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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Accepting Orders From Players
Capital Ships
Dynamic Goals
Initial Orders
Skill Level
Teams
See also Orders, Teams

Asteroids

Automatically Targeting
Field
Lone

Axis Constraints

Bitmaps

Background

Editor
Hiding / Showing

Backup, Automatic

Beam Weapons, Enabling, Example

Briefing Editor

Camera

Leveling / Aligning With Grid
Moving
Speed
Zooming
See also View

Campaigns

Editor
See also Red Alert

Capital Ships

Beam Weapons
Damaging in Advance
Examples
Keeping Together
Limited AI

Cargo

Inspecting
Setting

Cartesian Coordinates

Colors

Wire-Frame Outlines
Briefing Text

Command Briefing Editor

Compass, 3D

Constraints, Axis

Contents

Coordinates

Cartesian
Hiding / Showing

Copying

Objects

Corrupted Mission File, Recovering

Debriefing Editor

Descent Chronicles

Distances, Showing

Docking

Bay, Launching From
Before Mission
Points, Showing

Drag Mode, Mouse

Edit Menu

Editors

Asteroid Field Editor
Background Editor
Briefing Editor
Campaign Editor
Command Briefing Editor
Debriefing Editor
Events Editor
Mission Objectives Editor
Mission Specs Editor
Objects Editor
Reinforcements Editor
Shield System Editor
Ships Editor
Team Loadout Editor
Too Big to Fit On Screen
Waypoint Paths Editor
Wings Editor

Error Checker

Escorting Ships

Events

Editor
Examples
Repeating

Exiting

Explosions, Special

Files

Directory
Menu
New
Opening
Recently Edited
Recovering Corrupted
Reverting to Last Saved Version
Save
Save As

Form / Disband Wing

FreeSpace Developer List (FDL)

FreeSpace SwapMeet

FreeSpace Universe Discussion List (FUDL)

Friendly

See Teams

Goals

Defining
Displaying Directives on HUD
Invalid

Grid

Adjusting
Anti-Aliased Lines
Fine Lines
Hiding / Showing
Showing Positions Relative To

Groups Menu

Help

Menu
SEXPs

Homepage for FreeSpace 2

Horizon

Hostile

See Teams

Hotkeys, Assigning to Ships

Internet Links

Interplay

Invulnerability

Jump Nodes

Example
See also Objects

Kamikaze

Marking

See Selection

Messages, Radio

Creating
Disabling for Wing Arrival

Menus

Edit Menu
Editors Menu
File Menu
Groups Menu
Help Menu
Misc Menu
Speed Menu
View Menu

Misc Menu

Model Paths

Models, Showing 3D Rendered

Mouse Commands

Mouse Drag Mode

Movement (inside FRED2)

Camera
Speed
Objects

Multiplayer Missions

Music

Disabling For Ship Arrival
In-Flight

Nebulae

Neutral

See Teams

Newsgroup

Objectives

See Goals

Objects

Controlling With Camera Movement Keys
Copying
Creating
Deleting
Editor
Hiding / Showing
Leveling / Aligning With Grid
Moving
Next / Previous
Positioning Precisely
Rotating
Rotating Around
Rotating Locally
Speed (inside FRED2)

Orders

Accepting From Players
Initial
See also Artificial Intelligence

Outlines, Wire-Frame

Personas

Fighter and Bomber Pilots

Planets

Protecting Ships

Quick Start

Quitting

Radio Messages

See Messages

Ramming

Red Alert

Carrying Ships Between Missions Into
Missions

Reinforcements

Reloading, Disallowing

Resolution, Adjusting For Gigantic Dialog Boxes

Rotate Around Object

Rotate Locally

Scanning

Select List

Score

For Bringing About Events
For Completing Goals
For Destroying Ships

Selection

Defined
From List
Locking
With the Mouse

Selection Box

Selection Lock

SEXPs (symbolic expressions)

Help, Hiding / Showing

Ships

Arrival
Classes
Carrying Between Missions
Damaging Before Mission
Departure
Destroying Before Mission
Editing
Escorting
Protecting
Score for Destroying
See also Objects

Show Distances

Speed, Initial

Speed Menu

Status Bar

Explained
Hiding / Showing

Statistics, Mission

Subsystems, Cycling Through

Suicide

Suns

Support Ships, Disallowing

Symbolic Expressions (SEXPs)

Teams (Hostile, Friendly, Neutral, Unknown)

"All At War" Setting
Mutual Hostility

Title of Mission

Toolbar

Axis Constraints
Form / Disband Wing
Hiding / Showing
Mouse Drag Mode
Rotate Around Object
Rotate Locally
Select List
Selection Box
Selection Lock
Show Distances
Zoom

Turrets, Cycling Through

Tutorial

Extended Walkthrough
Quick Start

Undo

Unknown

See Teams

Velocity, Initial

View

Camera vs. Current Ship
Menu
See also Camera

Volition, Inc.

Walkthrough

See Tutorial

Waypoints

Creating
Examples
Renaming Paths
See also Objects

Weapons

Available to Player
Setting for Ships
Preventing Alteration by Player (all ships)
Preventing Alteration by Player (single ship)

Wings

Default Hotkeys
Deleting
Disabling Arrival Message
Disbanding
Editor
Forming
Marking
Standard Names
Waves

Wire-Frame Outlines

X

Y

Z

Zoom