"x" Overloading weapons

GuyOfDoom · #1 January 26th, 2007, 05:38 PM

I just wanted to confirm as it's been a long time since I've played SE IV regularly and I haven't yet used them in SE V.

Do the Overloading weaponry such as Engine overloading weapons bypass shields and armor to damage engines? weapons bypass to damage weapons, etc.

Captain Kwok · #2 January 26th, 2007, 05:49 PM

In SE:V, they are currently setup to only have an effect if the shields and armor are down.

GuyOfDoom · #3 January 26th, 2007, 05:51 PM

Thanks for the reply. That pretty much confirms that they are absolutely worthless.

Phoenix-D · #4 January 26th, 2007, 06:10 PM

I'm pretty sure that can be modded by changing the damagetypes.txt file though.

Thy_Reaper · #5 January 26th, 2007, 06:20 PM

No, they can't. Special types of damage override the damage percentages, so even if you give the weapon 100% piercing for all shield/armor types, it won't pierce.

GuyOfDoom · #6 January 26th, 2007, 06:27 PM

It was more asked for the specific multiplayer instance I'm in, but I'll keep it in mind for future modding.

Phoenix-D · #7 January 26th, 2007, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Thy_Reaper said:
No, they can't. Special types of damage override the damage percentages, so even if you give the weapon 100% piercing for all shield/armor types, it won't pierce.

Did you try
Cannot Penetrate Any Kind Of Shields := FALSE
Cannot Penetrate Any Kind Of Armor := FALSE

?