EVNEW - Escape Velocity: Nova Editor for Windows, is the first, and right now the only, plug-in editor for Windows. This is the Public Beta 1.0.0. 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. The source code will be available soon. Send all comments to me at Aprosenf@aol.com.

SwitchCON is a small utility to make switching between Nova and total conversions easier. As well as being able to switch to Classic, Override, Nova, Polycon EV, Starfleet Adventures, Sephil Saga and up to 6 user-defined TCs at the press of a button, SwitchCON can also manage unique pilots and plug-ins for each conversion, making your totally converted Nova experience that much more enjoyable. This is the self-installer for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP. By Charles "CiM" Tosh. Installer by Storm99999.

NovaTools: Import and export Nova resources from TEXT spreadsheet files. This is part of the NovaTools collection from wOOtWare. Go to http://homepage.mac.com/dr_ralph/ for more information.

By David Arthur. MissionComputer is a comprehensive editor for the Escape Velocity games. Version 4 adds ship and weapon editors, and the ability to edit several resources at once. Requires Mac OS 10.3 or higher on Intel or PowerPC.

By David Arthur. A scenario editor for the three Escape Velocity games, which provides graphical editors for the char, cron, desc, dude, flet, govt, intf, junk, misn, nebu, outf, pers, PICT, syst, spob, STR, STR, and year resources, and RDL- or template-based editors for all others. Includes integrated Resource Copier and Target Generator utilities. (3.0.1 Classic Edition)

Some missions will tell you to go to a space station or planet but will not give the name or location of the system that contains the planet. If the planet is in a system with a name you don't recognize it can be difficult to determine where you have to go without looking at every system on the map. With Space Object Finder all you have to do is type in the name of the place you want to go and it will tell you the name of every system that has a space object with the name you searched for. Space Object Finder can also produce a simple map to help you visually locate the system you want to go to. Space Object Finder should work under both OS 9 and OS X. It also works with the data files for all three version of EV (EV, EV:O, and EV:N). e-mail: macutator@macutator.com . Released 11/8/02. Version 2.0. Made by "No One"

A small java application that shows a menu, you can use an open dialog that can take multiple images, or just one, or drag the files to the main menu. Depending on the choice it will combine the images into a spin, or it will create a 6x6 spin from one image, then it will ask where to save the new spin. The new spin will be saved as a pict. Can extract mask from transparency and no longer screws up with transparency. Now stays open after finishing a spin and will remember the last location used to open and the last location to save as long as it stays open. Check for updates at: http://evweb.aresaxis.us/

SwitchCON is a small utility to make switching between Nova and total conversions easier. As well as being able to switch to Classic, Override, Nova, Polycon EV, Starfleet Adventures, Sephil Saga and up to 6 user-defined TCs at the press of a button, SwitchCON can also manage unique pilots and plug-ins for each conversion, making your totally converted Nova experience that much more enjoyable. This is the self-installer for Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition (Me). By Charles "CiM" Tosh. Installer by Storm99999.

A new resolution patcher for WinNova, allowing Windows users of EV Nova to run the game at any resolution of their choice rather than being stuck at 1024x768. This program works with the latest version of Nova and includes all the goodies from Guy's original patcher.

By David Arthur. A scenario editor for the three Escape Velocity games, which provides graphical editors for many resource types, both standard and EV-specific, and RDL scripts for all others. Supports standard and .rez plug-in formats, and includes integrated Resource Copier, Target Generator, Plug-in Convertor, and Make RLE utilities. (Mac OS X PowerPC version 3.3.2)

By David Arthur. A scenario editor for the three Escape Velocity games, which provides graphical editors for many resources and RDL scripts for all others. Supports standard and .rez plug-in formats, and includes integrated Resource Copier, Target Generator, Plug-in Generator, and Make RLE utilities. (Mac OS X PowerPC version 3.2)

By David Arthur. A scenario editor for the three Escape Velocity games, which provides graphical editors for many resource types, both standard and EV-specific, and RDL scripts for all others. Supports standard and .rez plug-in formats, and includes integrated Resource Copier, Target Generator, Plug-in Convertor, and Make RLE utilities. (Mac OS X PowerPC version 3.3.3)

v2.1. Plugin Archiver is an archiving program designed for the explicit purpose of archiving EV Nova plug-ins in the most cross-platform compatible way. Suitable for all types of plug-ins, including single files or total conversions, it's the program every Mac developer should use. Requires Mac OS 10.3 or higher. Made by Guy.

Pilot Converter reads pilot files from the original Escape Velocity or Escape Velocity: Override and converts the data to Escape Velocity: Nova pilot files. Now you don't need to make a new pilot if you want to keep playing in the original EV universes using one of the EVC (Escape Velocity Classic) or EVO plugins made for use with Nova.

Charcoal is the font that is supposed to be used for Nova's button labels. It's a standard Mac OS 9 font, but unfortunately is not present in Mac OS X, so for those OS X users who are missing the font, here it is. Just install the font, and Nova will use it automatically. (Windows users can find a similar font in the Win Nova Resolution Patch.)