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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: Hard Light Productions. The best known and most important forum of the Freespace community
NW: NodeWars , now also called Pengiunbomb; a forum run by a community member called an0n
SG: 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:

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.

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.

For more campaigns, and for info about them, see Skippy's campaign list

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 *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=