Built by Anodyne Productions, Nova is the next generation of RPG management software. Re-built from the ground up, Nova takes the best of the SIMM Management System and improves it. With a wider array of developer tools, a built-in mini-wiki, vastly improved messaging and posting systems and much more, Nova is the next step forward to let you to get back to your game.
Features
Private Messaging
Send private messages to another user, multiple users, or even forward your messages to other people.
Post Locking
Never have your changes overwritten with a smart post locking system that locks and unlocks multi-author posts during editing.
Multiple Characters
One user can have multiple characters tied to their account making it easy to post as and manage NPCs and other characters.
Search
Quickly and easily find mission posts, personal logs, news items, and wiki pages based on different criteria from the entries.
Comments
Enjoyed a post? Have a question about some news? Want to discuss a wiki page? Comments make it easy to interact with other users.
Seamless Substitution
Developers have access to easy and powerful tools to customize Nova without the risk of losing their changes when Nova is updated.
Uploads
Users can upload their character bio photos and admins can upload mission, tour, and award images right from inside Nova.
Integrated Mini-Wiki
A simple and stripped down wiki in Nova makes it easy to share information with players about anything you want.
Forms Without Borders
Take control of your forms with Nova's dynamic forms. Admins can change the bio/join form (and others) to be exactly what they want.
What's New in Nova 2
- New file structure makes updating to newer versions a breeze
- Personal logs and mission posts can be shown on the main page along with news items
- New built-in rules page
- New seaQuest DSV genre option (Nova 2.0 only)
- Refreshed default look-and-feel
- Site messages can now contain previously disallowed HTML tags so it's easier to add YouTube videos and other rich content to your site messages
- New setup process will write the database config file for you at the start
- Re-written upgrade process is faster and more intuitive
- Updated tools for managing characters and users makes Nova smarter than ever
- New character selection tool makes it easier to select and deselect characters when posting
- Manifests can now have their own view options instead of all manifests using the same view options
- Top open positions on the open positions view on the manifest
- Pagination when viewing a user's mission posts and personal logs for faster loading and a better user experience
- New character bio page reorganizes information and puts more information and control in plain view
- Nested mission groups
- New user interface for mission groups
- Notifications in the Writing Control Panel when a post has comments in the last 30 days
- Post locking for multi-author mission posts to prevent people overwriting each other's changes
- Pagination on sent and received private messages
- Users can now filter their sent and received private messages
- Restrict access to wiki pages based on access role
- Create new categories when adding or editing a wiki page
- New user interface for viewing a wiki page
- New user interface for managing wiki pages
- System pages allow admins to take control of the content of core wiki pages
- RSS feeds for both created and updated wiki pages
- User interface tweaks to the deck listing to make it cleaner and easier to use
- Bug fixes
Downloads
To begin, pick your genre by clicking on the genre selection box. Once you've selected your genre, clicking on the download button will download the latest version of Nova. If you'd prefer to download an earlier version, you can click on the arrow to select from the available versions.
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Nova 2.0.3
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- Babylon 5
- Blank
- Battlestar Galactica
- Dungeons & Dragons
- seaQuest DSV
- Stargate SG-1
- Stargate Atlantis
- Bajorans (Star Trek)
- Cardassians (Star Trek)
- Deep Space 9 (Star Trek)
- Enterprise Era (Star Trek)
- Klingons (Star Trek)
- Movie Era (Star Trek)
- Romulans (Star Trek)
- The Original Series (Star Trek)
- Star Trek Online
Updates
Nova 2.0.3
This update to Nova 2 addresses issues with errors thrown after turning post participants off and benchmarking pseudo-variables not working right because of the Template engine. In addition, we have updated the jQuery UI to version 1.8.18.
After spending several days tracking down the upload issue, we’ve identified it as a server issue either related to the latest release of PHP 5.2 or a specific setting. A fix is available on AnodyneXtras under the Nova 2 Utilities tab.
You can download the latest version of Nova 2 at the Nova site.
Hidden Gems
When it comes to a new major release, there are always lots of little things that have been changed or updated that aren’t immediately clear. What follows is a list of those types of things in Nova 2 that you might not have noticed.
- In the Writing Control Panel, an icon will appear near a post, log, or news item if it’s been commented on in the last 30 days. That icon links to the entry in question and jumps you down to the comments section.
- For anyone doing a fresh install of the DS9 genre, you’ll find there are 5 new rank colors included. Though they aren’t used by default, you can use them throughout Nova for whatever you want. (The rank images are included if you did an update from Nova 1, but we didn’t update anyone’s ranks, so you’ll have to manually add those colors in Rank Management.)
- Hovering over the magnifying glass in your inbox will show you a short preview of the private message.
- When reading a private message, the Reply to All button will only appear if there’s more than one person to reply to.
- When uploading images, Nova pulls the configuration information to tell the user how big (in terms of dimensions) the image can be.
- Nova keeps track of who’s participated in multi-author mission post. When post it to the site, Nova checks the list of who participated and who was on the post and if someone is on the post but didn’t participate, their characters are dropped from the post so their posting numbers aren’t inflated. (This can be turned off from Site Settings.)
- Nova now has a built-in Rules page (in the main section instead of the sim section like SMS) that you can edit the content from Site Messages.
- In the My Saved Entries tab on the Writing Control Panel, hovering over the user icon will show you all the characters involved in that post.
- In the My Saved Entries tab on the Writing Control Panel, hovering over the lock icon (when a post is locked) will show you who owns the lock on that post and how long ago it was given.
- Several genres now ship with Kuro-RPG’s new revised rank sets that use a standard height and width. As more rank sets are converted to this new format, we’ll be offering them on AnodyneXtras.
Nova 2.0.2
This update to Nova 2 addresses a wide range of minor issues found in the system. In particular, manifest display issues, errors thrown from some controllers, the milestone report displaying incorrectly in certain situations, orphaned data, the Who’s Online listing, and character bio image galleries were all addressed. In addition, we’ve removed the social interaction tools from the image modal pop-up and made some tweaks to post locking to address a few nagging issues.
We are aware of some users having issues with uploading PNG images and are currently looking in to the cause of this issue.
You can download the latest version of Nova 2 at the Nova site.
Get Help
Let's face it, sometimes things happen and you don't know how to fix it or you don't know the answer to a question. We're here to help in those situations. We've worked hard to provide as many options for you to get the help you need. If you need help with one of our products, these are the ways to get in touch:
- AnodyneDocs – We've spent a great deal of time building an extensive user guide for Nova through AnodyneDocs that includes tutorials, developer documentation, and more.
- The Forums – Our forums are the main way to get help with our products. You can also use the forms to ask questions, get direction and talk with other members of the community. (Requires registration)
- Email – We're happy to answer questions over email, but the best place to get help is on the forums. Not only is it quicker for us to help you that way, but it also benefits other members of the community that may be having similar issues or someone who may come along later with the same issue.
Development
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