Honor Harrington Mod Discussion

[killer]

Grav Lance? Energy Torpedo? ECM that works on seekers?

[Phoenix-D]

ECM working on seekers is taken care of because I'm not USING seekers.

Grav lance is easy- it kills sidewall generators.

E Torps are.. a pain. SE4 doesn't have a "can't hurt shields" damage type..

Right now I'm waiting on the patch because as SE4 is right now this isn't working.

Phoenix-D

[Puke]

so how do sidewalls work? just as shields? do drone warheads (missiles, i presume) skip shields? maybe they should be shields that regenerate 100% per turn. do engines generate their own shields?

[Phoenix-D]

1. Currently sidewalls work like so:
They generate, say, 200 shield. (Capital ships use Phased shields)
They RE generate equal to half their initial level (so, 100)

The drive components have crystaline shield ability. Bigger the drive, the higher the effect, and it's big effect. So when your shields are breached, they'll be restored.. IF the shot didn't damage an engine component. If it did, you are in serious trouble.

2. Drone warheads are direct-fire weapons that fire from 4-5 spaces out (laser heads) to 1 space (contact nuke). They don't skip shields.

3. Most any weapon can be made to skip shields by using a special varient component. This simulates a shot down the open throat of the ship's wedge. The problem is these components have a nasty negative to-hit.

Phoenix-D

[killer]

Let me rephrase that. ECM that works on missiles

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
ECM working on seekers is taken care of because I'm not USING seekers.

Grav lance is easy- it kills sidewall generators.

E Torps are.. a pain. SE4 doesn't have a "can't hurt shields" damage type..

Right now I'm waiting on the patch because as SE4 is right now this isn't working.

Phoenix-D

I think he's referring to some sort of ECM that affects seekers ability to hit. We've been asking MM to do this for a long time. He doesn't seem to want to do it.

The next patch will have a damage type 'Quarter Damage to Shields' which will provide quite a serious penalty against shields. This sounds like a good simulation of 'sidewall' deflection of energy weapons.

And... you could use the 'Only Shield Generators' damage type to create a Grav Lance. Too bad SE doesn't have shield facings and you have to knock out ALL of the shield generators to get a clear shot.

[ July 27, 2002, 19:58: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

[Phoenix-D]

"I think he's referring to some sort of ECM that affects seekers ability to hit. We've been asking MM to do this for a long time. He doesn't seem to want to do it."

Again, I'm not using seekers so this is no problem. The missile (drone) warheads are direct fire..

(in other words, if you want to rant on unrelated stuff, please don't hijack this thread with it )

Phoenix-D