Projects an energy shield in an arc, a wall that only needs energy to sustain it. Designed for Space Exploration & AAI Industry. Space Age compatibility is not fully working yet! (See changelog)
Mods introducing new content into the game.
Version: 0.2.2
Date: 13. 11. 2024
Changes:
- [Space Age] Partial compatibility for Shield projectors on space platforms.
Projectors now correctly generate shields, however it will only block asteroids if the shield itself is on space platform foundation.
- Added item pickup/drop sounds.
Bugfixes:
- The Shield projector no longer has a rotated collision box when placed diagonally.
- Internal entities no longer appear in Factoriopedia.
- The Shield projector can no longer be opened (The priority target GUI had no effect).
Version: 0.2.1
Date: 21. 10. 2024
Info:
- Updated for Factorio 2.0
- Note: Due to a change in 2.0, the shield projector now has a rotated collision box when pointed diagonally, and will take up more space. This cannot currently be fixed.
Changes:
- The shield projector can now be toggled even in Space Exploration's navigation satellite view.
Locale:
- Added Ukrainian translation, thanks to Met en Bouldry.
- Updated French translation, thanks to bev.
Version: 0.1.6
Date: 07. 08. 2022
Compatibility:
- Fixed multiplayer load error when used with Picker Dollies.
Locale:
- Added Spanish translation thanks to SpiderLove.
- Added Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to 123499 and fuhnert.
- Added Turkish translation, thanks to superbnoobster.
- Updated Russian translation, thanks to Shadow_Man.
Version: 0.1.5
Date: 08. 06. 2022
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a crash if an entity become invalid.
Compatibility:
- Moving a projector with Picker Dollies won't displace the shield anymore.
Version: 0.1.4
Date: 26. 05. 2022
Changes:
- Added a "Shield projection" ammo category so that the shield projector does not appear as an entity benefiting from "beam" damage upgrades (it never did get benefits).
- Decreased cost with Space Exploration.
- Improved mod performance when handling scripting events.
Version: 0.1.3
Date: 31. 12. 2021
Changes:
- You must now be the same force as the shield to toggle it.
- Added the "Toggle shield" key ('R' by default) to the description.
Bugfixes:
- Players no longer can enter/get stuck in the shield project barrier internal vehicles.
Version: 0.1.2
Date: 07. 06. 2021
Changes:
- You can now press 'R' (the meteor point defence mode toggle button) over a shield projector to drop the shield (useful if it is blocking a construction robot from placing an entity).
Scripting:
- find_on_surface now takes an area (optional) in addition to surface
Version: 0.1.1
Date: 06. 06. 2021
Info:
- First version.