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If the recharge rate is 24 four what exactly does that mean? Is it 24 shield units per second? Also what does it mean if the shield varialbe is negative? Thakns
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Bigger numbers lead to a slower recharge rate. If it is 24, then it means that it take 24 frames to recharge 1 shield point. A recharge rate of 30 would mean that you recharge 1 point of shields per second.
As for negative shield values, I have no idea. Try it and see.
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I don't think the negative shield value will do anything...it might be worth a try, but chances are it'll just make the ship not recharge at all or something.
As far as what the number physically means, Myriad is right -- it does get faster with smaller numbers. However, it isn't POINTS of shield it measures; it's PERCENT of shields, so it's 1% per second when ShieldRe is 30.
The formula is this:
recharge = .3 x Shields / ShieldRe
recharge is measured in shield points per second.
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Cool thanks!
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Originally posted by Firebird: I don't think the negative shield value will do anything...it might be worth a try, but chances are it'll just make the ship not recharge at all or something.
Actually, negative shield values apparently do make a difference. Someone (I think it was Soul, the author of 'Pale', but I'm not sure on that) posted the following explanation once on the old Escape Velocity DiscBoard a long time ago, and it has been sitting in my 7200/120's Note Pad file since:
If you put a positive value into the field, EV computes it like this: (V/10)= Shipyard shields, where V is the value. However, if you put a NEGATIVE value into the field, EV computes it like this: (|V|/2)= Shipyard shields, where V is the value. You can use this to make ships with more than 3276.7 shields. In fact, you can get as high as 16383.5. (The rebel cruiser has 500). I don't know if this also applies to armor, but I would think so. (gotta go check that out!
That make perfect sence. Negative numbers in theat field represent larger numbers therefore allowing the ship to have a greater shield capacity. Thanks David!
Well, yes, that's right, but the question is wrong...
What David Arthur explained is the way to use negative shield values to increase a ship's shields. That does indirectly affect shield recharge, but you're not actually putting it into the ShieldRe field. I'm not sure what THAT would do.
Originally posted by Firebird: Well, yes, that's right, but the question is wrong...:)
Well that's what I meant! :mad: Thanks to everyone who answered!