xlandar wrote:This is a very cool ship concept! Will the shields only deflect shots coming from the front?
a few suggestions:
1. make the shield "fade out" slightly instead of just getting cut of, it would look a lot more natural.
2. you could allso put some smaller bombers in the background, sort of like escort duty.
3. What weapons/systems does it start with, people like to know these things.
I'm personally wondering, does it have engi med-bot dispersal? that would make gameplay significantly easier.
I'll give it a go, see what its like.
To my knowledge, shield collision is not decided by the geometry, but rather the shield's ellipse data in the layout.txt file for the ship. Admittedly, you could make the ellipse look a bit like a lens, but the only way that'd work right with the current graphic would be if it covered the entire front bomber.
However, I've heard something about buggy ellipses for cases where the ellipse was too large. With a lot of hard work, you might be able to make a shield that indeed covers only one side. Would be hell for defense drones, though.
