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Ed Kolis edited this page Aug 25, 2019 · 1 revision

##Overview FrEee has a fog of war system, so if you do not have a ship or colony in a star system, you cannot see what is there. Unlike SE4 and SE5, FrEee use separate GAM (game-state) files for each player. This prevents cheating, which is especially important since the file format is human readable and the game code is open-source.

##Visibility Levels There are five levels of visibility in FrEee, listed in order from least to most visible:

  • Unknown - The object has never been seen by your empire.
  • Fogged - The object has previously been seen, but is now invisible.
  • Visible - The object is currently visible.
  • Scanned - The object is currently visible and scanned in detail, e.g. with Long Range Scanners.
  • Owned - The object is owned by your empire.

Objects that are unknown will not appear in your GAM file, so you cannot cheat by peeking at it. Objects that are fogged will appear as sensor ghosts (explained below). Objects that are visible, scanned, or owned will appear in your GAM file with the appropriate level of detail.

##Sensor Ghosts ("Memory Sight") You will have the opportunity to see "sensor ghosts" of objects that you have previously seen but are now obscured due to fog of war, either due to the object moving out of the system where you are, or you moving out of the system where it is, or the object cloaking. In SE4, this only worked for stellar objects such as stars and planets, and information about colonies was lost. In SE5, this was expanded so that you could see colonies, but only the fact that a colony was present, not any detailed report. In FrEee, the "memory sight" feature covers almost everything in the game. If a alien ship cloaks, you will see a ghost of it for one turn. If you encounter an alien colony, you will see a persistent ghost of it, and you will be able to access the full details of the colony as of the time you last saw it. If you scan an alien ship's cargo, but it moves out of the range of your long range scanners, you will be able to see the last known state of its cargo.

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