PPB -vs- Standard Shield (question)

[Fyron]

No, the replay is accurate. It is just the graphical displays of weapons hitting the ships that is innacurate (the shield effects, explosions, etc.; actual beams and such hitting and missing are IIRC accurate).

[Arkcon]

Yeah, I noticed in the latest patch, when Capital Ship Missiles hit a shielded ship, there is no shield animation, and the small exoplosion animation is drawn on the ship. Review of the ship intactical combat confirms that everything is working correctly -- sheilds have lost points, no damage to the hull -- it is just drawn wrong.

Oh well, the current patch fixes more things wrong with the game than these little animation bugs, so I guess it's OK.

[oleg]

AFAIK, there is no graphic effects in combat replay when seakers hit target, except the final destruction of course. Seakers just disappear in replay.

[Ed Kolis]

I've noticed that when direct fire and PD weapons hit shielded fighters, the small explosion animation plays when the shot doesn't destroy a fighter, but when one finally does get blown up, the shield animation plays... go figure

[Taera]

fighter's shields dont get sapped down or destroyed - untill Last kT of the fighter is destroyed its shield 'operate'.

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by oleg:
AFAIK, there is no graphic effects in combat replay when seakers hit target, except the final destruction of course. Seakers just disappear in replay.

Yeah, you never see it at all replay. I meant in tactical, sometimes the shield animation is a little off the mark on what's happening -- just like Slynky saw withe the PPB.

Happens quite a lot actually, always with a special weapon that does damage -- ppb or that temporal shield and armor skipping weapon. It never (?) happens with APB, WMG, engine destroyer, subverter, etc.

This problem seemed to come and go as different patches were released.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

shiels count as hitpoints on units.