[Petrarch of the VBB]

What's this about shields now blocking beams? I don't agree with it at all, as it means that AAA is no longer a threat. Is there any way i can disable it?

[vyper]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
What's this about shields now blocking beams? I don't agree with it at all, as it means that AAA is no longer a threat. Is there any way i can disable it?

What cretin did this?!

[Bri_Dog]

IIRC the SCP guys only want to implement that for fighter beams

[Tiara]

Fighter shields would be fried instantly by a real beam. Though AAA would become useless.

If you say its for fighter beams only, then its good

[Carl]

it doesn't matter, because the big beams destroy the shields and the ship near instantly, and small fighter beams should affect shields.

[Goober5000]

As Carl said.  It's supposed to be this way; shields not blocking beams was a bug in the original build.

Rest assured, beams will still knock you about, and they're quite dangerous if you have low shields.

[phreak]

or we could have the shield multiplier increased

[Knight Templar]

Well if you guys pay attention closely while playing the original freespace, you'll notice that when under beamfire, your shields would sometimes get fu)(0red along with your hull. OF course this happened with collisions a little too. Maybe you could make it fully for collisions. Making beams affect shields makes the beam techj more clear and making the shields affect collisions makes the shield tech more clear (like why it stops maxims and missiles, but no debris or another fighter)

[KARMA]

i thought that shields not blocking beams was done to justify the absence of shields on capships

[Knight Templar]

Shields on Capships = No fun on gamplay

[Shrike]

Originally posted by KARMA
i thought that shields not blocking beams was done to justify the absence of shields on capships

I always thought it was to represent the fact that they're using a GIANT ****ING GUN on you.

[Darkage]

Originally posted by Shrike
I always thought it was to represent the fact that they're using a GIANT ****ING GUN on you.

Erm.....people actualy requested that beams could be blocked by shields. And there still effective if you have been pounded by missiles/lasers/flak and AAF fire then your shields are no more and then you die:D Atleast i did:D

I am making no sence:blah:

[phreak]

too much b33r again?

[Zeronet]

Yeah, i need beams to be blocked by shields, for my NW project.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

It sucks, tho. You can now fly along, straight at a Deimos, at 20 m/s, and not get ripped up. You dont't need any controls anymore!

[Unknown Target]

I really like the idea of beams being blocked by shields. However, there should be a limiter, like a only a ship with a certain shield strength or size class can block a beam.

[Knight Templar]

Have the be blocked by shields, but don't turn off there mass/***** slap you silly mode.

[Bobboau]

this has reminded me to the shield piercing flag thing done

update; done

[Zeronet]

Shields should still take damage from beams though.

[SadisticSid]

Ugh... this has ruined the game balance for me. Could you guys at least give us mission makers the ability to turn this behaviour off in the mission or at the command line? The very point of beams was that they were dangerous because they penetrated shields.

Sid.