Engine limitations

The maximum numbers of certain types of entities that can exist in the FS2_Open engine. Please note that 'Inferno' refers to INF builds, which are standard from 3.6.12 on.

General

The overall limits of the various subsystem managers.

Name	Limit
Textures	4750 FS2 Open, 19.0: Mod-defined
Sound tracks	30
Sounds	No Limit

Tables

The maximum types of an entity that can exist in the table

Name	Limit
	Standard	Inferno	3.7.4	20.2
Ship Classes	130	250	500
Weapon Classes	200	300		500
Beam Sections	5
Pspews Per Weapon	4
Object Types	16
IFFs	10
AI Profiles	5
Hud Gauges	64
Intelligence Entries	75
Intelligence Entry Length	5,120 Characters per Description
Debriefing	2,000 Characters per Stage

Please Note - Prior to r11156, there was a hardcoded limit of 32 ‎ .tbm files of any given type that the game would recognize.

Objects

The maximum number of objects that can exist in a mission at any given time (except for ships and waypoints, which apply to the whole mission).

Name	Limit
Objects	2000 FS2 Open, 3.6.16: 3500
Ships	400
Debris pieces	64 FS2 Open, 21.0: Limit Removed
Weapons	700 FS2 Open, 3.6.16: 2000
Beams	500
Waypoints Per Path	20 FS2 Open, 3.6.14: Limit Removed
Waypoint Paths	32 FS2 Open, 3.6.14: Limit Removed

Wings

The maximum number wings or ships in a wing that can exist

Name	Limit
Wings	75
Ships per Wing	6
Starting Wings	3
Squadron Wings	5
TvT Teams	2
TvT Wings per Team	1
TvT Wings	2

Models

The maximum number of models that can exist at one time

Name	Limit
	Standard	Inferno
Polygon Models	128	300

The maximum number of a certain entity that can exist within a model

Name	Limit
Textures	64
Ship Primary Banks	3
Ship Secondary Banks	4
Firing Points Per-Bank	25
Debris Chunks	32
Live Debris Chunks Per-Subsystem	7

Sub-Weapon Types

The maximums for the sub types of weapons.

Type	Max Instances
Corkscrew Missiles	200
Swarm Missiles	100