A shield generator.. Simple

[jesse1110]

So, I'd like for somebody of you guys who know your stuff, to make a rather simple mod.. A piece of armor that gives you a force field around the person using it. And before you all get your pitchforks up and say there are mods like that, I know. I've seen em. I didn't check every single one of them with a magnifying glass, but it seems like that all of them give the person just a huge buff to all resistances, much like power armor. I don't want that my shield gen gives the person wearing it armor at all, or well maybe a few points, pretty much equal to leather armor or something like that. The trick is that, this shield gen gives you kind of a buff to your max health. Let's say for example, 100 points. And that shield regens very very fast from 0 to 100, if you have not taken dmg in the last 3 seconds.

 

So for example, you have this shield gen equipped, and it gives you this shield. It takes all the dmg for you, as long as it lasts. After it goes down to 0, it doesn't practically give you any benefits at all, you're pretty much defenceless, until the shield starts recharging. Imagine yourself fighting against riders who use pipe weapons. Most of those junkies do, lets say 20 dmg per shot to you. As long as you have shield, that's 0. If you like sneaking, that shield probably never goes too much down. But then you enter the last room of that dungeon and someone thinks that it's a good idea to use a missile launcher inside a building. Those things do way more than 100 dmg, so it's first shot and you're shield-less, and staying alive if you happen to have enough max hp to do so. Could be worse, if that raider had a fat man instead of a missile launcher, you'd probably be.. You get the point.

 

Another example, you're already past level 50 long time ago, and you have had luck to upgrade your shield gen to take up to 300 points of dmg. It can bounce even .50cal bullets right to the orbit around moon.. Still, 300 points of hp is still 300 points of hp. Get a mininuke on your face and you're done, unless you have a huge slab of health under that shield.

 

 

TL:DR

Wearable shield generator that gives you no resistances whatsoever, only a max hp type shield, but it will regen in seconds. Suitable for setting off a mine or getting shot by one angry rider and his shotgun, but not very suitable for going alone guns blazing against 30 super mutants.

 

Few things to think about:

-Ignores radiation damage all the way, rads don't affect this thing at all. A kinetic barrier stops bullets explosion pressure wave, no gamma rays. To keep it simple, it'll stop laser tho... xD

-Shield will not get fortified by wearers armor whatsoever. (Think about it like this. Two walls separated from each other. You'r bullet goes through the first wall if it's made of thin metal sheet, even if the second wall is made out of concrete. Tho we might forget this part altogether if it's too hard to create. Just tell people to wear shield gen only with tuxedos and suits, not with full suit of heavy combat armor..)

-doesn't work while wearing power armor. But who knows, maybe you could modify your power armor piece to have a shield gen of it's own.

-When it comes to immersion and balance factors, I'll leave it up to your hands... How strong the shield is in the end? Recharge delay and rate? Does it use fuel of any type, maybe microfusion cells.

-Visuals and sounds etc, I'll leave it up to creators imagination and skills.

 

 

 

Idea inspired by the game called Halo. Yeah, I never played any other games of that franchise except the very first game..

No credits or a request mention to this post needed if you end up doing this mod more or less like described... Just link your mod here so people can find it.

Edited May 25, 2017 by jesse1110

[MLeonhardt]

I like it, and I can already see how it would work, mechanically. This would actually be a great mod not only for player armor, but for Power Armor, Robots, and maybe even Legendary enemies as well.

 

Have it act as a mod for Chestplate Armor pieces. Apply it in the Armor Workbench.

It would require a Fusion Core in it crafting recipe.

The Fusion Core would be able to regenerate up to 1000 points of Shield HP (10 full recharges)

It would act as a bank that the shield takes energy from for every point it needs to recharge.

Takes 3 seconds out of combat to start regenerating, 5 points per second

Takes 7 seconds out of combat to start regenerating from 0, 1 point per second for 10 seconds, then 5 points per second after

When the Shield equipped Armor piece runs out of energy, you would need to repair it in the Armor workbench to add another fusion core.

 

Would be a mod for Power Armor Torso parts, but would be able to refill 5,000 points of Shield HP (50 full recharges)

Would take 5 seconds out of combat to start recharging, but would recharge 10 points per second

Would take 9 seconds out of combat to recharge from 0, 5 points per second for 10 seconds, and then 10 points per second afterwards.

Same as the armor piece, needs to be repaired by adding a fresh fusion core when it runs out.

 

And could be a Torso Mod for Robots, functioning the same way as power armor. Would require a Fusion Core in crafting, but once crafted it doesn't need to be replaced.

 

Higher level enemies and robots could be equipped with shields.

For balance purposes, Pulse grenades and weapons would immediately deplete shields, requiring them to charge from 0.