David Bethel, a little birdie told me you're the only one who knows the complete secret!!
Shield Depth=((Shield factors / (Surface Area*Shield Mod))^(0.5))*Shield Mod
if Shield Depth>Shield factors -> Shield Depth=Shield factors
Shield Mod = 50 for most ships there are some items that can change it and its net
effect is to amke the shield depth tend towards it.
Surface area=8.0*((0.2 * Hulls + 0.8 * CargoSpace of Hulls)^0.666)
It that does not correlate i'll have another look - i'm just paraphrasing from the code. And this is only for ships
Dan
| QUOTE (Dan Reed @ Mar 27 2006, 09:47 PM) |
| Out of interest, what is the formula for bases? Dan |
Would the answer 'complicated' suffice?
Of course I have no idea what it is
Shield Depth=((Shield factors / (Surface Area*Shield Mod))^(0.5))*Shield Mod
that David posted previously
Dan
(it has no caves and the like which would mess it up), also it's only one value so pretty inaccuray way to work it out.
The depth is used to determine the reduction in each strike passing through it. The shield will reduce the damage by approximately half its depth (bell curve from zero to full depth).
This reduction however is modified by the AF factor of the incoming hit. An AF of 5 for example will mean that the shield depth will be increased by 5 times for the purpose of reducing damage. Weapons designed to penetrate shields will have an AF less than 1, e.g. 0.2, i.e. the shield depth will be considered a fifth of its normal thickness for determined damage reduction.
If the incoming damage is still greater than the effective shield depth, the excess damage penetrates to the target.
The damage reduced is the amount that passes into the shields and reduces the factors remaining – effectively weakening the shield. Note however that where the AF of the weapon is greater than 1, the AF is also used to reduce the damage absorbed. If for example a weapon did 50 damage to the shield and had an AF of 5, only 10 factors would be lost.
As mentioned at the start, the depth is a function of the number of factors, so as the factors are depleted so is the shield depth and as the depth tends to zero, do to does the damage stopped.