Midnight Shield Systems

We here at Midnight Corporation are pleased to announce our latest in defense technologies - shields! Don't question how they work, we don't know either.

Trusted by both navies and civilians, our shielding will weather enough fire for you to run away or shoot back. Your choice!

Just make sure you got enough power before you start throwing these things into your hull, and you're all set. Just a small note: due to various inconvenient laws of physics, these shields will start to let energy through as their field strength weakens. Doesn't matter how many R&D people we fire, they can't fix it.

Note: Warranty void if any "remove before use" sticker is removed from any componentry, or if any replaceable fuses are replaced.[/code]
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This mod adds two types of blocks: - Main shield blocks, and shield upgrade blocks. Main shield blocks provide the grid with a skintight shield that can be enhanced through shield upgrade blocks. They are however, limited to 1 per grid, with any more exploding. - Main shield blocks suffixed with ':' will display current sHP/total sHP in their name. - Shield upgrade blocks can only modify a ship's shield, not produce it, but have no limit and can be placed anywhere on the grid to modify the shield. - Blocks will automatically work, so long as they are on. No user setup or maintenance is required beyond placing them.

[hr][/hr] Shields have various stats and damage multipliers, but the most important ones are the following: - Shield HP (sHP): The strength of your shield - Shield Regen (sHP/sec): How fast your shield HP regenerates - Regen Cooldown: How long the shield takes to start regenerating after sustaining damage, - Shield Bleedthrough: How much damage does the shield let through depending on the shield HP percent, with different shields having different bleedthrough curves. - Shield damage type resistances - how much each damage type will damage your shield.

[hr][/hr] The mod automatically provides a shield HUD which displays critical information like shield HP, regen, and bleedthrough in an extremely easy to read manner (text). The HUD can be toggled through the "/toggleshieldhud" command The HUD can be moved through the "/setshieldpos <x pos> <y pos>" command, where X and Y range from -1 to 1 each, with (0, 0) being the center. Default is (0, 0.8). (1,1) is top right.

[hr][/hr] Utilizes a shield framework mod made so that other modders can implement their own shield systems.

LG Main Shield Block - provides 100k sHP - provides 1000 sHP/sec regen - requires 45 seconds after being hit to start regenning HP - 40% pen and gatling weapon damage modifier - 200% explosive damage modifier - Bleedthrough curve is the quartic curve, found on desmos - Also an air vent for pressurizing spaces

SG Main Shield Block - provides 10k sHP - provides 100 sHP/sec regen - requires 45 seconds after being hit to start regenning HP - 40% pen and gatling weapon damage modifier - 200% explosive damage modifier - Bleedthrough curve is the quartic curve, found on desmos - Also an air vent for pressurizing spaces

NPC Main Shield Block (LG only) - provides 100k sHP - provides 1000 sHP/sec regen - requires 45 seconds after being hit to start regenning HP - 4% pen and gatling weapon damage modifier - 20% explosive damage modifier - No damage bleedthrough - Also an air vent for pressurizing spaces - Not intended for use by players. This mod does NOT automatically provide NPC grids with shield blocks.

LG Shield HP Upgrade Block - provides 100k sHP

SG Shield HP Upgrade Block - provides 10k sHP

LG Shield HP Regen Upgrade Block - provides 750 sHP/sec regen

SG Shield HP Regen Upgrade Block - provides 75 sHP/sec regen

LG/SG Shield Alt Upgrade Block - converts the damage bleedthrough curve to the alt damage curve, found on desmos - Functionality is not able to be turned off through terminal on/off

[hr][/hr] FAQ: Does this work with weaponcore? - Yes, although most WC mods are balanced around the Defense Shields mod, which has orders of magnitude more HP than this mod would realistically provide without stat changes.

Mod.io? - No, this mod uses clientside scripts, which are not allowed on consoles.

Does this mod add anything to NPC ships? - No; I don't feel learning the various NPC mod APIs to make this possible either.

This mod is not balanced with <insert mod here>. Can you buff/nerf it please? - No.

Where can I find the ship and weapons featured in the screenshot and gif? - The ship is a battleship of Nerd e1's and up_grayedd's make that I have no intention of making public, while the weapons are from an unreleased weapon mod by retrograde_orbit. As such, neither are findable.

How can I configure this mod for my own purposes?