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A funny little idea which, more than likely, isnt possible. And is not effective in the current game as armour is £&*% (Pierce effect missiles make ADV go from 2000 ehp/block to 380ehp)... But making armour actually worth while is a different thread.
My idea is that when theres not enough damage to destroy a block of armour, the armour loses its paint and turns to its grey type
1) Texture pack - This would require there to then be 2 "damage" textures. One that gradually makes a block more and more grey for armour, and the other the opacity/transparent one for computers, decoratives, etc. Non permanent. Ones can be made in current system just by adding slight grey to the existing damage texture
2) Coded paint removal/replacement - Probably the most lag inducing as the game has to calculate more, but it swaps out a block of IE Red Advanced Armour with a block of Grey when its been damaged. This persists through light repairs (Astrotech when thats finally useful), but not through a breakdown/rebuild
Just when Armour is finally much more integral to keeping a ship alive than just pure shields, would be great to see a ship "naturally" age and appear more beaten up as battle scarred if its shields drop, and the discoloured remains of destroyed ships from combat.
My idea is that when theres not enough damage to destroy a block of armour, the armour loses its paint and turns to its grey type
1) Texture pack - This would require there to then be 2 "damage" textures. One that gradually makes a block more and more grey for armour, and the other the opacity/transparent one for computers, decoratives, etc. Non permanent. Ones can be made in current system just by adding slight grey to the existing damage texture
2) Coded paint removal/replacement - Probably the most lag inducing as the game has to calculate more, but it swaps out a block of IE Red Advanced Armour with a block of Grey when its been damaged. This persists through light repairs (Astrotech when thats finally useful), but not through a breakdown/rebuild
Just when Armour is finally much more integral to keeping a ship alive than just pure shields, would be great to see a ship "naturally" age and appear more beaten up as battle scarred if its shields drop, and the discoloured remains of destroyed ships from combat.
