You load up the Hangar, pick The Kestrel and begin your journey. The Hangar is where you can change ships in the future, and see detailed information about what you will start out with. The Kestrel is the starting ship, crewed by humans, and comes equipped with a healthy supply of weapons. This ship will be your primary ship for sometime, and will serve you well in learning the ropes, and your play style.
More information can be found on the Hangar and The Kestrel pages respectively. There are quite a lot of stats in FTL. For an indepth breakdown of what everything on your screen means, head over to Battle Screen. Here you can find out just what each stat,gauge and green bar means.
You can also hover over them in game, for a small explanation telling you what that current system does. Well this can be hard to answer. The game has many approaches and due to its random nature, it can be wildly unpredictable. Your goal, is to reach sector 8 where the Federation Fleet is waiting. To do so you must battle, barter and talk your way across the sectors in a desperate fight to survive and outrun the rebels. The two main screens that the player will interact with will be the Beacon Map and the Battle Screen.
The Beacon Map is how the player will travel across the sectors. Each sector is littered with random places to explore. Due to this random nature, it is impossible to plot the same course each time, and thus each new jump may lead to unexpected riches, or to terrible enemies. The Battle Screen is where the real fun happens. Here you will assault enemies in a fight for your life. This game doesn't mess around, and each fight can spell doom if handled poorly.
Information on the Battle Screen, and what it all means can be found Here. If you want a few ideas on how to outfit your ship for battle, check out Battle Strategies. There you can find ideas on how to set youself up to be succesful in the various fights that you will come across. Battles are the bulk of the game. They scale with the each sector, slowly getting more difficult until you reach sector 8, where the enemy holds nothing back. Starting out, battles will be straight forward.
The Kestrel comes equipped with some potent starting weapons that a new player can employ to great success. Download Slipstream Mod Manager zip file from the official thread in our forums. Extract the Slipstream folder from the zip file. Open the Slipstream file folder, you should see a single folder with the same title as the parent folder e.
Slipstream Mod Manager v1. Move the Slipstream file folder to your FTL folder. Open the Slipstream folder and find the "modman" application. Double click on "modman" to start Slipstream. You will see a black window while the program searches for your copy of FTL.
You will see a confirmation popup see screenshot once FTL has been located. Click "yes" to confirm and launch Slipstream. You must return your copy of FTL to its default, unmodded state before installing Slipstream. Additional details available in this post. While it is possible to use two mods at once, mods get installed in the order in which they are listed in Slipstream.
Therefore, if two mods write over the same files, they will never be able to work together successfully. Once there, move your downloaded mod into the "mods" folder. To activate a mod, run Slipstream, select the mod s you want to use, then click "patch".
Once the program is done, you should be able to run the game as you would normally, but with new access to the mods. You can use Slipstream to both install and manage your mods. To add a new mod, please follow the instructions below.
Choose the mod you would like to install. For this tutorial, we will be using the Shiny! UI Overhaul and Graphics Mod to change the look of the game. For reference, this is screenshot of the default hangar screen:. Download the mod to your computer.
You should see a file similar to the one pictured, ending with ". Global Achievements. I downloaded version 1. I checked my game folder and it wasn't there either. Not sure what I'm supposed to do here? Showing 1 - 9 of 9 comments. Originally posted by John Rambo :. Last edited by Skinny Pete ; 1 May, pm. I reinstalled the game and reinstalled slipstream version 1.
I then ran modman and a message cam up saying: - You will now be prompted to locate FTL manuallly. Or select 'FTL. I got the mod itself from the subset forms.
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