Ok a quick in-game test involving an ion target and a non ion target, and shooting them with a 1 damage cannon shows that ion effect does not make blocks take more damage.
If there's extra damage, then it's rounded down. You should test it at least with 10 damage.
Starmade damage can go into decimal points, its only the damage display numbers that are limited to integers. In both cases a block of hull took exactly 75 shots to kill.
Block HP is an integer. A float would massivly bloat the entity data.
In the smd2 file format, blockHP is an integer, not a fixed point or floating point number. If on loaded entities blockHP was a floating point, then unloading and loading an entity can deal further damage or repair blocks.
Damn TY for clearing that one up lol, communication issues indeed, always assumed it had no effect on block dmg taken myself, I guess the weapon effect is how people reach that conclusion too, but had some trusted people assure me it increases block damage taken (i believe defensive EMP actually does work like this, less power damage more everything else damage, another reason some people might confuse things). Surprisingly hard to test accurately since big block damage weapons seem so random in their results anyway (something to consider with baffled armor tests as well)
None of the defensive effects have active negatives. Well, besides the blocks used and power upkeep. EMP weaponry does deal less block and shield damage in return for dealing up to twenty times the weapon's damage in energy drain. It is the offensive uses of these effects which have downsides. Except for offensive punch. He's a cool guy.
