About NPC Defense Shields Provider
From Steam WorkshopMeridius_IX has retired from modding. Click Here for more details. Description This mod adds Defense Shields to nearly all NPC Grids spawned through the Modular Encounters Spawner! How it Works The…
Meridius_IX has retired from modding. Click Here for more details.
Description
This mod adds Defense Shields to nearly all NPC Grids spawned through the Modular Encounters Spawner!
How it Works
The mod works by scanning each grid before it spawns, and if it contains at least 2 armor cube blocks, it will replace those blocks with a special Shield Emitter/Controller pair.
Limitations
This mod will not affect the following types of encounters:
- Static Grids: The emitter this mod used cannot extend a shield onto a station. - Antenna Spawns: Any NPC Spawned from an Antenna (ie Cargo Ship Drones) will not spawn with shields. This is because those spawns do not route through the Modular Encounters Spawner.
Known Issues
- Being Able To Fly Through NPC Shields With Character: The reason this happens is because the Defense Shield mod allows any player that is considered Admin to be able to enter a shield bubble. This is not something I can correct from my end.
- Neutral Shields Damage Player Grids: Neutral grids still repel other grids as if they were hostile. This isn't something I can easily address, especially since reputation is governed at a 'Per Player' level (eg, one player in a faction could be friendly with an NPC while another in the same faction could be hostile with them). I'll likely add some sort of spawngroup blacklist or other measures sometime in the future.
Special Thanks
Huge thanks goes out to DarkStar and nukeguard for making the necessary changes to the Defense Shields mod that allows this mod to exist :D
Resources
Join The Modular Encounters Collection Discord Server for News, Updates, and Support.
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
A 165 KB download, rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 3 yr ago.
NPC Defense Shields Provider on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Not available. One-click install isn't available for this game's mods yet. Download it and upload it to your server in Files.
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Space Engineers — 8 GB (8 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 2023-05-06, released 2023-05-06, 165 KB
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop |
From 1 recorded build of NPC Defense Shields Provider.
Dependencies
- Required: Modular Encounters Systems
- Required: Defense Shields - v2.2(8)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run NPC Defense Shields Provider on a Space Engineers server
Deploy a server above, then upload the file in Files.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Compatibility
- Game
- Space Engineers
- File size
- 165 KB
Verified at the source
- ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-10Open ↗
- ✓AuthorMeridius_IX / Lucas, as published on Steam Workshop
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
