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Re: Don't Let the Stars Fade Away Fri, 11 July 2008 16:36 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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aikeru wrote on Fri, 11 July 2008 17:20


If he reads this forum or someone knows or wants to chat about working on this:
aikeru [at] gmail [dot] com Smile

Let me know, please!!


Hi,

Nice you hear from you. Nova is open source so you can do what you wish with the code. But, if you want to contribute to the "released" version you are most welcome and I'll provide what ever help you need to get started.

The first thing is to install the 2008 versions of Visual Studio Express. It's a free download from the Microsoft web site (my aim is to ensure that anybody can work on Nova without spending any money at all).

Then pull down the source code package from SourceForge, compile it and away you go.

In the documention folder (under General) is a list of things "to do". Pick any item you like if you want to play and have a go.

So far the only person working on Nova is me so I'm not using the SourceForge CVS system. If you have a contribution to make just e-mail it to me and I will l plug it in. If anyone else expresses an interest I'll move the code into the SourceForge CVS system so that we can do things "properly".

If you are going to work on the code I suggest you either wait for the July release or e-mail me for the latest copy of the code. The July release includes the following:

Colony ships are now scrapped when a planet is colonised as in Stars!.

Energy Capcitors now contribute to beam weapon power as they should.

The following secondary racial traits have now been implemented to date:

Improved fuel efficiency;
Cheap factories;
No RAM scoop engines;
Ulitimate recycling;
Low starting population;
Improved starbases;
No advanced scanners.

As it says on my web site Nova was a learning exercise. Some of the early code is, quite frankly, pretty bad and could do with some cleaning up. The later stuff is, I like to think, OK.

The documentation is minimal and neglected. If you want to work on the code it would be an incentive for me to rectify this.

Have a go and keep in touch. I'm just an e-mail away - although probably in a different time zone, I'm on GMT + 1 hour (British Summer Time).



Don't let the Stars! fade away.

http://stars-nova.sourceforge.net

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