Release 1.0.4

-- Bug Fixes --

  • Fixed a bug when importing certain rare sounds

-- Feature Changes --

  • Added the ability to choose between using more memory for faster performance when viewing RLE resources (the previous default behavior) or to use less memory for slower performance
  • Added the ability to choose the color to display transparent pixels of RLE resources (the previous was always gray, 0x808080)
  • RLE masks are now automatically generated after imports, using black as transparent pixels (but masks can still be imported separately, too)**

1 bug fix, 3 features.

Only thing I would change is the auto-mask feature. I'd rather it let me choose the color, so I can make a heavily shadowed ship on a bright green background and tell EVNEW to mask bright green.

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Has it fixed the bug that causes it to crash when attempting to paste text into a desc resource's input box?

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Gimme a sec an' I'll tell ya...I guess so, 'cause I c/p'ed some text into the text box. No problems that I could see! The only problem I have is in getting it to import a .pic I e-mailed Aprosenf about it and sent along a snap I made of the problem as well as a copy of the .pic I was trying to import.

Happy Plugmaking!

~Tim ^_-

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BariSaxGuy5 - I've never heard of that bug and it doesn't seem to exist in 1.0.4. Could you elaborate on the behavior you saw/see?

Anyways, the source code can now be found (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/aprosenf/")here(/url) (not very much has changed since 1.0.3 though). Somehow I think Geocities messed up because that page is missing the ads for me (and IE says "Done, but with errors on page." in the status bar).

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Originally posted by Aprosenf:
**BariSaxGuy5 - I've never heard of that bug and it doesn't seem to exist in 1.0.4. Could you elaborate on the behavior you saw/see?

Anyways, the source code can now be found here (not very much has changed since 1.0.3 though). Somehow I think Geocities messed up because that page is missing the ads for me (and IE says "Done, but with errors on page." in the status bar).

**

Easy solution? Don't use Geocities. 😛 Actually, the ads don't always appear on Geocities, not that I'm complaining, but they seem to have a few bugs in that Javascript of theirs.

~ SP

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Originally posted by SpacePirate:
**Easy solution? Don't use Geocities.:p Actually, the ads don't always appear on Geocities, not that I'm complaining, but they seem to have a few bugs in that Javascript of theirs.

~ SP**

That's why I love Geocities. 😉

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Originally posted by Aprosenf:
**BariSaxGuy5 - I've never heard of that bug and it doesn't seem to exist in 1.0.4. Could you elaborate on the behavior you saw/see?

Anyways, the source code can now be found here (not very much has changed since 1.0.3 though). Somehow I think Geocities messed up because that page is missing the ads for me (and IE says "Done, but with errors on page." in the status bar).

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Sorry for the belated response, but the bug I'm experiencing occurs as follows:
if I type CRTL+C, CTRL+X, or CTRL+V in any of the text fields in any of the resource editors, the entire program locks up for a few seconds, then displays the windows "EV New has encountered a problem and needs to close". Perhaps it's just my machine, however. It's been know to have these unique little problems.

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(This message has been edited by BariSaxGuy5 (edited 08-25-2004).)

Aprosenf, is there any way to use pers resources in a mission? You can alter so much more stuff in a pers resource than a dude. Could this be implemented into a later update?

Sorry if I sound rude and expecting, I'm really not... angelic face

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Originally posted by pp0u20e8:
**Aprosenf, is there any way to use pers resources in a mission? You can alter so much more stuff in a pers resource than a dude. Could this be implemented into a later update?

Sorry if I sound rude and expecting, I'm really not... angelic face

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It really isn't up to Aprosenf to change the way the resources work but you can use a pers instead of a special ship dude by adding the mission to the pers's LinkMission and checking the 0x0040 flag - "When LinkMission is accepted with a single SpecialShip, replace it with this ship while removing this one from play".

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Originally posted by Guy:
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Originally posted by pp0u20e8:
**Aprosenf, is there any way to use pers resources in a mission? You can alter so much more stuff in a pers resource than a dude. Could this be implemented into a later update?

Sorry if I sound rude and expecting, I'm really not... angelic face

**

It really isn't up to Aprosenf to change the way the resources work but you can use a pers instead of a special ship dude by adding the mission to the pers's LinkMission and checking the 0x0040 flag - "When LinkMission is accepted with a single SpecialShip, replace it with this ship while removing this one from play".

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Ok that sounds like it would work. Now say it slowly 😛

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Ok I've worked out how to do that, but it only works if you board or hail the ship.

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Originally posted by pp0u20e8:
**Ok I've worked out how to do that, but it only works if you board or hail the ship.

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Ah, true.
Have you tried setting the Available Location to something other than the special ship? I haven't tested it but there's a chance it might work.

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