emissive shields

[tja]

For my Emissive Shield, I just created a non-hit-first component with the Emissive Armor ability

I did that but the effect just doestn't look nice. After all its just another kind of armor - not shield.
@StarBaseSweeper: "create shield from damage" is not an option since - as you corrected yourself correctly - a component must take damage.
Your armor idea is nice, but not what I am looking for. Because it'd still mean that a component has to take damage.
Could I perhaps use the amount of damage to the shields?

[StarBaseSweeper]

In the same Category, another question.

Does a component having Armor regeneration ability but not Armor ability actually regenerate the armor?

Thanks again

[Baron Munchausen]

This is just 'threshold' damage, like shields in MOO 2. No, there's no way to do it in SE IV right now. I've requested it before. MM is currently fairly busy with Starfury right now anyway. But it doesn't hurt to send in a request to let him know you want it. It's more likely to be included in SE V than added to SE IV at this point, though.

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by StarBaseSweeper:
In the same Category, another question.

Does a component having Armor regeneration ability but not Armor ability actually regenerate the armor?

Thanks again

Yes. In fact, you can give hulls the ability in Vehiclesize.txt and they will add their regenerate level to armor that also has the ability.

[Fyron]

In 1.49, regenerating components can only regenerate copies of themselves (OA I doesn't regenerate OA II). But in Gold, as BM pointed out, they can regenerate any component on the ship with the regenerate ability. I forget if it needs a value1 of at least 1, or if giving it the regen ability with a 0 value will allow it to be regenerated.

[Spoo]

If a shield generator has the the "regenerate" ability, will it be at full strength when it regenrates?

[Fyron]

I would assume not, as shields are only "generated" at the beginning of combat.