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adding shields to a unit/structure

February 26, 2008 11:31:57 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
Here's a question I have, how can you add shields to something that doesn't have them? (trade port for example) I have tried changing the MaxShieldPoints line from 0 to a number, but all that happens ingame is a shield value is created, but it stays at 0/500 or whatever.
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Reply #1 February 26, 2008 11:36:52 AM
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You also need to change the shield recharge value
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Reply #2 February 26, 2008 12:15:38 PM
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so I'm dumb...
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Reply #3 February 26, 2008 1:41:02 PM
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And you also need a Shield mesh!!! Without one, the game will crush if something hit the shield
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Reply #4 February 26, 2008 2:25:42 PM
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bees on the what now?
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Reply #5 February 26, 2008 2:32:31 PM
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Oh I forgot about that, but didn't know the game would crash. In the same file there's a line that specifies what mesh the shield uses (it's pretty obvious). Since there's probably not a shield mesh designed specifically for your structure/unit, just open an existing unit's entity file and copy the shield mesh name. The shield won't surround the thing you added it to, it will have the shape of the original unit.

If that makes any sense
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Reply #6 February 26, 2008 2:39:21 PM
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I tried that earlier and my game was crashed.
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Reply #7 February 26, 2008 2:57:03 PM
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Surely the game will not accept a shield that intercepts a model? Try a planetary shield, such as Shield_planetsmall.mesh . Just an idea.
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Reply #8 February 26, 2008 3:01:44 PM
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It should. When I was messing around I gave a structure the Deliverance Engine mesh, but a Kol shield mesh - there were no visible shield impacts because the whole shield mesh wasn't bigger than the center portion of the Engine, but it ran fine.
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Reply #9 February 26, 2008 10:23:21 PM
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Is there any way to resize the shield mesh?
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Reply #10 February 26, 2008 10:32:16 PM
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I would assume so, but that's outside of my knowledge area
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Reply #11 February 27, 2008 11:23:13 AM
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You can only realistically resize the mesh by creating a new model. The way meshes are stored is by storing each point and stating all the triangles that join said points used to create the model.
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Reply #12 February 27, 2008 11:30:56 AM
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well I haven't had a crash yet, but maybe no one has hit my trade port yet. no mesh. no clue which one to use still with the conflicting opinions
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Reply #13 February 27, 2008 12:11:40 PM
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You should be able to use any you like, just open up any ship file, and copy the name of the shield mesh they use. The shield mesh is going to be the same shape as the original object, so if you copy the Kol's shield mesh it's going to be exactly the bubble that surrounds a Kol, but it will work
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