I tried updating the shield regeneration values via the convar commands, but it only seems to take effect after I restart the server. Is this intentional or no?

These shields are just applied to all players in this addon, the shield code is from the Draconic Base. You could set up shield definitions for some kind of serverside code, maybe pick-up entities or something, that apply them to players. Draconic's wiki details how the shield system works.

Is there a way to make it so each player could toggle on if they have a shield? I've been wanting to have some people on my server have shields and some not and these shields are rad

(also I've literally used that addon in tandem with mine in the recent past without issue)

I highly doubt Draconic is the source of your issue as this sounds like something is breaking the input system, which Draconic does not mess with, that said I'll still look into it to be sure.

It even broke some other stuff, like im trying to use the flashlight, but it doesn't work. I tried reloading guns, but doesn't work. I have no idea why is this conflicting with the other addon...

This addon is conflicting with the BO3 Exosuit Movement addon, which causes the latter addon to spew out console errors.

[BO3 Exosuit Movement] lua/autorun/server/sv_aewallrun.lua:133: attempt to compare nil with number
1. v - lua/autorun/server/sv_aewallrun.lua:133
2. unknown - lua/includes/modules/hook.lua:102

I'll look into it

could there be an option for the shield to only activate when you also have suit charge only?

What branch of the game are you on, also what operating system?

Shield is invisible except for some particle effects, but functions as expected. The only two addons enable on my singleplayer are Draconic Base and this addon. The console log is as follows (Shortened for Steam's Character Limit):

{Draconic Log}
Using map cycle file cfg/mapcycle.txt.
{Server info}
Attemped to precache unknown particle system "drc_halo_3_shield_deplete"!
Attemped to precache unknown particle system "drc_halo_3_shield_deplete_arcs"!
Attemped to precache unknown particle system "drc_halo_3_shield_impact_effect"!
Attemped to precache unknown particle system "drc_halo_3_shield_recharge"!
Clientside Lua startup!
{Draconic log}
Failed to load custom font file 's:\common\garrysmod\garrysmod\cache\workshop\resource\fonts\clearsans-medium.ttf'
Trying to create entities too early! (drc_shieldmodel)
{JoyStick info}
Redownloading all lightmaps

To me it seems like it is unable to find some particles and was unable to create the shield model. Any ideas on how I can fix this?

damn. welp figured i'd ask. also i agree with yufeng, most mf's dont care about their addons well enough reply to people, good shit.

I just wanna say THANK YOU SO MUCH Vuthakral, for staying up to date on your addon's comment sections, and going the extra mile to help anyone with issues with it. So many authors would prefer to simply not do that. Thanks :)

That would mean that addon is circumventing EntityTakeDamage and applying damage in a way that doesn't get passed into that hook. There is nothing anyone can do about that.

could there be an option for this to act like base game armor? i use R.A.P.D *basically realistic damage* and the shield doesnt protect me at all, but armor does.

My bad, I'm dumb.

Good to know, is there a simple tutorial for using that? I might be a little on the sped side and can't find out how to turn it on... (Yes I ran sv_sandshields_enabled 1)

Not through this specific addon, but using Draconic's shield system in general yes

Is it possible to have only one player in a server with a shield?

love this, its superior to the halo shields mod, and as a user of tfavox its wonderful to have my character not screaming out in pain anymore when taking shield damage!! :>

but i have one wish for change; the shield regeneration sound is too harsh, both in loudness and tone, it sounds like a big heavy lightsaber being swung. so some alternative options like a more gentle sounding shield woooop or ability to turn regen sound off would be really nice.

regen sound is too loud.

Vanilla HL2 shotguns, i was hit by a combine soldier and the damage went through the shield

What shotgun are you using?

Are shotguns supposed to completely ignore the shield?
All the damage just goes straight to the armor & health

can there please be a way to make the regen sound less loud

i mean the grunt in the screenshots

The effect is not specific to any playermodel

for example any half life playermodels and css playermodels for example

What do you even mean by globalized?

is the effect of the shield that appear on those playermodels exclusive of them? Can you do the same thing but globalized?

Hey man is it possible to make this into a swep so that it doesnt have to be used by all players. and if so how?

@otacon0505 And I just made a SENT that does this. Enjoy!
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3245630548

Yes

Is this compatible with any playermodel?

@otacon0505 Run "lua_run print(Player(1))" in the console, and keep increasing the number by one until you see your own player ID. Then run "lua_run DRC:AddOverShield(Player(x), y)" where x is the player number you found and y is the amount of overshield you want.

Someone needs to make a SENT that does this...

How do I get overshield for this mod? I can't seem to find anything to be able to do that

how do i turn off the recharging sound

yeah i don't have that on, at first i thought it was the first person body mod i use until it kept happening with it off

The shields shouldn't be casting shadows, are you sure you don't have cl_draw_own_shadow set to 1 by accident? I know some mods tend to flick that on for some reason.

is there any way to fix the flashlight projecting my shadow or something? makes using the shield not fun in the dark

can you make it so energy shielding can be applied on NPC's? Im trying to make a sort of like HALO battle and i got spartan NPCs and covenant NPCs. The only thing im missing is the spartans need energy shields and i was just wondering if it was possible for you to do.

Thank you!

I'm fine with it and Dopey said he is too

Okie doki! Follow up question, I am making a addon using the shield system in draconic. Am I allowed to use the particles in sandbox shields for it? I will credit you two of course.

I've tried implementing this several times to no success, I still try whenever I have any new ideas on how I could do it but so far none have worked.

Is is possible to get the shields to flair on c-arms?

how does one turn off the recharge sound or quiet it down

Those commands would force the game to believe you are running on an NVIDIA GPU, and that the gpu is a GTX 680. I would assume that such a parameter may default your game to a lower DirectX mode whenever you launch it.

So it turns out this was the problem
"-force_vendor_id 0x10DE -force_device_id 0x1180"
I used this for more high quality shadows than low quality ones

I haven't encountered my Ghost ever since, removing this

I am trying it out right now with both the thirdperson system mentioned below and the playermodels you mentioned and I am unable to reproduce any T-Posing shield problems, so it is likely another addon causing this issue.

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