Shield Regenerators

Yeah, it's a typo in the description.

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Whats the benefit in such slow regeneration? I mean, when you use the "alltech" cheat, most weapons do 1000s of damage.

Shield regenerators were just as useless in stock SEIV, dunno why they aren't powered up more... I'm guessing I'm missing something.

There are 10 types of people in the world:

Those that understand binary, and those that don't.

If the space would always be better spent on another shield, then the technology is useless. The only reason to buy such a technology would be to enhance the hp of a ship during combat. Which usually lasts for under a minute after the shooting starts.

It could be that it's a typo in the implementation. Shields recharge between turns anyway, yes? And isn't the implementation just as easy to fix? It's just a formula in a text file:

Ability 1 Amount 2 Formula := 10 + (([%Level%] - 1) * 2)

Normal shields at level-20 (when regenerator first becomes available) provide 480 hp each. Phased shields have 150 at that time. The regenerator adds only 10 hp per minute (effectively the full length most engagements). It would take forty eight shield regenerators to compare to normal shields, or fifteen to compare with phased. That's a lot of tonnage. Instead of 960 tons, I'll just buy two more 30-ton shields.

Question: Is the shield regenerater's contribution on a shipwide basis or a per shield basis? If a vessel has four shields, can it contribute up to four times the regen rate (depending on how many are actually damaged)? When does it get applied to the shields?

Most defenses are useless beacause the weapons do so much more damage now! The meson blaster in the demo is now one of the most powerful for it doing 3k for only 60kt (Massive Mount) Which can take out two sheild generators 80kt with only one shot!

Plus: I think the sheild regenerators suck in SEV but, in SEIV, my friend always made prety good defensive ships by adding the regenerators, but of course I always beated him since i like to use Null-space projectors, despite their short range.

If only there were a mod soon to be available that would fix stuff like that.

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A certain someone isn't above self-promotion, hrrrm?

There are 10 types of people in the world:

Those that understand binary, and those that don't.

There is nothing wrong with a little bit of self-promotion

Nothing wrong in promoting his balance Mod, Especially if it helps and fixes the problems.
I could go into the game and try to fix some of this but it would be alot of Hit and Miss, It makes much more sense to use HIS mod since he has been working on it for such a long time. (one can always tweek it afterwards, if needed.
He does seem to have a good feel for the game.

I have NOTHING against self promotion.

I also have nothing - at all! - against steasing someone mercilessly for it.

There are 10 types of people in the world:

Those that understand binary, and those that don't.

teasing is also good

Yes, and steasing mercilessly is good too.

Shield Regenerators are incorrectly typed in the componentdata file: Swapping Amount 1 with Amount 2 appears to fix them and makes them regenerate correctly.