Missile Firing And Countermeasures
There are two types of homing missiles in Descent FreeSpace heat-seeking and all-aspect-seeking. Heat-seeking missiles require no lock time, and may be launched as soon as your missile bank is ready to fire. The missile will find the nearest hostile target in its forward view cone and lock onto it. If the target leaves the missile's view cone, it will attempt to lock onto another hostile target. An aspect-seeking missile will not lose lock if its target leaves the view cone. It will turn to...
Multiplayer Descent Freespace The Great War
Descent FreeSpace allows you to play with up to 12 other people over any network which supports TCP IP. Volition provides a free Internet game tracking and statistic keeping service called Parallax Online. This service will allow players all over the world to meet and play Descent FreeSpace games together. On top of providing a place to meet, Parallax Online will track statistics for all registered players. See page 25 for details on Parallax Online. There are several different multiplayer...
Rearming Repairing
In many missions you may run out of missiles, or receive serious subsystem damage on your ship. Terran Command often has a Support Ship fueled up and ready to assist you and your squadmates. In-flight rearming and repairing in Descent FreeSpace is a simple matter. Once you have used the Comm Menu to request for Rearm Repair either through the 1.1s KB shortcut, or the C Comm Menu , a Support Ship will quickly enter the battle area via subspace. If a Support Ship is already in the battle area, it...
Matching Speed
One of the most effective dogfighting techniques is to match speed with your target default binding El . When speed matching is enabled, your fighter will automatically adjust its velocity to match that of your target. This is useful if you are engaging a slower fighter, and do not wish to overshoot it. The M icon indicates that you are matching speed with your current target. The standard form of speed matching will only apply to your current target. If you select a new target, it will turn...
Rank Promotions And Medals
As you rack up combat experience in Descent FreeSpace, you will be promoted from time to time. Some promotions result in increased responsibilities in missions. The Pilot ranks of the Galactic Terran Alliance, in order, are as follows Lieutenant Commander Commander Captain Commodore Experience is primarily accumulated by meeting your objectives in each mission. Fighter kills, exceptional performance, and preservation of military hardware all affect your experience level as well. Additionally,...
Messaging Wingmen
The in-game Comm Menu is one of the most powerful features of Descent FreeSpace. With it, you can order wingmen to do numerous tasks, request reinforcements, and call for rearming and repair. The menu itself is context-sensitive, and will only display choices that are currently available for the selected ship. The first level of options labeled Message What determines who to send the message to. Your choices at this level are 1. Ships - use this to message a specific ship by name designation 2....
Descent FreeSpace Cdx
The general network multiplayer options screen can be reached by pressing Li from anywhere in the game, then clicking the Multi icon along the top of the options screen. On the left hand side of this screen, you can choose network options which affect how your computer searches for multiplayer games to join. The Allow Broadcast buttons determine whether your machine will look for Descent FreeSpace games on your local TCP IP subnet. If you are using a service provider to connect to the Internet,...
The Great War Xys
Two filters at the bottom will switch between stand-alone missions and Campaign missions that have been previously flown by your current Pilot. NOTE Replaying Campaign missions in this manner will not replace the performance you achieved while playing it in Campaign mode, it's a simulation only. Once you have accepted a mission's outcome in Campaign mode, you will not be able to replay it unless you restart the Campaign. The Mission Simulator also allows you to fly single missions that are not...
Pregame Screens
The Main Hall is the main menu for Descent FreeSpace. From this screen, you can move your Pilot to different areas of the game. NOTE Pressing from anywhere in FreeSpace will bring up screen-specific help. If you re in a pre-mission interface screen such as the Main Hall, you will get a Help Overlay which will outline hotspots and give brief descriptions of each. Pressing the right mouse button will cycle through the different hotspots on the Main Hall screen. From the Flight Deck, you have...