Now the problem I always had with Nova, is that it is TOO easy to get into a story line. This is apparent if you played the original escape velocity on an original mac. The problem with the escape velocity nova conversions is timing issues. I'm gonna go record the voiceover for the next ADG now. Granted, the pixel-thin text of EV Nova looks like crap at that resolution considering the 1920x1080 native resolution of my monitor, but it wasn't looking any better at 1024x768, and now I've got it widescreen so. So, after determining that 1364x768 was the optimal 16:9 resolution with a vertical of 768, I set that up as a new custom resolution, tested it, and it worked! Sure enough, this thing would let me set any resolution I could imagine and would auto-calculate the timing settings and everything.

etc., and in a time when monitors weren't able to detect out-of-range settings, this would've mattered. Sure enough, the moment I clicked on it I got a lengthy disclaimer about how using the feature would void warranties, possibly cause damage, etc. So, I went looking through the resolution list for my video card, hoping to find something widescreen with a 768 vertical resolution when I noticed a button marked 'Custom'.

(Both of which were only released for Mac OS.) However, the game is designed specifically to run at 800圆x768 resolution, and when using an external program to hack in 1920x1080, everything got tiny. I'm giving it another shot since I found out that if you register the game, you can download total-conversion plugins (for free!) which convert the game into its predecessors, both the original Escape Velocity and Escape Velocity Override. Well, I started playing Escape Velocity Nova again. OK seriously, this is something I only wished I could do back in the days of DOS: My monitor and video card both support completely made-up screen resolutions!

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