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20 Jul, 2016 @ 12:50pm
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RT Solar Flare Shield

Description
Researchable (RT Mods research tab) magnetic shield to protect colony electronics from EMI and solar flares. The device heats up considerably while engaged, so plan accordingly!

Does not require a new colony to add or remove (might throw a one-time error).

Texture by LastXsile.

Contributing new translations: create a translation mod.

Old versions - scroll down, manual install[github.com]
Forum thread[ludeon.com]
Source[github.com]
License (GPLv3)[github.com]
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545 Comments
Papito 16 Jun @ 12:41pm 
Will this be updated?
CurtimusPrime92 4 Jun @ 2:12am 
@RiskyBuisness just because solar flare shield protect your base from shorting out, and theoretically allows you base to transmit Coms signal, everyone else would still be unpowered and effectively jammed by EM Interference... and even if they did have their own EM shields protecting their power grids the EM Interference still might be too strong to allow two way communication dues to jamming effect of flare/event
RiskyBusiness 3 Jun @ 1:27pm 
Ah ok, gotcha. Solid reasoning (also, many thanks for this mod, saves me countless headaches).
Ratysz  [author] 3 Jun @ 10:29am 
@RiskyBusiness: My take is that the way solar flares knock out electric devices is via, well, electromagnetic interference - we even have other sources of flare-like EMI now. Blocking out the bad EM radiation blocks out useful EM radiation, too - as in, radio waves.

Lightballs and speakers are kind of coincidental. Feel free to think of them as working over Bluetooth or something.
RiskyBusiness 2 Jun @ 11:52pm 
Also, my lightballs and speakers are also not protected.
RiskyBusiness 2 Jun @ 11:51pm 
Just out of curiosity, what's your reasoning for this not protecting comms consoles?
Ratysz  [author] 11 May @ 5:15am 
@望月: I don't know what "5w2" or "6w4" is, and I'm going to need more than "device malfunctioned" to go on.

Are you placing the shield inside the RV dimension and expecting it to affect the outside world? That won't work, sadly, and I currently have no interest in spending effort to make it work.
望月 10 May @ 8:43pm 
When I used the mod 'RV with built-in PD', the device malfunctioned. My power generation is 5w2 and the battery level is 6w4.
batatafritada 2 Mar @ 3:57pm 
this mod is great, can't live without it. the amount of power it consumes give a a reason to have batteries. the mod is awesome, you're awesome.
[AN] Mad Scientist 17 Jan @ 2:32pm 
@Ratyz damn aight, that or i somehow broke it with my game luck, i tend to do it A LOT