List of FRED-related topics

In this section, you will receive a number of suggestions from beginner level to advanced.

General topics

• General hints

• Advice for testing
• Editing a mission in a text editor
• Tips for mission balancing
• Tips for spellchecking a mission
• Typical FREDding mistakes

Specific topics

• 5 Easy steps towards your FREDucation
• Autopilot missions
• AWOL debriefing stage
• Battle of Endor Syndrome
• Beating the briefing icon bug of FRED_Open
• Bullet time
• Convoys
• Enemy wing names
• Forcing Directive Failures
• FRED Command Line Reference
• Hazard Zones
• Improved Team Loadout
• Jump distances
• Making cutscenes (basic)
• Minefields
• Mission Chatter
• Nebula background
• Pirates and Campaign Design
• RTB Directives (Another article with images and an example mission: Return to base directive)
• Variables
• Very simple missions
• Skybox
• Stealthing Ships To Force Target Loss
• Texture Replacement
• The wonders of invisible characters in names

SEXP references

• The World of SEXPs

• Retail Logical SEXP Reference
• Retail Objectives SEXP Reference
• Retail SEXP Reference
• Retail SEXPs
• Retail Time SEXP Reference

Hints for mission types

• Capture Missions
• Campaign Endings And The Credits Mission
• Escort Missions
• Strike Missions

See also

• FRED Academy
• Plot Development
• References