Getting FreeSpace

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There are several different ways of getting Freespace.

== Buy it ==
Of course, there are still a few copies of Freespace 2 floating around, up for sale on eBay, or maybe lying in the bargain bin at your local computer store - although the latter's pretty doubtful. Freespace 2 has not been mass-produced in the States for several years, so checking places that sell used software is your only recourse. Freespace, of course, has been out-of-print (so to speak) for even longer.

== Get it from a friend ==

Oddly enough, Freespace 2 actually has a clause in the license agreement that states that it's legal to give a copy of Freespace 2 to a friend - as long as it's for noncommercial use. So, be nice to anyone who has it, and maybe they'll burn it for you.

== Get it from HOTU ==

HOTU also has Freespace 2 [http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=4150 listed] in their downloads. Although this download went down for a brief time in the past, it is one of the most reliable ways of getting Freespace 2 over the internet. Unfortunately, the version included with HOTU is stripped-down. Fortunately, it is possible to correct this. By grabbing the missing VP files from a source such as [http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16047 Fractux's FTP], and deleting or renaming the original "data" directory of the HOTU download, you can bring Freespace 2 back to its fully-featured potential.

== Get it from another source ==

There are other sources out there, that may have ISOs of the CDs, the VPs, etc.

Various Terms

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=Terms used by the Freespace community= 

==Terms related to abbreviations==
*V: This is equal with Volition, the creator of both Freespace games. On most occassions, the V is encircled by square brackets or ordinary brackets.
*SEXP: Do not think it has anything to do with copulation, it is the abbreviation for S-Expression, a term used by Mission Editors.
*FRED: FReeepace EDitor. The program we make missions with.
*FREDder: Mission designer/maker. Somebody who uses FRED.
*Mapper: Newcomers who have had any preliminary experience in level designing/creating for action games may think this term is the same as FREDer. Mappers are the same who most people would call texturers. In a word, the terms Mapper and Texturer mean exactly the same.
*SCP: The Source Code Project. 
**See [[Freespace Source Code Project]] for a lot of details
*HLP: [http://www.3dap.com/hlp Hard Light Productions]. The best known and most important forum of the Freespace community
*NW: [http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/forum NodeWars ], now also called Pengiunbomb; a forum run by a community member called an0n
*SG: [http://www.sectorgame.com/f2s/ Sectorgame]
*VWBB: Volition Watch Bulletin Board (site removed)
*VBB: Volition Bulletin Board (sire removed, once was the official forum at www.freespace2.com
*COB: COB is a file extension. which are models which can be converted into POF files and then into the game
*POF: FreeSpace ships MUST be in POF extension. POF files contain all the necessary information about the model/ship, including dockpoints, subsystems, squadron logo locations and paths.
*PCS: POF Converter Suite. 
**SEE ALSO:
[[PCS]]
*FS2: This can not only mean FreeSpace 2, it also stands for an extension that is used for FreeSpace Missions
*FSM: Extension for Conflict: FreeSpace Missions
*TS: [[Truespace]], a model creation programma that many people use and almost as many people hate.
*3DMAX: 3D Max is a model creation programme that is used by some people in the community
*GMax: GMax is just another model creation programme that a few people use.
==Terms related to modelling==
*Greeble: Small piece of detail which serve no other purpose only to make a ship look better.
*LOD: Level of Distance. The further you get away from a ship, the less detailed it will be rendered.
*TrueView: A plugin utility for [[TrueSpace]]. Ideal for building hierarchy, however, not a must.
*Single-part turret: A single-part turret, is, in a word, a turret without any barrels.
*Multi-part turret: A multi-part turret is, in a word, a turret with one, two or three barrels.
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=Abbreviations of campaign names=
*The 158th: The 158th Banshee Squadron
*AAB: Ascension and Beyond (dead)
*AHTW: All Hands to War (not hosted at HLP)
*AotD: Angels of the Damned (not hosted at HLP)
*TAP: The Apocalypse Project
*TBP: The Bablyon Project
*BWO: Blackwater Operations
*CoW: Casualties of War
*DEM: Deus Ex Machina
*FA: FRED Academy (This is not a campaign)
*FSC or FSPort: Freespace Conversion or Freespace Port (they're the same project)
*FSU: Freespace Upgrade Project
*ITHOV: Into the Halls of Valhalla
*JAD: Just Another Day
*JtEP: The Journey to Epsilon Pegasi
*LM: The Lightning Marshal
*MT: Machina Terra
*MG: Mind Games
*NTV: Neo-Terra victorious
*PI: The Procyon Insurgency (postponed indefinitely)
*RR: Renegade Ressurgence
*SA: Scroll of Antankharzim
*ST:R: Silent Threat: Reborn (a Freespace Port campaign)
*SWC: Star Wars Conversion. Also SWTC
*TI: Twisted Infinities
*TS: Technological Superiority (discontinued)
*TVWP: Terran-Vasudan War Project
*WCS: Wing Commander Saga

For more campaigns, and for info about them, see [http://fs2.kissifrot.com/ Skippy's campaign list]

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Getting FreeSpace

Various Terms