Damage type question

[KnidVermicious]

I think I understand this but I'm asking anyway:

When you select a damage type like 'Shields Only' it damages components with the ability 'generates shield points' right? The component is targeted because of its ability, not its name or some other factor, correct?

If so, do weapons that target 'security stations' destroy 'boarding defense' components, and therefore can be used to destroy Crew Quarters?

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by KnidVermicious:
If so, do weapons that target 'security stations' destroy 'boarding defense' components, and therefore can be used to destroy Crew Quarters?

No, crew quarters do not have the boarding defense ability. They do assist in boardign defenese, we know this from testing. But they do not have the actual ability listed in their component file entry. It's a hard coded invisible exception. If you give the crew quarters the boarding defense ability in the components.txt file though you should be able to destroy them with a weapon using the "Only Security Stations" ability.

Geoschmo

[ August 12, 2003, 18:43: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[Suicide Junkie]

Also:
"Shields only" dosen't destroy shield generators - it saps shield points, but dosen't harm components at all.

"Shield Generators Only" does what you were thinking of.

If you add boarding defense to crew quarters, that defense ability will fully stack with the built in 4 points of defense. ("16 troops" worth)

[KnidVermicious]

If you make the ability "0" can you just use it as a marker so those weapons will hit it?

[Suicide Junkie]

That does work for shields, so probably.
Be sure to test it before you distribute a mod using it.

[Loser]

You want it to specifically take hits when the crew defense stuff take hits? Yeah that'll work.

[edit: I think he's talking about putting Boarding Defense on Crew Quarters.]

[ August 12, 2003, 20:27: Message edited by: Loser ]