[headdie]

can you already or would it be possible to implement multiple shield meshes so for example turrets on capships can be separately shielded without shielding the main bulk of the ship or b "backup" shield system can be activated

[Nuke]

well, such a feature would require pof format changes, unless you used surface shields.

another idea, and its been discussed before, is to make modular subsystems. a modular turret (or any subsystem) would have its own model and could be placed at any arbitrary point on a ships hull. it may be possible to have a shield (meshed or otherwise) if desired. but that is probibly a major undertaking (it would require a new object derivative).

[Fury]

It is possible to set shield meshes on subsystems. It was possible even in retail FS2. Try to look for shielded Deimos, dunno by whom though.

[Spoon]

It is possible to set shield meshes on subsystems. It was possible even in retail FS2. Try to look for shielded Deimos, dunno by whom though.

I'm interested, how is this achieved?

[Nuke]

id assume they modeled the shield mesh around the turrets somehow. or merged a bunch of smaller meshes into one model and threw it at the converter. of course that means they cant all have their own shield levels.