FAQ
You need help? Check these frequently asked questions first.
Question | Answer
Where can I find the Spica Shipyard? | The Spica Shipyard can be found in the Spica system.
How do I build ships in the Old Shipyard? | You need to buy the shipyard, the buidling crew and building materials in order to build a ship. The important part is that because of engine limitations you will have to get the exact mass of building materials that is mentioned in the description of the building orders. A 10 ton ship can't be built out of a 10000 ton block of building materials.
Where can I find Tektaara Station? | Tektaara Station is in the Obatta system. After jumping in make a full stop. Press 'land' and than 'auto-pilot' until your ship stops rotating. Now just fly in the direction your ship has rotated before. You will fly a long long way until you will be able to see the station. Because of the murkiness level of the system you should always check your radar or you could miss it.
Where can I find outfit xxx? | Just check the ExtraOutfits lists in the documentation.
I bought the Gli-tech Membership Card but the discount isn't working for outfits... why? | Nova seems to have a bug with this option. The Nova bible says that a discount is working for both ships and outfits but unfortunately the feature is broken so you will be only able to get a discount on ships. Hopefully this bug will fixed in a upcoming version.
I bought some PD weapon systems but they don't seem to work as intended... why? | If you get different PD weapons (i.e. a PD Laser and a PD Rocket Launcher) the different systems will interfere with each other. I don't know why this happens. It could be a bug in Nova. Just don't get different PD weapon systems at a time to prevent this strange behaviour.
I can't land on a planet wich is shown as friendly on the radar and the 'bribe' option isn't available... what to do now? | If you have bought the Pirate Jammer/First Officer (good) the Pirates/Federation will think that you are one of them so they won't let you land but unfortunately if the planet isn't hostile to you you won't be able to bribe too. There are 2 solutions: 1. Try to demand tribute, the planet/station should be hostile now. Then bribe it and land. 2. Sell these outfits in case this still doesn't work.
The Multi Beam isn't shoting at different targets at the same time as mentioned in its description... why? | To get this option you have to toggle fast between different targets and press and hold the 'secondary fire' key if the weapon is selected.
How can I fly the racing missions of the NewMissions plug-in? | To get the racing missions you need to fly to Las Vegas in the Vega system and of course be the owner of a Comara Racing Viper.
How can I use the characters of the NewCharacters plug-in? | Just start a new pilot and you will see a new dialog named 'background', there you can change you starting options.
Why do I have trouble starting the game after removing plug-ins of the PlugPack? | Before removing plug-ins you need to sell all parts of the used plug-ins in the game (i. e. outfits, ships, etc.). After doing this remove the 'Last Pilot' file in your pilots folder. Than start the game again and open you pilot via the 'Open Pilot' button. Nova will than warn you because your pilot still may have active events etc. of a removed plug-in. Just press 'Ok' and enter the game. Maybe you will have problems if you use other plug-ins with this pilot because of set mission bits etc. I recommend that you always make a backup of your pilot so you can always revert to the original pilot.
I experiencing a mass of bugs and problems... what can I do? | The PlugPack is a well tested plug-in package so I can tell you that there should be no 'mass' of bugs or problems. Maybe you are using other plug-ins while using the PlugPack plug-ins - that is the most known reason for bugs and problems. As mentioned in the documentation the PlugPack is not compatible to any other plug-ins.
I don't use other plug-ins but I have still problems. | If you still having problems just mail me and I will see what I can do for you. I need a pilot log, a debug log, a description what you have done before the trouble starts and what exactly the problem is.
I have a good idea an would love to see it in the PlugPack. | Just mail me your ideas and I will check if they are interesting and if I can use them or not. Since the PlugPack uses nearly all of the remaining outfit resources of the game I could denie even a good idea because it is just not doable because of the engine limitations.
I have used an old version of the PlugPack before and got problems with my current pilot now. | Even if this is not a total conversion I have used a lot resources wich have changed during the update process. I recommend that you start a new pilot in this case. Because of the huge ammount of changed data it would be too complicated to write a 'update plug-in' to update the resources of a pilot from v14 to v15 or even to v16 for example. Please excuse this flaw of the PlugPack - I try my very best to don't let such things happen again in further versions.
I updated Nova to version xxx and having problems with your plug-in now. | Because of new versions of the game I had to update my PlugPack too. That means that old versions of the PlugPack may not be compatible to a specific version of Nova. Just check the add-ons page if the game got an update - I will release an update for the PlugPack as soon as I can to prevent these problems.
How do I use the Bremesol Factory? | First you need to get a Factory and a Storage. The factory will produce 5 units of Pure Bremesol every day. Since the goal is to get Refined Bremesol (for a Reactor or for sell) you need to refine your Pure Bremesol by 'buying' the 'Refine' order. Than just load it onto your ship using the 'Load' order. Now you can fly to another Stardock or Planet and sell it there or you can also get a Bremesol Reactor (the loaded Bremesol will automaticly be used to let the reactor work).
Where can I find the Paint Station? | The Paint Station can be found in the Zel system.
Where can I find the SSC Corvette? | The SSC Corvette can be found on the Spica Shipyard. In order to have access to this ship you need to build it first using the shipyards outfitter.
I'm on a PC ... How do I convert plug-ins? | See the Plug-in Conversion Tutorial for more info.