Hunternet Starfighter Beginner’s Guide and Tips

This guide will show you all the basic things that you should know in Hunternet Starfighter.

The Cockpit

The cockpit is your most important piece of information. There are three panels and a radar. It is important to know how to properly read the information they display.

This is the left panel, it displays information about your shields and hull.

1. This is your power bar. it displays how much power you are generating. Different actions, such as moving around and boosting, reduce the amount of power you are generating. Any leftover power is automatically put into your shield regeneration. Zusamenfassend, moving around, firing weapons*, boosting, usw. reduce how much shield you generate.
2. This is your current equipment. It shows what you currently have equipped in your three hardpoints. If you are using a kinetic weapon. The filled color will slowly deplete as you consume more ammo.
3. This is your signature bar and lock indicator. The signature bar isn’t too important and can be ignored for the most part. The lock, which is the little „LCK“ Symbol, displays if someone has a target lock on you. If it is blinking slow, du hast 1-2 locks on yourself. If it blinks fast, du hast 3+ locks on yourself.
4. This is your shield and hull bar, one of your most important pieces of information. The solid color is your shields. All actions drain your shields*, but the power bar indicates how fast you are regenerating your shield. Most of the time you will have a net positive charge, aside from when you are doing a combination of actions that consume more shield than you can generate.

The color with lines through it is your hull, or more specifically, dein hull damage. Taking damage reduces your shields and damages your hull. Whenever you take damage, your max shield capacity goes down depending on how much damage you took. This accumulates until you are destroyed. If you have zero shield energy and get hit by a projectile, you will take significantly more damage. The only ways to repair your hull is by landing on an allied deck (discussed in the maps section) or by getting hit by the repair gun (discussed in the weapons section).

*In a recent update, this function was significantly changed. Kinetic weapons no longer draw energy. Stattdessen, they have limited ammo, and generate heat upon firing. Heat decreases how much max power you can generate, but automatically dissipates. Energy weapons still draw energy from your reserves. (I’ll rewrite this once I figure out how to make it sound right.)

This is the right panel. This displays information about nearby fighters and your current target.

1. This is the contacts section. It shows both ally and enemy. If their name is flashing, this means they have low shields. You will also notice some * next to the enemy names. If they have two, they are within 4km of you. If they only have one, they are over 4km away from you. Wenn der * next to the name is blinking, they have a low hull.
2. This is information related to your target. We have already gone over many of the elements of this, they are just re-purposed. You can see their shield and hull bar, their signature bar, and their current equipment. Some of the new elements are their name, what kind of fighter they are flying (discussed in the ships section), and their distance away from you in meters.

This is the top display. It shows information about your speed and movement, as well as the current flight assist mode (discussed in the movement section).

The long bar is your current speed shown in meters per second. There are also three indicators, and they light up depending if they are active or not. The left one shows if you are boosting, the middle one shows if you are power burning, and the right one shows whether flight assist is on or off. If it is off, it will display the off mode it is currently set to.

This is the radar and is very important for situational awareness.

The radar displays nearby ships within a 1.5km range and is relative to you. The front of the radar is forward, the rear is backward, and left and right is your left and right. Ships that are above you have an upwards-facing triangle, while ships that are below you have a downwards-facing triangle. You might notice that some of the triangles are shaped weirdly. If they are an ally, the triangle will be bent inwards on the sides. Enemies are traditional triangles. Your current target will have their triangle turn white, and will have blinking brackets.

Auch, the closest enemy that is too far to show up on the radar normally will appear on the edge of the radar. The same applies to allies. Your respawn point is also indicated by a box with a pointy spot.

Im Zweifelsfall, you can refer to this quick reference card. It is slightly outdated though.

Bewegung

Moving around the battlefield is something you will be doing very often, so it’s important to know how movement works as well as understanding G-forces and how to counteract them.

The default movement controls are as follow:

• WASD for forwards, backward, links, and right directional movement
• Space for up
• Control for down
• Shift for Boost
• F for Power Burn
• T for Flight Assist
• Q and E for roll

Basic movement is very simple; push the button corresponding to the direction you want to move. Having flight assist enabled makes this even easier, as it will auto-correct your thrusters to only move in the direction you want to go.

Ausrüstung – Waffen

Es gibt 15 pieces of equipment for you to choose from, but you only have three hard points. This section will go over each piece of equipment’s strengths and weaknesses so you can get an understanding of which ones might be the best for you.

FLK – Flak Cannon

This weapon can be best compared to a shotgun. It fires two projectiles that split into smaller ones that have a decent spread. Each projectile does a small amount of damage, but if all of them hit, it still doesn’t do that much damage. Jedoch, if your target has no shields, flak cannon will absolutely tear through them, dealing an insane amount of damage.

Vorteile:

• Very fast projectile speed
• Large spread
• Does insane damage per shot to targets with no shields

Nachteile:

• Very low damage per shot against targets with shields
• Low ROF compared to other weapons
• Large spread

Abschluss: The Flak Cannon does chip damage to most targets. You will strike hard when they are weak, but a skilled player will know this and counter accordingly. The other options are better and more consistent, but this isn’t a terrible choice.

GAT – Gatling Gun

This weapon is, wie der Name schon sagt, a minigun. It has a very low ROF at first, but if you hold down the trigger, it will spin up faster and faster you are spraying and praying all over the place. It doesn’t take much energy per shot, but once fully spun up, you will be consuming a very large amount of energy.

Vorteile:

• Highest ROF in the game once fully spun up
• Fast projectile speed
• Doesn’t generate much heat per shot

Nachteile:

• Low damage per shot
• Very high heat generation when fully spun up.
• Firing other weapons will interrupt the weapon and reset it’s ROF

Abschluss: The Gatling Gun is a very good weapon, but you have to be careful not to overexert yourself, as that could lead to very dangerous situations. Gesamt, it is a very reliable weapon.

VUL – Vulcan Cannon

This weapon is the jack-of-all-trades, master of none. Selbst dann, it is a very good choice. There isn’t inherently anything wrong with this weapon, but it doesn’t have anything special about it either.

Vorteile:

• Doesn’t generate much heat per shot
• Good damage per shot
• Good ROF
• Good projectile speed

Nachteile:

• Generisch

Abschluss: The Vulcan Cannon is very basic. That isn’t bad however, this weapon is a great choice. Very reliable in all situations and is consistent in performance.

HVC – Heavy Cannon

This weapon is a slow firing, hard hitting beast. It is also a plasma weapon, which means it has a small AOE effect in case you didn’t hit your target directly.

Vorteile:

• Hoher Schaden pro Schuss
• Has a small AOE due to plasma characteristics
• Decent projectile speed

Nachteile:

• Low ROF
• Slower than average projectile speed

Abschluss: The Heavy Cannon is a good choice if you like to keep your distance from your opponent, and it works great as a secondary weapon if you choose to use multiple weapons.

PLC – Plasmakanone

This weapon is the odd one out. It does amazing hull damage per shot, but has awful projectile speed, making it hard to hit with. It does have a good ROF however.

Vorteile:

• High hull damage per shot
• Has a small AOE due to plasma characteristics
• Good ROF

Nachteile:

• Low shield damage per shot
• Very slow projectile speed

Abschluss: The Plasma Cannon is a weird weapon. It’s very strong if you can land your shots. The small AOE somewhat remedies this, but it takes some skill, and perhaps some luck, to effectively use this weapon.

REP – Reparaturwerkzeug

While this is a projectile, it isn’t a weapon. You shoot it at an ally (or an enemy if you’re into that) and it heals their hull. The more hull damage they have, the less it repairs. It has a very slow ROF, unless you use it while piloting a bomber, where it has a very high ROF.

ROC – Unguided High-Explosive Rockets

This weapon is the only rocket in the game. It’s slow firing, high damage rocket. They come with a proximity fuze, you miss, they will explode if they are in proximity. These can be shot down, but that’s hard to do without a plasma weapon. If you are piloting the bomber, the rockets get a significant rate of fire increase.

Vorteile:

• Very high damage on direct hit
• Large AOE
• Fast ROF when using rockets in the bomber

Nachteile:

• Very slow projectile speed
• Can be shot down
• Very slow ROF

Abschluss: The High-Explosive Rockets are very fun to use, but you might find it hard to find a practical scenario for them. They work wonders against capital ship turrets though, as they can take out turrets in a single blow if the rocket lands straight on them.

SRS – Short Range Swarm Missiles x2

These are homing missiles of the short range variety, which means they only work within radar range (1.5km). When you fire these missiles, a target painter is displayed on your HUD.

While you do not have to keep the target inside the target painter for the missiles to track properly, they gain increased turn speed. If you are flying the bomber, you get increased ROF with the missiles, as well as a larger target painter

Vorteile:

• They look cool
• They work very well against bots

Nachteile:

• They are slow
• They have a slow turn speed
• They are very easy to outrun

Abschluss: The Swarm Missiles are fun to use and are a spectacle to watch, but are not practical weapons for most situations. You should never use these as a primary weapon and probably shouldn’t use them as a secondary if you are serious.

LRM – Long Range Homing Missile

These are the antithesis of the Swarm Missiles. They have a maximum range of 6KM, and are best used for sniping unaware or distracted targets. They don’t have a great turn speed, and only make one pass on a target, so don’t try using them too close to a target.
When launched, they start off pretty slow. The longer they travel, the faster they become.

Just like the SRS, these missiles also have a target painter. Jedoch, unlike the SRS, you must keep your target inside the target painter. Wenn nicht, the missile won’t properly track it’s target. The target painter will spin depending on how much the missile needs to correct itself in order to hit the target. If you are flying a bomber, the target painter is larger, and you have a much faster reload speed.

Vorteile:

• Can catch someone unaware
• Travel pretty fast once they gain speed
• Good for taking out enemy turrets without entering their firing range
• Relatively high damage per shot.

Nachteile:

• Long reload time without bomber
• They appear on the targets radar
• Warning alarm when an LRM is launched

Abschluss: The Long Range Homing Missiles are very hit or miss, figuratively and literally. They are very situational, so figure out if you want to use them or not before heading into battle. Ansonsten, you might be in for a world of hurt.

Ausrüstung – Buffs

HSK – Kühlkörper

This is a passive buff you can slot into a hardpoint. Wenn ausgerüstet, it reduces your Boost energy cost and your Power Burn energy cost.

BST – Boost Augment

This is a passive buff you can slot into a hardpoint. Wenn ausgerüstet, it increased your acceleration in all directions.

HUL – Reinforced Hull

This is a passive buff you can slot into a hardpoint. Wenn ausgerüstet, it decreases the amount of Hull damage you take per shot.

SLR – Silent Running

This is an active buff you can slot into a hardpoint. When activated, you become invisible on all Radars, Scanners, and HUDs as long as you are not targeted by them. It also limits the effectiveness of enemy SRS, LRM, and ATC. Enemy target alarms are not sounded if you target them outside of 4KM and have Silent Running active.

While Silent Running is active, you passively build up the heat (unten dargestellt), which reduces how much energy you generate. Sobald Sie erreichen 75% Hitze, all Silent Running effects are deactivated. Shooting your weapons is the only way to dispel heat while Silent Running is active.

DMP – Inertial Dampener

This is a passive buff you can slot into a hardpoint. Wenn ausgerüstet, it decreases the amount of G-forces you experience.

ATC – Advanced Targeting Computer

This is a passive buff you can slot into a hardpoint. Wenn ausgerüstet, it enabled PIPs (Predicted Impact Points). PIPs tell you where to shoot in order to hit an enemy. These are arguably your most important piece of equipment, and you should have these equipped no matter what.

Alarms

Sometimes you might hear beeping sounds and other various noises. These are alarms. Each alarm has a specific sound, and they also show up on your front display.

In the picture above, you can see I have a warning for my hull status. While reading the warning is nice, sometimes you won’t be able to look at it, so it’s important to know what each alarm sound means.

If you want to, you can use the SCS menu to access the Flight Manual and move to the Alarm and Alerts section. Von dort, you can test and hear the different alarm sounds, and change the volume of them if you wish.

Schiffe

Minor disclaimer: Each fighter type is due for a graphical overhaul, I will update this section when that happens.

Zum Schreiben dies, there are three different types of starfighters, all of which fall under the UCS banner. Im Augenblick, the only way to tell the difference between them is their color and the target information display. None of the fighters are objectively better than each other, it just comes down to personal preference.

SF-11 Tiger Shark – LGT – Light Fighter: The light fighter is the fastest and most nimble fighter, but has the weakest hull. They are colored Blau.

SF-13 Legendary Fox – HVY – Schwerer Kämpfer: The heavy fighter is a mix between the light fighter and the bomber. It is well-rounded in speed, Wendigkeit, and hull strength. They are colored Rot.

TB-17 Super Snapper – BMR – Bomber: The bomber is the slowest fighter out of the three but has the highest hull strength. Zusätzlich, they get improved capabilities with rocket and missile weaponry. They are colored Grün.

Spielmodi

There are multiple game modes for Hunternet, each with its specific rules and scoring systems. Understanding how each one works is key to winning your matches.

Attrition

This is the most basic mode. A player kill is worth 10 Punkte, and bot/turret kills are worth 1 Punkt. The team with the most points win.

Capital Ship Assault

This mode is to strip the enemy battleship(S) of all of their turrets (eventually it will be to destroy the battleship, but that isn’t in the game yet). The score indicator shows how many turrets each team has. Once a team’s score reaches zero, sie verlieren. Player and bot kills do not affect the score.

Überleben

This is the same as attrition, but each player only has one life. Once a team has run out of alive players, they loose.

Kopfgeldjagd

This is an FFA mode with no teams. At the start of the match, every player is worth has $1 and is worth +1 pro Tötung. Jeder $5 someone has, they gain an additional +1 pro Tötung. So if someone has $10, they are worth +2 pro Tötung, $15 Ist +3, usw. Zu gewinnen, you must get over $50. In the extended mode, you must get over $100.

Some players also use this game mode as a makeshift dueling mode. When they do this, they will fire a shot in your direction. If you accept the duel, you shoot back in their direction. You move forward and pass each other and the duel begins.

Squad Wars

No one plays this mode.

Karten

Es gibt 5 maps to choose from. Let’s go over each one

Beachten: Some of the skyboxes for each map have changed, but the location of objects has not.

Old Blue

This is the oldest (spielbar) Karte. It has two capital ships per side, and each capital ship has 83 Türme drauf. It also has a light asteroid field which can be used for cover and ambushes. To repair mid-match, you must land (to land, enter the highlighted area and come to a complete stop) on a capital ship’s deck (unten dargestellt). Make sure it’s one of your teams ships first.

This map supports the following game modes: Squad Wars, Attrition, Capital Ship Assault, Überleben, Kopfgeldjagd.

PRIMORDIUM

This map has one capital ship per side, and each capital ship has 83 Türme. It also has a dense asteroid field that can be used for cover and ambushes. To repair mid-match, you must land on a capital ship’s deck (unten dargestellt). Make sure it’s one of your teams‘ ships first.

This map supports the following game modes: Squad Wars, Attrition, Capital Ship Assault, Überleben, Kopfgeldjagd.

Deep Space

Ein leer map in deep space. There is nothing here to find.

This map supports the following game modes: Squad Wars, Attrition, Überleben, Kopfgeldjagd.

MÄHDRESCHER

A gas mining station on Jupiter, this map has spots for closed-in and tunnel fights sowie open areas. You can use the station to cut off your opponents.

Each tunnel has an entrance and exit at the end of the station as well as the inside. To repair mid-match, you must come to a stop at the end of the A (Rot) tunnel or the B (Blau) Tunnel. Make sure you come to the correct one for your team.

This map supports the following game modes: Squad Wars, Attrition, Überleben, Kopfgeldjagd.

BLACK CORRIDOR

This map is a racing track with 38 different checkpoints. Your goal is to get the best time.