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GPC0177FS2.MG.C1 10/27/99 12:29 PM Page 1 FREESPACE™ 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS STARTING FREESPACE 2 . 3 Installing FreeSpace 2 3 Creating a Pilot 4 The Flight Deck 5 Training Missions 6 Debriefing 7 Combat Ready! 8 THE FLIGHT DECK . 9 Options 9 Multiplayer Options 11 Detail Options 11 Control Config 13 HUD Config 15 Barracks 17 Statistics 18 Medals 19 Tech Room 20 Technical Database 20 Mission Simulator 21 View Cutscenes 22 Credits 22 Campaign Room 22 Ready Room 23 GAME MISSIONS . 24 Command Briefing 24 Mission Briefing 24 Ship Selection 26 Weapon Loadout 28 In-Game Screens 30 The HUD (Heads-Up Display) 30 Messages 35 Recipient 36 Select Ship or Wing 36 Send the Message 36 Rearming & Repairing 38 Missile Firing 39 Missile Types 39 1 GPC0177FS2.MG.C1 10/27/99 12:29 PM Page 2 FREESPACE™ 2 FREESPACE™ 2 Countermeasures 40 STARTING FREESPACE 2 Advanced Targeting 40 Matching Speed 41 INSTALLING FREESPACE 2 Ending a Mission 41 Please see the Installation Instructions insert found in your Energy Transfer System (ETS) 42 FreeSpace 2 box. Weapons Selection & Linking 43 If you have a problem installing FreeSpace 2, please consult the Hotkeys 44 README.TXT file. If you don’t see the solution to the problem, Hotkey Usage 44 please check our FreeSpace 2 support page at www.interplay.com/ Defining Hotkeys 45 support/freespace2. MULTIPLAYER FREESPACE 2 . 46 Parallax Online (PXO) 46 Multiplayer Basics 46 Creating a Pilot 47 Joining a Game 47 Starting a New Game 50 Host Setup 50 Standalone (Dedicated) Servers 53 Starting a Standalone Server 54 Standalone Servers & Mission Files 56 Server Listing Additions 56 Briefing 56 Ship Selection and Weapon Loadout 56 In-Mission 58 Debriefing 59 Network/Multiplayer Options 59 General Options 60 Voice Options 61 Messages 61 Once FreeSpace 2 is installed, the Launcher menu appears on your In-Mission Messaging Keys 62 screen. Observer Mode 62 The first time you start the Launcher, the Setup window will SquadWar 63 appear automatically. This enables you to optimize FreeSpace 2 for your system. Go through each tab (Video, Audio, Joystick, etc.) to FRED2 . 63 ensure that the device settings are correct. If the device listed in CREDITS. 64 the drop-down text box is not the one you want FreeSpace 2 to TECHNICAL SUPPORT . 67 use, click on the “Detect” button to have the Setup program find the proper device. During Video setup, when FreeSpace 2 detects LIMITED WARRANTY. 69 your 3D accelerator, it also determines the available resolution 2 INTERPLAY WEBSITE . 71 and color depth options from which you can select. 3 GPC0177FS2.MG.C1 10/27/99 12:29 PM Page 4 FREESPACE™ 2 FREESPACE™ 2 THE FLIGHT DECK The Flight Deck screen is the main menu for FreeSpace 2. From here, you can access the Ready Room, Barracks, Campaign Room, Tech Room, Options screen, or Exit (to Windows). Repeatedly clicking the right mouse button cycles through the various hotspots in the Flight Deck. Once you’ve set up things the way you’d like, click on the OK button. Once back at the Launcher, click the “Play” button and FreeSpace 2 will start. Press F1 to bring up a Help Overlay that outlines the locations of the various rooms in the Flight Deck. Hitting F1 anywhere else in CREATING A PILOT FreeSpace 2 brings up context-sensitive Help screens. The first screen you see is the Pilot Selection screen. The first For now, use the mouse to choose the Ready Room to begin your time you play FreeSpace 2, you’re prompted for your pilot’s first training mission. Callsign. This is your pilot’s nickname for FreeSpace 2. After you type in your pilot’s NOTE: It is strongly recommended that new pilots play the Callsign, press ENTER . training missions offered during the FreeSpace 2 Campaign. These Once in the game, missions teach the basics of flight control, targeting, weapons you can also manage management, and communication in the game. If you’re an your pilots from the experienced FreeSpace player, you may want to skip the first Barracks room off the group of training missions. Flight Deck. 4 5 GPC0177FS2.MG.C1 10/27/99 12:29 PM Page 6 FREESPACE™ 2 FREESPACE™ 2 TRAINING MISSIONS For help with flight and combat controls, press F1 during a mission. Screens listing the current control keys will appear. You When you create a new pilot and enter the Ready Room, you’re may also use the Reference Card in the FreeSpace 2 box for lists of placed in the first training mission’s Briefing screen. the default control keys. Follow the instructor’s commands during training missions. He will help you learn the basics of fighter control and combat. Watch the onscreen messages to see the keys needed to follow his orders. Instructions given to you also appear in the Directives Display found on the left side of your HUD (Heads-Up Display). DEBRIEFING After each mission, including training missions, you are shown the Debriefing screen. Here you receive a brief overview of the upcoming training mission, including instructions on your objectives and how to meet them. To the upper left are choices for Briefing, Ship Selection, and Weapon Loadout. In later missions, you’ll use these buttons to move to the different pre-mission screens. For this first training mission, “Briefing” is all you need. To the lower right are buttons for Help, Options, and Commit. “Help” is the same as pressing F1 and brings up a screen-specific overlay that briefly explains the on-screen options. “Options” brings you to a screen of game options, if you wish to customize the game’s settings. “Commit” accepts your mission orders and sends you into the mission. In the center of the Briefing screen is the mission map. This is a graphical representation of what you can expect in the mission. During the Debriefing, your commanding officer gives a breakdown You may click on any map icon to see a more detailed view of it. of the mission and evaluates your performance. If you performed Below the mission map is the briefing text. If you have voice exceedingly well during a combat situation, you may be granted a enabled in the game, the briefing is read to you, one stage at a medal or promotion during the Debriefing. If you failed one or time. To navigate through the briefing stages, use the arrow more of your Primary Objectives, you may be forced to replay the buttons on the top edge of the mission map (or use the cursor mission. 6 keys on your keyboard). 7 GPC0177FS2.MG.C1 10/27/99 12:29 PM Page 8 FREESPACE™ 2 FREESPACE™ 2 By pressing the “Recommendations” button, you can see specific tips on how to meet all outlined objectives. THE FLIGHT DECK You may also view your pilot’s mission statistics from the The Flight Deck serves as the main menu for FreeSpace 2. From Debriefing screen. To the upper left of the screen, you see the this screen, you can access the Options, Ready Room, Barracks, “Statistics” button. Clicking on it enables you to view Statistics Tech Room, and Campaign Room. You can also Exit to Windows. for the mission you’ve just flown. Reviewing mission statistics is a Clicking the right mouse button cycles through the different good way to evaluate your performance. hotspots on the Flight Deck screen. NOTE: Pressing F1 from anywhere in FreeSpace 2 brings up screen-specific help. If you’re in a pre-mission interface screen, such as the Flight Deck, you see a Help Overlay that highlights hotspots and gives brief descriptions of each. If you followed the first training mission’s instructions, you should now be ready for the remaining training missions. Press “Accept” to continue. OPTIONS The Options area off the Flight Deck enables you to change many COMBAT READY! of the game’s settings (this screen can be brought up at any time Once you’ve completed training, you’re ready to begin your tour of duty aboard the GTD Aquitaine. Good luck, pilot! 8 9 GPC0177FS2.MG.C1 10/27/99 12:29 PM Page 10 FREESPACE™ 2 FREESPACE™ 2 in FreeSpace 2 by pressing the F2 key). From here, you can Accept: Clicking this button enters all the changes you’ve made change the sound volume, skill level, detail settings, controls to the configuration settings, closes down the Options screen, configuration, and other items. and returns you to the screen from which you came. Volume: This section has three separate controls for the volume The remaining buttons on the Options screen (Multi, Detail, levels for sound effects, music, and voices. Control Config, and HUD Config) take you to different sub-screens, described on the following pages. Voice Effects: This enables you to turn on or off the voice reading the mission briefing text. MULTIPLAYER OPTIONS Mouse: Turn this option “On” if you use a mouse to control your The Multi screen presents all the configuration options you’ll need ship during missions. The “Sensitivity” setting determines how to play multiplayer games of FreeSpace 2 over the Internet or a much your ship responds to movement of the mouse. The more LAN (Local Area Network). These options are discussed in detail in lights, the more pronounced is the ship’s response to the the “Multiplayer FreeSpace 2” section, beginning on page 46. mouse’s movement. Skill Level: This alters the current skill/difficulty level used in DETAIL OPTIONS FreeSpace 2 missions, from Very Easy all the way to Insane.