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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0002062AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - Balance TweaksJan 3, 2011 11:44 am
ReporterSpikey00 Assigned Tokeith.lamothe  
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version4.051 
Summary0002062: Spire forcefields (bearers, structure forcefield modules) do not have collision models
DescriptionPrior issue: http://www.arcengames.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=1813

Spirecraft shields--whether it be the shield bearers or the forcefield modules of city structures--don't have a collision model, so any enemy ship can pass through them unlike actual forcefields.
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duplicate of 0001813 closedChris_McElligottPark Spirecraft shield FF has no collision model 

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keith.lamothe

Dec 16, 2010 1:57 pm

administrator   ~0006322

This is intentional; the Riot has the only non-dedicated-ff-generator-unit "pushing" forcefield. Shield Bearers, Spirecraft Shield Bearers, and all the Fallen Spire stuff don't affect ship positions. They also don't reduce the firepower of ships protected by them.

When defending a wormhole with a Spire City, however, you can put a "normal" ff gen over the wormhole itself and cover it with the Spire City shields to achieve much the same effect as if the City shields were blocking passage through the wormhole.

Spikey00

Dec 16, 2010 2:03 pm

reporter   ~0006324

Mm, okay. I was lead to believe that it was thematically intentional.

keith.lamothe

Dec 16, 2010 2:28 pm

administrator   ~0006329

I certainly _can_ make the city shields "solid" if people really want that, I just think it's somewhat more balanced this way.

Chris_McElligottPark

Dec 16, 2010 8:27 pm

administrator   ~0006335

We used to have two different color force fields to differentiate between weak and strong ones. I should probably do that again, for the sake of clarity.

Toll

Dec 17, 2010 6:23 am

reporter   ~0006349

Personally I'd really like the Spire cities to have solid forcefields and the Spire ships to have non-solid forcefields.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Dec 16, 2010 1:54 pm Spikey00 New Issue
Dec 16, 2010 1:57 pm keith.lamothe Note Added: 0006322
Dec 16, 2010 1:57 pm keith.lamothe Status new => resolved
Dec 16, 2010 1:57 pm keith.lamothe Resolution open => no change required
Dec 16, 2010 1:57 pm keith.lamothe Assigned To => keith.lamothe
Dec 16, 2010 2:03 pm Spikey00 Note Added: 0006324
Dec 16, 2010 2:28 pm keith.lamothe Note Added: 0006329
Dec 16, 2010 4:00 pm TechSY730 Relationship added duplicate of 0001813
Dec 16, 2010 8:27 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0006335
Dec 17, 2010 6:23 am Toll Note Added: 0006349
Jan 3, 2011 11:44 am Chris_McElligottPark Status resolved => closed