@Six Feet Under

It stacks in some way with other mods - though i have no control which shield is struck "first". The only control i have, is with the vanilla shield belts, which are depleted before the implant.

How does this work with shield packs, or the shield mechanics of other mods?

Updated with the performance fix, and two other fixes:
- Removed logging message
- Fixed a critical error when an animal with the implant was hit

@peter turbo
I did not work with performance in mind (especially since i know little about inner workings of Rimworld), but I would gladly implement an improvement like this

Great mod, but while using it I found a performance issue, specifically:
In PlasmaShieldImplant.VirCompShield2:CompTick the PsychicSensitivity stat is calculated using the GetStatValue method, which is heavy because it takes into account everything that can relate to the pawn's stats, and it called every tick (60 calls in second on speed 1). And you access the ShieldState stat inside CompTick() twice, which is less expensive than the previous function, but still noticeable
I managed to reduce the average call time per tick from 0.163ms to 0.007ms using caching
I'll share my solution if you contact me

This is one of my favorite mods of all time, thank you for updating it!

Awesome, thanks for being on top of things @Virathas.

Once 1.6 is live, i will definitely make sure that the mod works, and have a relevant update.

Does this work in 1.6? Any plans to update?

Why must these implants be added to the heart area instead of the torso or the brain?
This greatly affects those players who prefer to use heart implants.

May have found a minor incompatibility. I was performing surgeries on some of my colonists to remove bionic limbs to later use a regenerating limb psycast ability, and when the surgery was completed, the shield depleted, the limb appeared on the floor, but it also remained on the colonist it was removed from. A second surgery completed soon after removed the limb, so I think it may be due to having a high shield cap. As most of my colonists have the basic shield battery installed, while a few also have the advanced shield battery installed along with the basic battery.

@CTH2004

The dampening shields main strength, is that the each attack only drains 1 point of energy. As such, in normal state 20 shots will have reduced impact, while a regular shield would be likely depleted in two or three shots.
This mode is mostly useful (or should be), when you know you'll be hit, but have some sort of light regeneration, or want to avoid a 1 shot-kill from high-powered attacks.

i'm a bit confused exactly, what is the point of the dampening shields? It seeoms to have only drawbacks (at least mentioned here in the description)

Updated to 1.5, it should work now.

Furthermore added a new functionality module - Dampening Field. It does not prevent receiving damage, but it halves the damage the user takes.

1.4 is still supported, but will not receive any updates (including the above module)

nevermind, no errors show up but shield not shielding

@Black_Overlord seems to work just fine with 1.5

And will there be 1.5 updeate?

Thank you for your answers

I remember that i checked operations and i didnt found these options. Maybe its just me.

I have VPE so i know about gizmos eating performance, but maybe there should be RMB menu option for that when you click on a pawn?

Is there a way to somehow make implants compatible with modded implants, or the problem is on hearts side?

@Black_Overlord
Not exactly sure i remember my design, but i do know that archotech heart is not a vanilla item. If i recall correctly it did work with the bionic hearts.

As far as enabling/disabling the modules, it is done by operations. This is less than ideal, i agree, but frankly, adding gizmos slows everything down extremely (See Rimworld of Magic if you select several casters) and i have no skill how to make it better right now. Perhaps once i return to Rimworld i'll adjust this as well.

Apologies for no answers, it did not notify me:

@Aldran
I have not been playing RimWorld recently, so i did not check the compatibility. It "Should" be compatible, but i'd rather err at the side of caution - we all know how nasty it is when a mod breaks a save because of someething weird.

I was originally thinking about the later mechanitor upgrade of energy = bandwidth, but can't remember why i decided against it. The shield for protecting mechs would be interesting, though i have no clue how to write it. It would also probably fit more a building to which they are connected... That does sound cool actually.

And yes, you should be able to add it mid-save, like most other content mods

And there is a problem: these implants only work with natural hearts. Why cant i put them on archotech heart?

And will there be 1.5 update?

I am talking about shield implant modifications. If you implant more tha one, then all of them but one become "deactivated". How do i chose which to enable?

if you are talking about general game mods, then select the Mods option from the main menu to activate them

unless you are talking about the extensions, those are different implants that affects the main one

and if you are talking about deactivating and reactivating the extensions, then that I am pretty sure is done by doing a medical operation on the character you are trying to activate the extensions of

How do i chose what mod to activate? There are no gizmos. Maybe it is a conflict, but there are no errors in log.

Awesome mod, can I add it mid save?

Also I advise that you add a 1.5 tag to this so that people don't uninstall this when mass removing outdated mods, since that happened to me it probably has happened to some other people too

Can you please make a mechanitor extension that absorbs damage to protect mechanoids that are under the control of the mechanitor with the shield

Also an extension that scales its max energy with max bandwith (could probably make them both the same extension)

Mod still functions in 1.5, haven't noticed any issues as of yet.

@the.hunter.orion2
Only a single copy of each module can be installed.

can I put multiple of the psIonic regenerators at once?

Really like this mod, but its weakness to CE weaponry is a shame :/

Update:
[Fixed]
Having both Hardened and Psychic Shields no longer reduces shield capacity to 1/4.
Adaptive shields can now be toggled

[Changes]
Hardened Shields are now a "Functionality" mod; Only one Functionality mod can be active at a time.
Strings are no longer hard-coded, so translations are now possible to be done.

[New]
Advanced Plasma Shield Battery - simple module that increases the capacity by 40.

It will be fixed next version - Simply didn't have time, but i should be able to push it this weekend :)

Heads up, the toggle for adaptive shields doesn't appear to be an option like the other two mods are.

Alright thanks for the tips, appreciate it, might just do the temp method since it seems painless and will I test what feel right. Thanks again for the help, the mod is awesome by the way

@Omega_Epsilon
Technically, yes. You can adjust the <MaxEnergy> fields in the VIR_PSImplant.xml
You might also want to adjust <RegenerationRate>, so you can fill it up in a relevant timeframe

Note that unless you make a "new" mod with the changes, any changes will likely be reverted, either on its own or when I push an update (Hopefully soon, as I have it nearly ready)

Is there a way to extend the capacity of the shields through mod settings? Im playing with CE and a .45ACP SMG can shred through the shield very quickly unless I use the hardened shields but even then because it's full auto it still rips through the shield. Is there a way to edit the mod settings?

Thankyou for getting back to me quickly! I also like that they don't currently spawn on enemies, but do understand if you want to change that at some point

Currently these implants do not spawn on enemies (I want to figure out how to do so, but I am currently on a break from Rimworld)

Regarding your other question, it SHOULD work with replacement hearts, however, replacing a heart with such implants will destroy all of them already attached. So, you should be able to have a bionic heart with implants, but losing it will destroy all implants.

Also, do these implants spawn on enemies?

This seems interesting, but I'm concerned about it being a heart replacement. Does anyone know if the shield can be implanted into bionic hearts, or modded hearts like the Advanced Bionic Heart from [FSF] Advanced Bionics Expansion?

@dinhkhiem199833
Generally, each 100% of psychic sensitivity increases the regeneration by 0.001point per tic. So a pawn with 500% sensitivity will recover 0.006 points per tic (0.001 base + 0.005 from regenerator). As such, it would recover 1 point of energy every ~3 real-time seconds.

Yes, it is slow, and that is intended.

How Psionic Regenerator scale Shield recharge rate? I have it installed on a colonist with 500+ Psychic Sensitivity but they still recharge very slowly. Fyi, the colonist also has Psi-shield Booster and Plasma Shield Implant, which is a prerequisite for Psi-shield Booster according to the description, implanted.

Update!


[Fixed]
Hardened Shields now properly reduce max energy by half

[Changes]
Hardened Shields are now a "Functionality" mod; Only one Functionality mod can be active at a time.
Strings are no longer hard-coded, so translations are now possible to be done.

[New]
Resistant Shields module - they work similarly to normal shields, except EMP only damage the shields instead of breaking them
Adaptive Shields module - These shields take reduced damage for each subsequent hit from the same damage type. Their drawback, is that the first hit that affects them deals more damage,
Modules can now be toggled on/off with an operation. It will cause long time of Anesthetic.

Note that since I am not currently playing Rimworld much, it is not as tested as it could be, though I did not find any issues. It also probably requires some balancing touches - I am open to suggestions.

I did not see in the description how the implant interacts with the belt shield.
It would be logical if only one generator could be used. For example, this can be explained by the generated electromagnetic interference, which violates the stability of both shields.

Why not upload a mod to Github?

Psionic Regenerator has now made me install the mod, looking forwards to near-unkillable psykers now.

What are you taking one hit from? Some guns in CE wreck shields, notably anything with EMP ammo (instant shield down) or close range buckshot (massive damage potential and shields don't have armor).

Thanks for quick reply! i will see if i can figure out what causes it.

@Ansekishoku

Perhaps, i have never used Combat Extended, as such I have no idea about compatibility with it

shield breaks in one hit for some reason is it because of combat extended?