QtFRED Help

Welcome to QtFRED - the mission editor for FreeSpace Open. This help covers the basics of mission creation, the editor dialogs, and advanced topics.

Getting Started

• Quickstart — create your first flyable mission in a few minutes.
• Fundamentals — build a complete mission with events, waypoints, messages, and a briefing.

Concepts

• AI
• Campaign Flow
• IFF & Teams
• Messages
• SEXPs — symbolic expressions: the scripting backbone of every FreeSpace mission.

General

• Layer Manager
• Preferences
• Scene Browser
• Toolbars
• Viewport

Dialogs

Environment

• Asteroid Editor
• Background Editor
• Volumetric Nebula

Mission

• Mission Cutscenes
• Mission Events
• Mission Goals
• Mission Specs
• Mission Statistics
• Reinforcements
• Shield System
• Team Loadout
• Variables & Containers

Narrative

• Briefing Editor
• Campaign Editor
• Command Briefing
• Debriefing
• Fiction Viewer

Objects

• Form Wing
• Jump Node Editor
• Object Orientation
• Prop Editor
• Ship Editor
• Waypoint Editor
• Wing Editor

Tools

• Calculate Relative Coordinates
• Error Checker
• Global Ship Flags
• Music Player
• Voice Acting Manager
• Waypoint Path Generator