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FRED2 Questions

Well, I'm assuming this is the right forum to ask, if there is a specific FRED2 forum, please let me know.

Q1: How do I make it so that the player is locked (ie, no engines, no weapons, etc), until a certain point in time, at which time he's left to his own devices? Apparently I can't really mess with the player's subsystems with SEXp (except for making them random), so how do I do it?

Q2: Is there any way to negate the support ship until a certain point in the mission, where it becomes available once more?

Q3: Is there an easier way to make briefings? What if I want to make an icon of a ship that doesn't exist in the mission (misinformation, for instance)? Or is the FRED2 Briefing editor the only thing out there?

I've been having a great time with FRED2, making missions is harder than I thought, but it's the only editor, so, hey, we make do, right? A bit disappointed I couldn't put three Sathanas against six Colossus (I don't know if it crashed then, or when I tried adding something like 60 fighters. So I wanted a slaughter, big deal).

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FRED2 Questions

Well, I'm assuming this is the right forum to ask, if there is a specific FRED2 forum, please let me know.

Q1: How do I make it so that the player is locked (ie, no engines, no weapons, etc), until a certain point in time, at which time he's left to his own devices? Apparently I can't really mess with the player's subsystems with SEXp (except for making them random), so how do I do it?

Q2: Is there any way to negate the support ship until a certain point in the mission, where it becomes available once more?

Q3: Is there an easier way to make briefings? What if I want to make an icon of a ship that doesn't exist in the mission (misinformation, for instance)? Or is the FRED2 Briefing editor the only thing out there?

I've been having a great time with FRED2, making missions is harder than I thought, but it's the only editor, so, hey, we make do, right? A bit disappointed I couldn't put three Sathanas against six Colossus (I don't know if it crashed then, or when I tried adding something like 60 fighters. So I wanted a slaughter, big deal).

-D

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Originally posted by dangbat
Well, I'm assuming this is the right forum to ask, if there is a specific FRED2 forum, please let me know.

Q1: How do I make it so that the player is locked (ie, no engines, no weapons, etc), until a certain point in time, at which time he's left to his own devices? Apparently I can't really mess with the player's subsystems with SEXp (except for making them random), so how do I do it?

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Originally posted by dangbat
Well, I'm assuming this is the right forum to ask, if there is a specific FRED2 forum, please let me know.

Q1: How do I make it so that the player is locked (ie, no engines, no weapons, etc), until a certain point in time, at which time he's left to his own devices? Apparently I can't really mess with the player's subsystems with SEXp (except for making them random), so how do I do it?

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[URL=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/freespace/intro.html]Karajorma's Freespace FAQ [/URL] (now with added GE goodness)

Supreme Overlord of The Mercury Affair Campaign.

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Briefings...I cannot imagine how to make it any easier...FRED2 rulez!!

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Originally posted by Black Sheep 2000
Briefings...I cannot imagine how to make it any easier...FRED2 rulez!!

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Amen for that

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Originally posted by Black Sheep 2000
Briefings...I cannot imagine how to make it any easier...FRED2 rulez!!

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Amen for that

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Also leader of [URL=http://www.hot.ee/honorofomega/]Honor of Omega[/URL] campaign
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Simply pick a ship and then change the details. Label, Icon image, Ship type and even team can be changed without having any effect on the actual ship in the mission. You can even make the entire briefing from one ship picked multiple times. [B]

What you were trying to do is commonly refered to as a Battle of Endor mission (after the battle in Star Wars). Don`t do it. Most people make one the first time they play with Fred. We've all seen them and though they may look good they either crash the game or are very boring to play.

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Simply pick a ship and then change the details. Label, Icon image, Ship type and even team can be changed without having any effect on the actual ship in the mission. You can even make the entire briefing from one ship picked multiple times. [B]

What you were trying to do is commonly refered to as a Battle of Endor mission (after the battle in Star Wars). Don`t do it. Most people make one the first time they play with Fred. We've all seen them and though they may look good they either crash the game or are very boring to play.

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