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Layour of the list improved, several comments added, and some spelling errors fixed

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	Here are some hints for making escort missions:		Here are some hints for making escort missions:
	*List the ships you need to protect in the escort list. Set the priority level in accordance with the importance of the ship. The more critical a ship is the higher Priority value it gets. Priority values range between 1 and 100. The set-priority SEXP allows you to manipulate Priority values in-mission. Use this if the situation demands it. Setting Priority to 0 will remove a ship from the [[escort list]].		*'''List the ships you need to protect in the escort list.''' <br> Set the priority level in accordance with the importance of the ship. The more critical a ship is the higher Priority value it gets. Priority values range between 1 and 100. The set-priority SEXP allows you to manipulate Priority values in-mission. Use this if the situation demands it. Setting Priority to 0 will remove a ship from the [[escort list]].
	*Use the Near Ship feature for arrival conditions. It makes the position of all attacking waves unpredictable. Without Near Ship, a player is able to observe the exact position where enemy ships come, making the mission a lot easier than expected.
	*Use the good-secondary-time SEXP to artificially choose what kind of warhead the AI should use and when. Use ~~the good-secondary-time SEXP~~ to order the ships to use their Trebuchets when they are out of the range of heavy bombs. As soon as they get close, using Cyclops warheads is better.		*'''Use the Near Ship feature for arrival conditions.''' <br> It makes the position of all attacking waves unpredictable. Without Near Ship, a player is able to observe the exact position where enemy ships come, making the mission a lot easier than expected. Wisely-planned arrival cues also ensure that hostile spacecraft or warships don't jump in too close to/far from the ships they're supposed to destroy. While 2,500 meters may be a good range for hostile bombers, 4,000+ would slow down the action and <1000 would make the mission hard to beat since the bombers would be launching warheads upon jumping in and the time to intercept them would be very limited.
	*Pay special attention to mission balance. Make the mission bearable and beatable. A too easy escort mission is a target practice at best, and boring at worst. Some players might find an overly hard challenging, while others would despise it.
	*Hostile bomber escorts need to be powerful. Otherwise, your ~~wingen~~ will take them down without a problem. Force the player to attack the fighter escorts otherwise he will lose many of his wingmen, which, in the long run, will cause trouble.		*'''Use the good-secondary-time SEXP.''' <br> Thanks to it, you can artificially choose what kind of warhead the AI should use and when. Use it to order the ships to use their Trebuchets when they are out of the range of heavy bombs. As soon as they get close, using Cyclops warheads is better.
	*~~Reinforcements~~. If you think your mission might become too difficult, it is a good idea to make reinforcements available.
	*Bombers and their escorts must be together for best effect. The Near Ship trick ~~hss~~ one serious setback compared to just using the Hyperspace arrival location: bombers and their fighter escorts do not arrive at the same time from the same position. This way, only the first wave of bombers and fighters will arrive simultaneously. To remedy this, using multiple one-wave wings should be considered. You can control each wing's arrival conditions in a way that will make the bombers and their escorts arrive at the same time. To ensure they arrive from the same position, use the "Near Ship - <Bomber 1>" formula for the fighter escort wing. Obviously, the escort wing must arrive at the same time or shortly after the bombers in order for the Near Ship condition to work.		*'''Pay special attention to mission balance.''' <br> Make the mission bearable and beatable. A too easy escort mission is a target practice at best, and boring at worst. Some players might find an overly hard challenging, while others would despise it.

			*'''Hostile bomber escorts need to be powerful.''' <br> Otherwise, your wingmen will take them down without a problem. Force the player to attack the fighter escorts otherwise he will lose many of his wingmen, which, in the long run, will cause trouble.

			*'''Setting reinforcements.'''<br> If you think your mission might become too difficult, it is a good idea to make reinforcements available. Reinforcements must not break balance and, if necessary, they could be available only if the skill level is equal to, greater than or lower to a certain level.

			*'''Bombers and their escorts must be together for best effect.''' <br> The Near Ship trick has one serious setback compared to just using the Hyperspace arrival location: bombers and their fighter escorts do not arrive at the same time from the same position. This way, only the first wave of bombers and fighters will arrive simultaneously. To remedy this, using multiple one-wave wings should be considered. You can control each wing's arrival conditions in a way that will make the bombers and their escorts arrive at the same time. To ensure they arrive from the same position, use the "Near Ship - <Bomber 1>" formula for the fighter escort wing. Obviously, the escort wing must arrive at the same time or shortly after the bombers in order for the Near Ship condition to work. An arrival delay of 0 seconds isn't that believable, so setting it to 1-2 seconds is usually the best option.

	[[Category:FRED Tips]]		[[Category:FRED Tips]]

TopAce at 12:00, 1 February 2009

2009-02-01T12:00:08Z

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	Here are some hints for making escort missions:		Here are some hints for making escort missions:
	*List the ships you need to protect in the ~~Escort List~~. Set the priority level in accordance with the importance of the ship. The more critical a ship is the higher Priority value it gets. Priority values range between 1 and 100. The set-priority SEXP allows you to manipulate Priority values in-mission. Use this if the situation demands it. Setting Priority to 0 will remove a ship from the ~~Escort List~~.		*List the ships you need to protect in the escort list. Set the priority level in accordance with the importance of the ship. The more critical a ship is the higher Priority value it gets. Priority values range between 1 and 100. The set-priority SEXP allows you to manipulate Priority values in-mission. Use this if the situation demands it. Setting Priority to 0 will remove a ship from the [[escort list]].
	*Use the Near Ship feature for arrival conditions. It makes the position of all attacking waves unpredictable. Without Near Ship, a player is able to observe the exact position where enemy ships come, making the mission a lot easier than expected.		*Use the Near Ship feature for arrival conditions. It makes the position of all attacking waves unpredictable. Without Near Ship, a player is able to observe the exact position where enemy ships come, making the mission a lot easier than expected.
	*Use the good-secondary-time SEXP to artificially choose what kind of warhead the AI should use and when. Use the good-secondary-time SEXP to order the ships to use their Trebuchets when they are out of the range of heavy bombs. As soon as they get close, using Cyclops warheads is better.		*Use the good-secondary-time SEXP to artificially choose what kind of warhead the AI should use and when. Use the good-secondary-time SEXP to order the ships to use their Trebuchets when they are out of the range of heavy bombs. As soon as they get close, using Cyclops warheads is better.

TopAce: Some tweaking. Still needs more work

2008-06-27T19:42:37Z

Some tweaking. Still needs more work

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	~~=Escort missions=~~		A mission in which the player must defend at least one friendly target until it completes a specified goal is called an '''escort mission'''. Defending a ship until it reaches a [[jump node]] is a prototypical example of an escort mission.

	Here are some hints for making escort missions: ~~<br>~~		Here are some hints for making escort missions:
	*List the ships you need to protect in the Escort ~~list~~. Set the priority level in accordance with the importance of the ship. ~~This~~ is ~~obvious for most of~~ you~~, but~~ it ~~is worth mentioning anyway <br>~~		*List the ships you need to protect in the Escort List. Set the priority level in accordance with the importance of the ship. The more critical a ship is the higher Priority value it gets. Priority values range between 1 and 100. The set-priority SEXP allows you to manipulate Priority values in-mission. Use this if the situation demands it. Setting Priority to 0 will remove a ship from the Escort List.
	*Use the Near Ship ~~possibility at~~ arrival conditions. It makes the position of all attacking waves unpredictable ~~<br>~~		*Use the Near Ship feature for arrival conditions. It makes the position of all attacking waves unpredictable. Without Near Ship, a player is able to observe the exact position where enemy ships come, making the mission a lot easier than expected.
	*Highly random delay between waves. ~~Makes hostile attacks even more unpredictable <br>~~		*Use the good-secondary-time SEXP to artificially choose what kind of warhead the AI should use and when. Use the good-secondary-time SEXP to order the ships to use their Trebuchets when they are out of the range of heavy bombs. As soon as they get close, using Cyclops warheads is better.
	*~~The~~ good-secondary-time SEXP~~. The~~ AI ~~tends to~~ use ~~heavy bombs~~ and ~~ignore their Trebuchets~~. Use the good-secondary-time SEXP to order the ships to use their Trebuchets when they are out of the range of heavy bombs. ~~<br>~~		*Pay special attention to mission balance. Make the mission bearable and beatable. A too easy escort mission is a target practice at best, and boring at worst. Some players might find an overly hard challenging, while others would despise it.
	*~~Careful mission balance.~~ Pay special attention to ~~make~~ the mission bearable and beatable. ~~<br>~~		*Hostile bomber escorts need to be powerful. Otherwise, your wingen will take them down without a problem. Force the player to attack the fighter escorts otherwise he will lose many of his wingmen, which, in the long run, will cause trouble.
	*~~The fighter wings who defend the strike team should~~ be powerful. Otherwise, your wingen will take them down without a problem. Force the player to attack the fighter escorts~~. This gives time to the bombers. If~~ the ~~player disobeys~~, ~~sooner or later all his wingmen~~ will ~~die~~. ~~<br>~~		*Reinforcements. If you think your mission might become too difficult, it is a good idea to make reinforcements available.
	*Reinforcements. If you think your mission might become too difficult, it is a good idea to make reinforcements available. ~~<br>~~		*Bombers and their escorts must be together for best effect. The Near Ship trick hss one serious setback compared to just using the Hyperspace arrival location: bombers and their fighter escorts do not arrive at the same time from the same position. This way, only the first wave of bombers and fighters will arrive simultaneously. To remedy this, using multiple one-wave wings should be considered. You can control each wing's arrival conditions in a way that will make the bombers and their escorts arrive at the same time. To ensure they arrive from the same position, use the "Near Ship - <Bomber 1>" formula for the fighter escort wing. Obviously, the escort wing must arrive at the same time or shortly after the bombers in order for the Near Ship condition to work.
	*~~Moving ships~~. The ~~ships you~~ will ~~have to~~ escort ~~must be moving~~. ~~Of course~~, ~~it can be an exception if your mission is~~ to ~~defend a repairing party~~.

	[[Category:FRED Tips]]		[[Category:FRED Tips]]

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2006-04-13T23:26:51Z

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	*Moving ships. The ships you will have to escort must be moving. Of course, it can be an exception if your mission is to defend a repairing party.		*Moving ships. The ships you will have to escort must be moving. Of course, it can be an exception if your mission is to defend a repairing party.

	~~[[Category:FRED]]~~
	[[Category:FRED Tips]]		[[Category:FRED Tips]]

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Wanderer: added category

2006-04-03T17:20:21Z

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	*Reinforcements. If you think your mission might become too difficult, it is a good idea to make reinforcements available. <br>		*Reinforcements. If you think your mission might become too difficult, it is a good idea to make reinforcements available. <br>
	*Moving ships. The ships you will have to escort must be moving. Of course, it can be an exception if your mission is to defend a repairing party.		*Moving ships. The ships you will have to escort must be moving. Of course, it can be an exception if your mission is to defend a repairing party.

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81.182.81.212 at 17:01, 7 June 2005

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	Here are some hints for making escort missions: <br>		Here are some hints for making escort missions: <br>
	*List the ships you need to protect in the Escort list. Set the priority level in accordance with the importance of the ship. ~~<br>~~		*List the ships you need to protect in the Escort list. Set the priority level in accordance with the importance of the ship. This is obvious for most of you, but it is worth mentioning anyway <br>
	This is obvious for most of you, but it is worth mentioning anyway
	*Use the Near Ship possibility at arrival conditions. It makes the position of all attacking waves unpredictable <br>		*Use the Near Ship possibility at arrival conditions. It makes the position of all attacking waves unpredictable <br>
	*Highly random delay between waves. Makes hostile attacks even more unpredictable <br>		*Highly random delay between waves. Makes hostile attacks even more unpredictable <br>

81.182.81.212 at 17:00, 7 June 2005

2005-06-07T17:00:28Z

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=Escort missions=

Here are some hints for making escort missions: 
*List the ships you need to protect in the Escort list. Set the priority level in accordance with the importance of the ship. 
This is obvious for most of you, but it is worth mentioning anyway
*Use the Near Ship possibility at arrival conditions. It makes the position of all attacking waves unpredictable 
*Highly random delay between waves. Makes hostile attacks even more unpredictable 
*The good-secondary-time SEXP. The AI tends to use heavy bombs and ignore their Trebuchets. Use the good-secondary-time SEXP to order the ships to use their Trebuchets when they are out of the range of heavy bombs. 
*Careful mission balance. Pay special attention to make the mission bearable and beatable. 
*The fighter wings who defend the strike team should be powerful. Otherwise, your wingen will take them down without a problem. Force the player to attack the fighter escorts. This gives time to the bombers. If the player disobeys, sooner or later all his wingmen will die. 
*Reinforcements. If you think your mission might become too difficult, it is a good idea to make reinforcements available. 
*Moving ships. The ships you will have to escort must be moving. Of course, it can be an exception if your mission is to defend a repairing party.