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Modding Shield Mitigation

July 28, 2009 1:46:23 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

I know that abilities like the Subverters can reduce maximum mitigation, and the file for a ship allows you to set the mitigation, but is it possible to mod the mitigation itself?  Could I create an ability that sets the current mitigation to a specific level, or that freezes (or accelerates) the decay of mitigation?

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Reply #1 July 29, 2009 5:36:56 AM
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yes, if i understand correctly, you can. i myself have created a 5th ability for some of my custom capital ships which raises the mitigation 15% in addition to the preset mitigation. would you like an explaination of how i did this or do i not understand your question?

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Reply #2 July 29, 2009 7:34:11 AM
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You can make an ability that modifies total mitigation, but there is no modifier to change the rate of gain/decay - the values for that are static and you can only modify them directly, not through an ability. And if you make a passive to just add/subtract mitigation it would still be subject to increases unless you drop the max attainable mitigation for that ship. So for example if you wanted to create a ship that always has 45% mitigation you'd have to make a passive ability that adds 30% and then set the max mitigation for that ship to 45% else it would climb when the ship gets shot.

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Reply #3 July 29, 2009 4:47:16 PM
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I was planning to give the Dunov's EMP charge ability the power to "wipe" shield mitigation back to it's original level.  I suppose I could give it an effect that lowers the maximum mitigation to 0 for a brief duration (~ .5 sec) but would this do anything?  After the effect wore off, would mitigation return to its previous value, or start from scratch?

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Reply #4 July 29, 2009 4:59:27 PM
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It should return to its previous level, assuming the ship is still getting fired on.

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Reply #5 July 29, 2009 6:28:48 PM
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So much for that idea...  thanks anyway!

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