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, developed to boost engine limits. Starting with FS2_Open 3.6.10 these builds can be used in Multiplayer, older builds are not capable of joining the servers due to several incompatibilities. In addition, Inferno and regular builds are incompatible to each other in Multiplayer; someone using an Inferno build will not be able to play with someone using a regular build and vice versa. Those builds are named after the Inferno mod, but are extensively used by many other projects, like TBP. Inferno builds will become the standard, starting at FS2_Open revision 3.7, with 3.6.12 being the last version to be distributed both in normal and Inferno variants.

Tables

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

Name	Limit
	Standard	Inferno
Ship Classes	130	250
Weapon Classes	200	300
Beam Shots	5
Object Types	16
IFFs	10
AI Profiles	5
Cutscenes	10
Hud Gauges	64
Intelligence Entries	30
Debriefing	2,000 Characters per Stage

FS2 Open, 3.6.12:

• The number of Intelligence Entries in species.tbl has been increased to 75

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	1000
Ships	400
Weapons	350
Beams	500
Waypoints Per Path	20
Waypoint Paths	32

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

Sub-Weapon Types

The maximums for the sub types of weapons.

Type	Max Instances
Corkscrew Missiles	64
Swarm Missiles	100