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Open Freespace Project Wiki

Documentation for the Open Freespace Project (OFP), a fork of FreeSpace Open with its own engine and QtFRED features. Everything from standard FreeSpace Open works in OFP as documented on the FreeSpace Wiki; this wiki covers what OFP adds or changes.

Getting Started

• Using OFP with Knossos.NET: switch a mod to the OFP engine in Knossos.NET
• Building OFP on Windows: set up Visual Studio, CMake and Qt to build OFP from source
• Building OFP on Linux and Building OFP on Mac: the same for Linux and macOS

Features

• OFP Features: the catalog of what OFP delivers beyond stock SCP
  • Engine Features: what missions and mods can do in the game
  • QtFRED Features: editor enhancements
  • Bug Fixes: fixes to code OFP shares with SCP

Documentation

• OFP SEXPs: new SEXP operators and OFP changes to existing ones
• OFP Lua Scripting: Lua API added by OFP
• Tables: every table documented here, in alphabetical order
  • ai.tbl: AI classes
  • Animation (-anim.tbm): model subobject animations
  • armor.tbl: armor and damage types
  • asteroid.tbl: asteroids and debris
  • autopilot.tbl: autopilot settings and messages
  • cheats.tbl: custom cheat codes
  • colors.tbl: colors, team colors and color tags
  • controlconfigdefaults.tbl: default controls and presets
  • coordinate_points.tbl: custom shapes for coordinate points (OFP only)
  • credits.tbl: credits screen
  • curves.tbl: curves used by other tables
  • cutscenes.tbl: tech room cutscenes
  • Decals (-dcl.tbm): decals
  • default_settings.tbl: Default option settings
  • Dynamic SEXPs (-sexp.tbm): Custom Lua SEXPs
  • editor.tbl: editor settings and typed custom data fields for missions, campaigns and ships (OFP only, editor only)
  • fireball.tbl: explosions and warp effects
  • fonts.tbl: fonts
  • game_settings.tbl: global game options
  • generated_nebula.tbl: patterns and colors for the generated (FS1-style) background nebula (OFP only)
  • glowpoints.tbl: glowpoint presets
  • help.tbl: help overlays
  • hud_gauges.tbl: HUD gauges
  • icons.tbl: briefing icons
  • iff_defs.tbl: teams and team colors
  • intel.tbl: Tech room intel entries
  • lighting_profiles.tbl: Lighting and tonemapping profiles
  • lightning.tbl: Nebula lightning bolts and storms
  • mainhall.tbl: Main hall screens
  • medals.tbl: Medals and badges
  • messages.tbl: Built-in messages and personas
  • mflash.tbl: Weapon muzzle flashes
  • mission_profiles.tbl: Mission (AI) profiles
  • music.tbl: Soundtracks and menu music
  • nebula.tbl: Nebula bitmaps and poofs
  • objecttypes.tbl: Ship types and target priorities
  • Particle Effects (-part.tbm): Custom particle effects
  • post_processing.tbl: Post-processing effects
  • props.tbl: Prop classes
  • rank.tbl: Pilot ranks
  • scripting.tbl: Lua scripting hooks
  • ships.tbl: Ship classes
  • sounds.tbl: Game sounds
  • species_defs.tbl: Species definitions
  • ssm.tbl: Subspace missile strikes
  • stars.tbl: Backgrounds, suns and motion debris
  • strings.tbl: Interface text translations
  • tips.tbl: Main hall tips
  • traitor.tbl: Traitor debriefing
  • tstrings.tbl: Table and mission text translations
  • virtual_pofs.tbl: Virtual POF models
  • weapons.tbl: Weapon classes