Help! Shield boosters not working!

Amber26Theta

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OK, so I bought a shield booster for my Viper, for when I go bounty hunting. After this, I went to the settings and binded the key for activation the booster to the quote key. Everything's fine so far.
I head to the nav beacon (Yes, I go to the nav beacon. Resorce sites are a bit overwhelming for me) and start shooting at a Clipper that is wanted. Unfortunately, he takes out most of my shields, so I press my shield booster button. However, nothing happens! Luckily, the FSS intervened and I was saved. But I still can't use my shield boosters! Anyone know what is going on?:mad:
 

shadragon

shadragon
They take 5 seconds to activate. Assuming you are talking about SCB's and not shield boosters which just add to your shield strength.
 

ExRex

ExRex
Ok. So we need to clear some things up first.

a) there's a difference between Shield Booster and shield Cell Banks. Boosters are passive and increase your overall shield by a percentage and are installed in the utility slot of your ship. Shield Cell Banks are placed in your internal module slots similar to cargo racks. These need activation. I am sure you mean the Shield Cell Banks. However, if you have bought Shield Boosters and try activating a Shield Cell Bank using your shortcut, this is why it won't work.

b) Shield Cell Banks currently take 5 seconds to activate, so you need to activate a lot sooner prior to losing your shields. If you activate while shields are down, no dice. If you activate and your shields go down while the Bank is charging, no dice.

Hope this cleared it up.

Fly safe CMDR! o7

Edit: ninja'ed.
 
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Bostlabs

Bostlabs
Shield Boosters don't work like that. If they have power, and will unless you turn them off in Modules, they are boosting your shields, making them stronger than they would be without them.

You may be confusing them with Shield Cell banks. Those restore your shields when you fire them off.
 
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Sealurk

Sealurk
Amber26Theta said:
OK, so I bought a shield booster for my Viper, for when I go bounty hunting. After this, I went to the settings and binded the key for activation the booster to the quote key. Everything's fine so far.
I head to the nav beacon (Yes, I go to the nav beacon. Resorce sites are a bit overwhelming for me) and start shooting at a Clipper that is wanted. Unfortunately, he takes out most of my shields, so I press my shield booster button. However, nothing happens! Luckily, the FSS intervened and I was saved. But I still can't use my shield boosters! Anyone know what is going on?:mad:
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As others have said, shield boosters, i.e. the ones that go on your utility mounts, simply increase your shield strength (and the time it takes to recharge the shields, so there is a downside). Shield Cell Banks, the ones that go in an internal compartment, are the ones that need activating and they do take five seconds so you must fire them in time.
 

viper666

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It takes about 5 seconds for the shield cell to activate, if your shields go down in that time, the shield cell will do nothing. Also the grade of shield cell is important, the cheap ones are almost useless.

Also don't confuse shield boosters with shield recharge cells. Shield boosters work all the time, and increase the power of your shields. The downside being your shields take longer to recharge.

I tend to use the shield cells when the second ring of my shields is about to go down, if you try and use them at the last second you tend to die. :D
 

Stolas

Stolas
@Shadragon - I caught that as well.

I assume you are talking about Shield Cell Banks, Shield Boosters are another animal.
Best advice is when your shield reaches about 60% go head and deploy the SCB. Also if you go with the Class B SCB you will get an extra charge out of it - again it seems to do well with the 60% rule.
Hope that helps you out a bit. ;)
 

Io_Sys

Io_Sys
  1. Shield Cell Boosters? Call them SCBs. Boosters just add to your total shield capacity.
  2. Once activated, they take a few seconds to recharge your shields. It's like 5-6 seconds or so.
  3. They don't do it immediately. If your shields fail first, they won't work. Fire them off before you're in trouble.
  4. How's SYS? If your SYS capacitor is empty you won't be able to use them.
  5. Power. Deploy your weapons and check your modules screen. SCBs take up a lot of power, make sure they are online.
  6. Advanced Tip: Set your SCB to a priority below or alongside your FSD. You can't use it right away in combat. Boost away, retract weapons, use the shield cell, deploy weapons and boost back into combat once your shields are charged. Helps free up a little bit of power at the cost of having to boost away to recharge.
  7. Good luck, Fly safe Cmdr.
 
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Yololo69

Yololo69
Idiot? no. the idiot is the one who didn't ask the question. I didn't know how to use SCB so thanks to OP and to M. Today who answered so many times using different ways to make everybody understand (do you know you can edit your post?) ;)
 
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