Why SRV's shield didn't protect car from impacts like ship's one do? Every small rock trying to kill, crush, remove, desintegrate car with 100% shield.
General SRV Scarab - Shields, why?
- Thread starter RetroPaladin
- Start date
But legs with wheels are flexible!
And no, it not protect from rock that fall on our cabins - when we roll in air and land on head, we still get damage, why?
Shilds protect only from projectiles and impact with another player/npc.
I think shield should protect from impacts no matter what nature of it until shield has energy.
And no, it not protect from rock that fall on our cabins - when we roll in air and land on head, we still get damage, why?
Shilds protect only from projectiles and impact with another player/npc.
I think shield should protect from impacts no matter what nature of it until shield has energy.
Ship's shield protect from any impact and let you fire from inside, so why SRV's shield cannot protect us from any impact outside and let wheel go on ground inside the shield. Why ship's shield let thrusters move ship? But why SRV's shield is so inadequate in comparison with big brother? Same technologies, same circumstances(technically).
That was irony.
Let's be serious.
Oh, thank you for warning. I though nothing exist that can harm our srv.
That was irony.
Let's be serious.
Synthesis is not the solution but crutch for disabled srv. Im driving on planets alot and every angry small rock named Space Chihuahua trying to kill me and throw me into the space void.
That's no good. Full speed planet ride should be fun not bdsm. Or, at least, protected bdsm.
Let shields to be shields, not some selective joke.
That's no good. Full speed planet ride should be fun not bdsm. Or, at least, protected bdsm.
Let shields to be shields, not some selective joke.
This almost certainly boils down to FD not being able to think of a way to make SRV shields strong enough for some surface combat while not so strong that it makes the SRV impervious to terrain damage. The physics/damage calculations for impacts is likely the same as used for the ships despite the SRV being much slower, which would really complicate things when you are trying to balance SRV shields with combat that is designed for SRV. They likely looked at the complexity of the issue and said "F it, just gear the shields for ground combat and let impact penetrate SRV shields."
Oftentimes in coding, less than ideal routes must be taken to meet deadlines. Just the way it is.
Oftentimes in coding, less than ideal routes must be taken to meet deadlines. Just the way it is.
5 years of no solution to issue. Damm, boi.
Devs, look here! Game must entertain, not burn nerves. Thank you for attention.
Your loyal gamer.
Devs, look here! Game must entertain, not burn nerves. Thank you for attention.
Your loyal gamer.
One day you should organise with a mate to shoot each other in SRVs and you will see the shield.
Last edited:
Well... Huh... That's a mighty fine argument you've crafted there. I fold!
That the energy field magically stops midair to expose certain parts just underlines the fact that this was a bandaid to avoid solving a more complex issue.
Last edited:
Interesting - I remember watching two idiots shooting each other at Dav's Hope and I was sure the shields were bubbles around the cabin and superstructure. I must be wrong.
The Buggy is just a copy/paste of the Sidewinder code with one significant change. The shields do not interact with planet surfaces as it prevents the wheels from touching said surface.
FDev found this out while developing the Buggy and the "minimum effort / quickest fix" was to allow the shield to go though surfaces.
I recall them talking about this on one of the streams around the Horizons launch.
I recommend treating the Buggy as a spaceship, because it shares far far more with a Sidewinder, than it does with any kind of wheeled vehicle.
FDev found this out while developing the Buggy and the "minimum effort / quickest fix" was to allow the shield to go though surfaces.
I recall them talking about this on one of the streams around the Horizons launch.
I recommend treating the Buggy as a spaceship, because it shares far far more with a Sidewinder, than it does with any kind of wheeled vehicle.
Well, i recommend devs treating the Buggy as a Buggy, in the end. Because today's SRV shield functionality is ridiculous and not logical.
Shield and hull have health, we can even equal shields and hulls, cos they are technically equal in the way they used, so why not to check before apply damage on Scarab - what should be damaged first?
Shield and hull have health, we can even equal shields and hulls, cos they are technically equal in the way they used, so why not to check before apply damage on Scarab - what should be damaged first?
The shield bubble doesn't cover the wheels, but it also doesn't protect from terrain damage while inverted, and it does protect from weapons fire from below.
That never crossed my mind. I'd mail you a beer if I could!
Please, look at my screenshot in spoiler before you write such statements.
Also, why then when you flip in the air and land on head you still get damage? Why SRV shield is so selective when his big brother on ships with same technoligies cover from all incoming impact and let thrusters eject material to provide speed and guns to provide shooting things from lasers to mines and torpedoes? What's the difference?
And wheels - they are multy-jointed so why they broke on little rocks?
Why shields didn't react to them? Rocks are separate things which laying on ground. SRV laying on ground too, but shields react on impact with them.
What's the difference?
Last edited: