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AegisSystems

Aegis Systems Deflector Shield is a server side script that adds deflector shields for large ships.

It is a software layer over the jump drive and utilizes its gravitational power to charge the ships hull and disperse kinetic force back into space via electric charge.

The way it works is once a jump drive is detected on a ship, the Aegis system will add the deflector capabilities while the jump drive is on. Once the jump drive is fully charged the deflector shields will activate and will protect the ship from damage. However damage will decrease the jump drives charge, when it is depleted the deflector shield will fail and the ships integrity will no longer be protected. Multiple jump drives can be added to increase shield strength, (it is even possible to keep one off until the shields fall and turn it on as a backup, provided it wasn't damaged).

This is still in beta and i am trying to make a server side only shield mod so Console compatible servers can have an option for shielding large grids. I am considering in the future making an option for small ships, however I am trying to keep this mod relatively simple and not add additional blocks to the game.

This mod can be added and removed safely it does not change any blocks in the game or set any weird back end variables that can conflict with other mods, it simply acts as a software layer over handling damage systems. For Xbox it must be run on a dedicated server.

There are indicators when shields go up and when they fail as well as some visuals.

Updated:
6-26-2022
Added some code that hopefully fixes an index out of range error that happens on Torch servers.

6-17-2022
Cleaned up code, optimized things to reduce lag and potential latency.

6-11-2022
Shields now use Builtin Highlight effect using Faction color when shields initially come up then it vanishes, shields will pulse briefly on damage, outline thickness will shrink until shields are depleted.

6-10-2022
Removed the on Hit FX causing lag, it still emits a hit sound that can be changed in the config, shieldbuffer (number of hits before it will play the hit sound again)

6-9-2022
Removed the shield on off effect due to causing lag, instead uses the built in highlight effect and uses the color of your faction.

Added tag [NOSHIELD] can be added to jump drives that will not be used for shields

Config File now generated in Save game Storage folder, allows you to change the amount shield energy damage will reduce, lower number creates stronger shield.

Updated LCD Display, now always shows 0-100% regardless of number of jump drives used for shields.

Previous Updates:

Warfare 2 update adds some nice helper functions to get blocks of a certain type so i was able to optimize the code more and fix a couple bugs i've found.