[Stryke 9]

Let the complaints begin!!!

I knew this place was gonna bbe flooded with bug posts soon...

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Stryke 9:
Let the complaints begin!!!

I knew this place was gonna bbe flooded with bug posts soon...

It's kindda the purpose of a prerelease

[NeoHunter]

Maybe we can ask for more from them too. Hee

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[The Claw]

 

Originally posted by jonskowitz:
That isn't quite correct.  If you've ever seen the B5 movie depicting the Earth/Minbari war (can't remember the name of it right now...) they do sort of have shields.  It's called a defense grid and it consists of a series of small pulse guns used to intercept incoming fire.  The big ships are supposed to have them too.

The Capships do have them, and you see them firing...
 I'm guessing you're basing this statement on when Sinclair's fighter gets hit and it says "Defence grid at zero". Apart from this one source, I have never seen or heard anything else about it...
 Oh, and it doesn't class as a shield  

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[NeoHunter]

I got a great idea for replicating the defense grid in the Babylon Project.

In the show, capital ships fire energy projectiles at each other and the other capital ship can negate it by firing a energy bolt to intercept the energy bolt before it actually hits the hull of the capital ship.

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[Wildfire]

Instead of shields (or "defence grid") why not just increase the armour of the fighters or reduce the blast effect of the shockwaves?

Not comlaining, just trying to make a suggestion.

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[Nico]

or why truying to change things? they're perfect this way, leave the shields alone.

[NeoHunter]

I want defense grids!!!!

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[jonskowitz]

 

Originally posted by The Claw:
 
 I'm guessing you're basing this statement on when Sinclair's fighter gets hit and it says "Defence grid at zero". Apart from this one source, I have never seen or heard anything else about it...
 Oh, and it doesn't class as a shield    

That is the source I'm referencing (and it says "defense grid down"not ...at zero)

But that isn't my only source.  I also read something about them in the B5 RPG, but I'm not sure how 'cannon' it is (it's also in the B5 conversion for 'Full Thrust', still not sure if it's cannon)

and no it isn't an energy shield, but it essentially does the same thing, it intercepts and destroys an attack before it can impact the hull of the ship.

[Setekh]

I've really gotta find an ep of B5 to watch sometime  

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
I've really gotta find an ep of B5 to watch sometime  

I found some on kazaa, but the video compression sux. Anyway, at least, I've seen the first one. It's nice.

[NeoHunter]

Setekh, if you wantot watch one of the better bettles of Babylon 5, try watching Severed Dreams.I think its in Season 3 of the show.

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[Griffon UK]

 

Originally posted by Wildfire:
...or reduce the blast effect of the shockwaves?

due to a largely unknown bug in the engine, if you edit a ships shockwave in the editor, the explosions no longer propogate when the ship explodes...

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[NeoHunter]

WHat does propogate through ship mean?

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[Carl]

it means it'll have a bunch of smaller explosions all around it and then break in two, as upposed to just popping like fighters do.

[NeoHunter]

Has anyone tried propogating explosions on fighters and bombers???

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