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Shooting POS's Shields
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Heimdallofasgard
Ministry of Furious Retribution
Fraternity.
#1 - 2011-10-02 21:27:38 UTC
When shooting pos's would it be possible to have the lasers/missles/turrets etc... all hit the shields instead of the tower, when breaking the tower down through shields?

I suppose the code involved would be another line or so underneath the normal "colliding code", something along the lines of:

particle collide at point = [Distance from ship to tower] - [tower shield radius]

how feasible would this be?

I know adding code like this goes against what team gridlock are trying to do... but really... it's be awesome to see explosions bouncing off shields :)
David Grogan
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2011-10-02 21:31:06 UTC
the bubble around an online pos is NOT a shield its a force field.

the force field is only there to allow/deny access not stop missiles or gun fire

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Simetraz
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2011-10-02 21:48:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Simetraz
David Grogan wrote:
the bubble around an online pos is NOT a shield its a force field.

the force field is only there to allow/deny access not stop missiles or gun fire


The problem is the the force field actually does stop missiles, guns etc. (indirectly true)
I have to agree with the OP, it would be nice.

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Foofad
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2011-10-02 21:50:50 UTC
David Grogan wrote:
the bubble around an online pos is NOT a shield its a force field.

the force field is only there to allow/deny access not stop missiles or gun fire



Because anything that could deny entry to a million ton space ship couldn't possibly stop a projectile weighing a few kilograms, amirite?
Bormegil
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2011-10-02 23:37:34 UTC
Foofad wrote:

Because anything that could deny entry to a million ton space ship couldn't possibly stop a projectile weighing a few kilograms, amirite?


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Commander Spurty
#6 - 2011-10-02 23:48:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Commander Spurty
I think the actual fail is that you can't fire your weapons in 'the direction' of the people inside the ' Force field ' as for some reason, your targeting computer fails.

Apparently,'locking' your guns orientation and just blasting away at anything that intersects your trajectory is a 'feature' of EVE.

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