Altering shield glow color at runtime?

[Bat66wat6]

This is a pretty straight forward problem yet one that leaves me with a bad case of  :wtf

Look at this.

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import App
import MissionLib
import Lib.LibEngineering

gCurColor = 0

def PrintColorVals(color):
print "R:",color.GetR()
print "G:",color.GetG()
print "B:",color.GetB()
print "A:",color.GetA()

def ToggleColor(pObject, pEvent):
global gCurColor
pShip = MissionLib.GetPlayer()
pShields = pShip.GetShields()

print "Previous color:"
PrintColorVals(pShields.GetProperty().GetShieldGlowColor())

newGlowColor = App.TGColorA()
if gCurColor == 0:
# romulan green shield color
newGlowColor.SetRGBA(0.000000, 0.901961, 0.000000, 0.466667)
gCurColor = 1
else:
# klingon vorcha red shield color
newGlowColor.SetRGBA(0.866667, 0.176471, 0.000000, 0.466667)
gCurColor = 0
pShields.GetProperty().SetShieldGlowColor(newGlowColor)

print "New color:"
PrintColorVals(pShields.GetProperty().GetShieldGlowColor())

pObject.CallNextHandler(pEvent)

def init():
if App.g_kUtopiaModule.IsMultiplayer() and not App.g_kUtopiaModule.IsHost():
return
pMission = MissionLib.GetMission()
Lib.LibEngineering.CreateMenuButton("Swap color", "Tactical", __name__ + ".ToggleColor")
If you were to place the above code in a .py file and that .py into QBautostart directory you would see a button on the Tactical menu that does nothing ... despite it overriding the shield glow color values of your shield generator each time it is clicked; check your ConsoleTracker dump for proof.

Bridge Commander will not update the color of the shields despite the color values of the generator being overridden!
This is a minority case. Many of the properties can be altered at runtime and the game will reflect those changes ... however the shield color does not appear to be one of them.

I have absolutely no doubt this issue has been discovered by someone before me.

Is there a workaround or are shield glow colors absolutely unalterable after the game has loaded them from the HP file?

I have considered removing the shield glow color property from the generator altogether and replacing it with my own but initial tests show that the game crashes if a glow color property is not present.
(The game refuses to create the ship if a shield glow color property is not present)

Thank you.

[hobbs]

but what if you were to use the MVAM hp swaping ability.

i think if you use mvam it changes the hp file and so you CAN impliment a change dureing a game.

[Bat66wat6]

I will download and examine but it is a large mod. There is ALOT of code in that   

If you or anyone else has significant experience with how MVAM change HP values it would be greatly appreciated.
 

[King Class Scout]

first off, WHY would you wanna swap the sheild colors around?  as an indicator of a strength or type swap for better defense?

second, I bet it would have to be tied to the regular main scripts for the game.  if it's tied to the EXE, however, your screwed.

[Bat66wat6]

To be blunt. Why is not important. If you must know look up my post history.

If it is tied to the EXE I am indeed screwed.

Still looking through this mod to find any mention of shields colors. In all honesty I think searching MVAM is futile. As far as things look it handles entire subsystems.

The most I have found regarding shield systems in MVAM\scripts\custom\sneaker\mvam

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#now to check for shields and transfer over the charge
elif (pMvamSub.IsTypeOf(App.CT_SHIELD_SUBSYSTEM)):
#get all the shield classes
pPlayerShields = App.ShieldClass_Cast(pPlayerSub)
pMvamShields = App.ShieldClass_Cast(pMvamSub)

if (pPlayerShields and pMvamShields):
#get all shield facings
kShieldFacings = [App.ShieldProperty.FRONT_SHIELDS, App.ShieldProperty.REAR_SHIELDS, App.ShieldProperty.TOP_SHIELDS, App.ShieldProperty.BOTTOM_SHIELDS, App.ShieldProperty.LEFT_SHIELDS, App.ShieldProperty.RIGHT_SHIELDS]

#now, lets cycle through all the shields and set their charge
for kFacing in kShieldFacings:
fPct = pPlayerShields.GetSingleShieldPercentage(kFacing)
pMvamShields.SetCurShields(kFacing, (pMvamShields.GetMaxShields(kFacing) * fPct))
 

[Mario]

Is there a workaround or are shield glow colors absolutely unalterable after the game has loaded them from the HP file?

In short: No.

We've researched on the subject and there is no known workaround. IIRC Game will allow you to change the shield color initially but after a shield takes a hit the changes will never be visually applied.

[Bat66wat6]

In short: No.

We've researched on the subject and there is no known workaround. IIRC Game will allow you to change the shield color initially but after a shield takes a hit the changes will never be visually applied.

Thank you.