Ok simply, we have blue shields. They have been around for awhile now, but since most projects involving them have become either begun to stagnate or have even cancelled (including my own) I've thought that maybe Fleet Ops can have them after all.

If you want them, just ask and I will talk to the rest of the original team to see if they are ok with this. In case you have doubts, I'll post some screenshots simply of them working. If Doca or Optec decide that they want the shield sod, they can email me: draconis.sharp@gmail.com

yeah i think its a bit bright, tone it down a bit and with some cool shimmering effect it'll look cool

even with its current faults, (really only nit picks) its probably the best shield texture i've seen for the feds   . question, after seeing the bottom pic, i can't tell, is this a skin-tight shield?   if not its definatly the closest to it that i've ever seen.

i doubt doca & optec will want them (but shut my mouth if they do) cos they want fleet ops to be their project, its something they seem to take great pride in, but it would be cool if this was in fleet ops

oh yeah forgot to ask, is this shield pack available to download, off A2 files for example? or is this just part of a wider project, that hasn't come to fruition, & your now organ donning bits and pieces off.

It isn't available for individual download yet. It is included in several large projects at AFC; I don't think they are enthusiastic about letting Fleet Ops have them. I've corresponded with the one who actually created the sod in the first place, and I don't think he's fond of Flops getting their hands on it. Even if I don't give the original sod, I may still show them how to do it.

Yes, race specific shields would be a problem I'm afraid. It may yet be possible, but not much more has been done to research them.

P.S. I suppose you made your newer ship selection boxes in a similar way, with a sprite attached to a sod?

I really wish it were possible to have the color race-specific. This would be so beneficial. If there is a will, there is a way, just that we don't know what that way is yet, sadly. As for showing them how to do it, that could be possible. Since I created it, if anyone wants to show you how that's done, I would be able to at least direct you in the right direction. Actually, I can describe it in one sentence - the shield is a sphere with sprites on it - now there are two sprites - one has an explosion above the shield hit so that it gives the look of detonation of ordnance. The rest of it can be figured out without any crazy noding or coding (or as I'd like to call it, conoding).  

I'm working on new ideas all of the time as far as the shields go. I believe it just might be possible to get hit sprites worked out so that a shield pod, when hit, would appear as a shield hit. When destroyed, no explosion would be seen and no parts would fly around - I can do that part. The hit sprites - that's where it gets tricky. You have to make sure the sprite you edit is not used in other effects, as adding explosion sprites to expand the list of explosion (hit) sprites isn't possible yet. Explosions are easy to add, it's just the idea of adding hit sprites that is not yet possible.

Though you have tried the above already, it's good to see that my work means something, and that's always good. As for any other requests, please make sure that you send me a private message and maybe I'll be able to help if not too busy, which I've been a lot lately.    

Yep Elrond, you are right. Damage visualisation - something which should be realy important in a RTS game in my opinion - is one of the weakest points of Armada2. I fear that, without the sourcecode, race-colored shields won't be doable. Maybe you can at least try something for the borg (green or not that much visible shields), cause models use the borg node to display assimilation stuff, maybe you can make a modification on the shield sod this way too, also i'm not sure if the shield sod itself even is considered the property of a team. i think it does not call any odf functions and is therefore relatively "unmodable", sadly..  :cry:

The new FO shields work similar to the old ones, just with better animation, texture and a few new glow effect

always have hated that in mods.   tend to get overwhelmed by the ai  teleporting onto my ships.   >>