rez) is used by the Windows version of " EV Nova". Each aspect of an "Escape Velocity" game (including the space ships, graphics for various animated items, missions, planets, and description texts for different items) is described by a different type of resource.Ī special file type that ‘flattens’ these resources (with the file extension. The plug-in architecture takes advantage of the Macintosh resource fork, and a plug-in is comprised of different resources, most of which are graphical or textual in nature.
The effects of the plug-in will be active so long as the game is run with the file in the correct folder. Plug-ins are collected on the official web sites for the "Escape Velocity" games (or, of course, can be downloaded from a plug-in creator’s own site) and are installed by placing them in the ‘Plug-ins’ folder within the game folder. Another difference in the terminology is that while ‘mods” often involve a certain amount of reverse-engineering of the game engine (since developers prefer to sell their own expansion packs), plug-ins are specifically authorised and facilitated by the developers.
They are similar to what is now often referred to as a ' mod' for other games, but that term was not common when "Escape Velocity" was first created, and in any case the Macintosh development community generally prefers clearer and more accessible terminology. Plug-in is the term used for the add-on files used to modify the "Escape Velocity" series of games by Ambrosia Software.
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