[jr2]

I believe there is a target your target's target button, I'm not sure.  But that would involve targeting your wingman then switching to his target which may or may not be his attacker.  So if he was on a bombing run, no dice.

[guitarfan01]

I think generally the wingmen only call for help when they are at a certain hull % rather than when they're actually under attack.  At least that's how it appears to me while playing, I haven't looked at the code itself.  Generally it appears to be incredibly useless, as I will get the "help me" message only seconds before seeing the corresponding dot wink out on the HUD.

[General Battuta]

I believe there is a target your target's target button, I'm not sure.  But that would involve targeting your wingman then switching to his target which may or may not be his attacker.  So if he was on a bombing run, no dice.

I'm pretty sure there's a straight target target's attacker button.

[Snail]

G - Target my Target's Attacker
J - Target my Target's Target

???

[jr2]

+1

[LordMelvin]

someone get that snail a rocketpack!

Or at least some popcorn...

[claytonskywalker]

I have been a Star Wars fanatic since 1985 (2 years old)!!!  When will the Star Wars conversion of FreeSpace 2 be available for downloading? 

[Mongoose]

As with most projects around these parts, When It's Done (TM).

[Cypher]

Yep, that's the right answer.

Are there any plans to release materials (craft, test missions, etc) in the near future? << See how carefully I worded that


Also, one feature that would be great is the ability to warp in and out (say, with hyperbuoys, like in XWA). Is this possible/planned, or will it be 'fudged' with red-alert missions?

[zookeeper]

Also, one feature that would be great is the ability to warp in and out (say, with hyperbuoys, like in XWA). Is this possible/planned, or will it be 'fudged' with red-alert missions?

A mid-mission hyperspace jump? Maybe, maybe not. The current hyperspace effects we have don't support that, but if at some point there's a pressing need for such a feature then sure, we might try it. However, I'd think that red-alert missions ought to be good enough considering that the first mission will end with you jumping into hyperspace and the second one will begin with you exiting hyperspace.

[FekLeyrTarg]

Vasudan Imperium and Blue Planet: War in Heaven have a mid-mission hyperspace jump without red-alert.

[Black Wolf]

Subspace =/= hyperspace. The effects and implementation thereof are very different, the same method wont work for us.

[chapel976]

I'll say this much: I can't wait for this project to be released.
I'm still playing XWA

[CaptJosh]

As I understand it, you do not maneuver in hyperspace, at all. No combat there, either.

[The E]

Yeah, extended Star Wars canon makes ships in hyper untouchable.

[CaptJosh]

Not to mention hard to trace without putting a tracker beacon on them. You can get an exit vector, but they could drop out a few lightyears away, change course, and you'll never find them after.