Okay, how to put this briefly? I've been hearing all the raving about Freespace 2, and how Freelancer is nothing compared to it, so I finally decided to download it from The Underdogs. Now, I really can't make much sense of the game, as everywhere I go, the text just scrolls by too quickly. In my mission debriefings, each part of the text only displays for roughly 2 seconds, or possibly even less. No biggie, since it's not all that important and there's a pause button, right? Well, the problem is also evident in training, and the missions too. Any text that pops up is only displayed for between 1 and 2 seconds before disappearing, and I simply CANNOT absorb the basics of the game like this.
So I figure probably the easiest way to get around this is to download the speech files. Well, the FTP just takes too damn long for me, and the eDonkey links seem to be dead altogether (not to mention that if they ever started working, they'd probably transfer even slower than on the FTP). Anyway, I can't be bothered. So that's that solution out the window.
Basically, is there anything I can do to slow down the text, or at least use some kind of hotkey to freeze the screen at will so I can read over what's being said?
Secondly, I notice that while in-game, my mouse doesn't seem to be recognized. I can navigate the menus just fine with it, but I can't steer my ship with it. Shouldn't I be able to do this?
Third, and last of all, I haven't tried internet play yet, but I'd like to try it out with a friend via an IP connection -- if we've both downloaded the HotU version and not fiddled with any updates or fixes or patches, should we be able to do this?
