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Allegiance is a free, online, multi-player space combat simulation game. You pilot spacecraft, flying in a team with other players, defending and attacking sectors in space. Flight and combat is done in first person and there is also a real-time, top-down 'Command view' of your immediate surroundings available, which is helpful when coordinating with other players.
Many game modes exist (deathmatch, capture the flag, etc) but most games are played on Conquest mode with only two opposing teams. To win a conquest game a team must destroy all of the enemy's technology stations. Each team is led by a Commander chosen at the start of the game, and he controls all of the team's money, decides what stations to buy and what new technology to research. Pilots are expected to follow the Commander's orders when it comes to organising defense, bomber attacks, etc.
Troubleshooting
Help yourself - Info on this wiki
Having trouble installing or connecting to the servers? Help is only a click away!
Visit the Tech Support section of this wiki, it is a list of all the known issues and their solutions.
Helpline - The support forum
If you can't find a solution on the wiki, visit the helpline forum on our community pages.
Important! When reporting your problem, read the Helpline Read Me and follow the instructions. It makes it a lot easier for the Help team to figure out a solution.
Note You need to register a forum account to access the forum; forum accounts are seperate from game accounts. Click here to create a forum account.
Known issues
- Some 3rd party software firewalls blocking parts of Microsoft DirectPlay 8 protocol, which Allegiance uses.
Firewall manufacturers are aware of it since a few years, but haven't fixed it yet. The only known workaround is uninstalling them (and using Windows build in firewall). - Some integrated graphic cards (Intel/SiS) are incompatible with current graphic engine.
Development team is aware and working on it.
Training
Want to learn how to play the game? Check out the Allegiance community's online training guides and courses at training.alleg.net
Events
The heart of Allegiance is the community and the squads, players join together and play other squads in regular games and tournaments. Learn more on the squads article.
Rules enforcement
The RoC and ToS have been paraphrased below by a now-retired admin:
Act like an adult. Even if you aren't one. This is a mature community based around a game. G-A-M-E - it's not a lifestyle, it's not your fan club, it's not your escape from reality where you're the playground bully. Being good at a video game doesn't mean anything except that you have too much time on your hands and can't find a productive way to spend it.
Be Civil.
Everyone wants to play, nobody wants to be hassled. When in doubt, see the rule above.Everyone gets to play.
You don't get to decide who gets to play and who doesn't. I don't care if they have a !@#$&% (-3) tag, let them play... so long as they follow the rules.Don't be stupid.
When you're doing something you know you shouldn't do, you're being stupid. I don't care if you're trying to make a point, push a political agenda, or just like annoying other people. Don't do that. When in doubt, see the above rules.There you have it. If you follow these four simple rules you won't violate the official RoC and everyone will be happy. If you don't follow these simple rules, then you don't get to play.
- — Quoted from Pook
