Pretty sad, as Ambrosia used to be one of the major players in Mac gaming, especially in some of the darkest times in the Apple ecosystem.
Appy the patch to your EV nova and you now can play while on the internet, if you do not install this you cannot be on the internet when you play(thank you very much to Aali)Note: with this method putting your clock back to normal time is not advised but may work-Win Xp method 2this is for people who method one does not work-if the first method does not work correcty try this one1) Delete the EVN directory, (you can save your piolet files if you want)2) go to Delete ev nova license.lcs and pref file (Documents and Settings$userapplication data and delete "EV nova licence.lcs" and "EV nova preferneces.prf"3) change the date to may 8th.So, anyone remember the old Mac shareware company Ambrosia Software? Well, a while back their website went down for good after a long period of basically not being in business at all anymore.
The win xp method 1The following tutorial was written by syllogism (if this method does not produce results try method 2)-1) Delete ev nova license.lcs and pref file (Documents and Settings$userapplication data2) change the date to may 8th.3) Download Febooti FileTweak ( Select all files in your EV Nova -> Right Click -> Properties -> Date -> Change Created, modified and accessed dates to may 8th5) Turn off your cable/dsl/modem6) run the EVN registration programuse the following codeDianne ArnoldCopy: 1L4B5-9HJ5-P3NB7) Run EV Nova (Make sure your cable/dsl/modem is still turned off)8) Go to to get the Ev packet blocker.
It is into this maelstrom of territorial contention that you are thrust, like a pebble tumbling aimlessly between the tectonic fault lines that uncomfortably separate these divisions of humanity. Indeed, rather than reunited brothers, they were strangers. As rediscovered technology finally allowed contact between these far-flung children of the Colonial Council to tentatively resume, they found that they had little in common. They each followed markedly different paths in their evolution. but in their isolation, a strange thing happened. Time marched on in its relentless journey toward the future, and each of these civilizations slowly reconstructed their humanity. The few pockets of humanity that did survive developed in near solitude, clinging perilously to life like a tree desperately trying to gain root on a rocky cliff. The collapse of a central government caused civilization to slide helplessly into a dark age of isolation. They were left adrift in the lonely void of space, forced to fend for themselves, truly strangers in strange lands. Open rebellion caused the destruction of critical parts of the Hypergate system, severing entire systems from the umbilical cord of civilization. Like a wave in the darkness of space, colonization flowed outwards from Earth, until discord and dissent against a growingly corrupt central government caused it to come crashing down. The eccentric genius in Omata Kane, whose Hypergate system brought distant stars within reach, has all but been forgotten. The remnants of the Colonial Council's utopian vision of a united galaxy are littered about like so many discarded dreams. With a completely redesigned gaming engine, EV Nova thrusts you into a sprawling universe dominated by a myriad of warring factions, each sharing a common bond, but so philosophically different as to make conflict inevitable. Nova is the third game in the Escape Velocity series, and is by far the most ambitious installment to date.
The recntly ported game was brought to our attention (thanks Hojew) and you can find a link to the PC demo by following the download tab above.
PC gamers will now have the chance of sampling EVN in order to understand what it is about the Escape Velocity series that has captivated Mac users. Escape Velocity Nova is an impressive and very successful shareware game which has been around for some time on the Mac.