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Old January 26th, 2007, 05:38 PM
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Default \"x\" Overloading weapons

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.
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Default Re: \"x\" Overloading weapons

In SE:V, they are currently setup to only have an effect if the shields and armor are down.
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Default Re: \"x\" Overloading weapons

Thanks for the reply. That pretty much confirms that they are absolutely worthless.
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Default Re: \"x\" Overloading weapons

I'm pretty sure that can be modded by changing the damagetypes.txt file though.
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Default Re: \"x\" Overloading weapons

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.
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Default Re: \"x\" Overloading weapons

It was more asked for the specific multiplayer instance I'm in, but I'll keep it in mind for future modding.
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Default Re: \"x\" Overloading weapons

Is there someone I can suggest to Malfador to change the component weapons to be actually useful? The problem with having to deplete armor and shields is that the ship should be dead by then anyway.
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Default Re: \"x\" Overloading weapons

se5 AT malfador DOT com is the best way to nag MM about items like that.
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Default Re: \"x\" Overloading weapons

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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

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