[blowfish]

I basically said it all in the title.  I was fooling around in the lab today and I decided to turn on "show shields."  I then discovered that all FS1-era convoy vessels (freighters, transports, etc, eg. Elysium, Poseidon, Satis, Azrael, etc) have shield meshes, even they have no shields (because they have 0 shields in the tables).  I just find that very odd.  Did intend to give these vessels shields but then decided not to?

[Droid803]

Seems possible.

[Solatar]

I had never actually noticed that. It does make sense though. Seems like somewhere in development V decided the cutoff point for shields would be bombers instead of freighters.

[Gamma_Draconis]

A freighter with shields would probably make Cruisers cry.

[Mobius]

Uhm...so...if I want them to be shielded I only need to modify their table entry or use special hitpoints in FRED...wow...

[Goober5000]

I had never actually noticed that. It does make sense though. Seems like somewhere in development V decided the cutoff point for shields would be bombers instead of freighters.

Looks that way.  I wonder if they were going to do Star Wars style combat where all ships had shields, from fighters to superdestroyers.  And then in the process of creating all the shield meshes, they discovered that large shield meshes were too resource-intensive to be practical.

[haloboy100]

I like the idea of having capital ships without sheilds. It makes them seem more killable.

I still get pissed at the fact they have so little turrets though 

[Nuclear1]

Then let me introduce you to Inferno, where any ship larger than a freighter has 2562466 normal  turrets, at least one UBER TURRET OF DEATH!!!!!11 for killing juggernauts in ONE SHOT and a fighterbay for 341+ strikecraft.

INFERNO-IT'S LIKE CRYSTAL METH IN A ZIP

[Aardwolf]

Which is why it sucks.

[Killer Whale]

2 and a half million turrets!? That would take a long time! But if they have shield meshes, wether it's hitpoints are 0 or not, if it's invinsible, wouldn't you see that when they get hit?

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Then let me introduce you to Inferno, where any ship larger than a freighter has 2562466 normal  turrets, at least one UBER TURRET OF DEATH!!!!!11 for killing juggernauts in ONE SHOT and a fighterbay for 341+ strikecraft.

Sounds like a cool ship. Collie revisited

[Snail]

Then let me introduce you to Inferno, where any ship larger than a freighter has 2562466 normal  turrets, at least one UBER TURRET OF DEATH!!!!!11 for killing juggernauts in ONE SHOT and a fighterbay for 341+ strikecraft.

INFERNO-IT'S LIKE CRYSTAL METH IN A ZIP

[Mobius]

It's funny when people remain stuck on VERY old Inferno releases and talk without knowing a single thing about new stuff...

[Snail]

It's funny when people remain stuck on VERY old Inferno releases and talk without knowing a single thing about new stuff...

Well we still have *that certain EA ship*

[haloboy100]

What, the Icarus? I doubt you mean that, but i will say that ship looks particularly ugly

[Snail]

The Icanus.

[Kopachris]

2 and a half million turrets!? That would take a long time! But if they have shield meshes, wether it's hitpoints are 0 or not, if it's invinsible, wouldn't you see that when they get hit?

Not if the mission designers don't give them shields in FRED.  Just like before the T&V got shields from the Shivans.

[Mobius]

It's funny when people remain stuck on VERY old Inferno releases and talk without knowing a single thing about new stuff...

Well we still have *that certain EA ship*

Whose existance wasn't exaplained, right? Things aren't going to remain the same under that point of view.

[haloboy100]

The Icanus.

Meh. I spelled it wrong

[Droid803]

And then there's the Gargant.
Which the Icanus can't even kill.

Oh the joy of hacked armor tables. Even my godlaser9001 probably won't kill it.