Off Type Defenses Not Registering

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Running latest version of TA as updated through impulse.

Recently was in a war with the Drath who use beam weaponry. I updated my ship designs to use shields to compensate.  We eventually agreed on a ceasefire, but a few turns later the Yor declared war on me.  Not having time to rebuild/redesign my fleets I sent them into battle against the Yor who use missile weapons.  Shields are offtype defense but should still roll as the square root correct? I am getting no shield animations when the missiles hit during the cinematic battle and the scrolling combat info doesn't even seem to register that I have shields installed on my ships.  It's almost as if the missiles were ignoring my shields completely. Can anyone offer an explanation?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

No, off-type defences basically don't show in that way, not directly, but as far as I know they still work.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Ok, that explains why the animation doesn't play.  But why don't the shields show up in the combat text?

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Shields will show up in the text only if the enemy is using a beam weapon during that time.

If the enemy is using stuff other than beam weapons, the shields will still roll and it will affect the damage the enemy does but the icon will not light up because it is not optimal.