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Title: 12 year old document on Freespace 1 tactics
Post by: LoneWolf5050 on December 31, 2010, 01:57:44 am

After rediscovering this amazing game, I remembered how obsessed I was with it originally (I played the FS1 demo to death, I think Hornet missiles were the thing that first made me fall in love with the game).  One outcome of all that, besides the Tango mini-campaign, was a sort of "strategy guide" document.  Turns out I still had a copy saved somewhere.  For what it's worth, I've re-posted it online.  Could be useful for FS n00bs, amusing reading for veterans maybe.  Among other things, it contains info about all the ships and their possible loadouts.

SPOILER WARNING!  If you haven't played through the original Freespace, I suppose there are some spoilers in the document, since it talks about all the ships and weapons.

http://www.yourturn.ca/freespace/FS-Tactics.htm

Thanks for reading.

--Julian

 

Title: Re: 12 year old document on Freespace 1 tactics
Post by: peterv on December 31, 2010, 02:38:58 am

Thanks Julian. Perhaps you should add your comments for the fighters in the wiki.

Title: Re: 12 year old document on Freespace 1 tactics
Post by: Snail on December 31, 2010, 06:18:18 am

Oh wow. Old-school.

Title: Re: 12 year old document on Freespace 1 tactics
Post by: Rodo on December 31, 2010, 06:50:38 am

It's good, some things I don't recall though... is it really possible to hit your own missiles if you fire while on afterburner?.. I've always fired my missiles on afterburner when possible and I never got hit doing that, IIRC the only warhead I was hit with while flying (and for which I wasn't it's target) was a Helios torpedo  :(

Title: Re: 12 year old document on Freespace 1 tactics
Post by: TopAce on December 31, 2010, 07:03:05 am

This mechanism must have been removed from the FreeSpace 2 code, so it's not in FreeSpace 2 or the Port.

Title: Re: 12 year old document on Freespace 1 tactics
Post by: Dragon on December 31, 2010, 07:14:51 am

If you fire without lock, you can still get hit.
It must be caused by the same thing which makes missiles much more usefull in FS2.

Title: Re: 12 year old document on Freespace 1 tactics
Post by: Snail on December 31, 2010, 08:41:49 am

Quote from: Rodo on December 31, 2010, 06:50:38 am

It's good, some things I don't recall though... is it really possible to hit your own missiles if you fire while on afterburner?.. I've always fired my missiles on afterburner when possible and I never got hit doing that, IIRC the only warhead I was hit with while flying (and for which I wasn't it's target) was a Helios torpedo  :(

It's never happened to me. The only thing I can think of is if the missiles reach their maximum range and detonate while you're near them.

Title: Re: 12 year old document on Freespace 1 tactics
Post by: Spoon on December 31, 2010, 08:44:49 am

Tsk tsk, recommending a Medusa over an Ursa :o

Title: Re: 12 year old document on Freespace 1 tactics
Post by: Rodo on December 31, 2010, 08:46:29 am

oh yeah, being hit by a Helios in the middle of a long escort mission... that sucks pretty bad.
I shall remember that forever.

Title: Re: 12 year old document on Freespace 1 tactics
Post by: MatthTheGeek on December 31, 2010, 09:03:51 am

At least the Medusa can do half a turn in less than a quarter or millennium.