BIG PERFORMANCE FIXES:


Found a rather fatal flaw in my design, even despite my prior testing, that pushed me to update the Greystormfire with some significant changes to her interiors and parts of her hull.

The flaw being that one random stray rocket to the left or right side upper wing could easily destroy one of her fuel tanks, causing a chain reaction to blow a vulnerable hole in her side to then allow for catastrophic ship wide destruction.

So, to my shagrin, I have done the following:

- removed some of decoration blocks on her upper wings (left and right) and replaced them with combat steal
~ (this girl has enough lift power that a few more blocks mean nothing to her)

- Moved Fusion Generator to behind the Cockpit and moved shield emmitter to where the Fusion Generator originally was
~ So, a quick-ish explination on this. Having the fusion generator where it was would cause you to lose the whole ship if you suffered enough damage. Now, the ship was designed to not take damage on the top of her, as that is her vulnerable spot (sounds silly yes but she is a bomber, ment for hit and run tactics. She should never be getting hit on the top of her if you play with her right).

That being said, Empyrion is hardly known for its consistency, so despite the decoys made to have POI's and ships target her nose and under carriage, rockets and/or plasma blasts would still hit her upper wings, causing her fuel tanks to explode and open a hole to her warp drive, shield boosters, and generator, and then a second follow up hit would essentially destroy the rest of her in a chain reaction of gloriously horrible explosions *huff* Lotta words.

BUT, with her Generator behind her cockpit now, if it explodes, it doesnt take the whole ship internals with it (i know cause i tested it thoroughly), and should also take its core with it, saving the rest of the ship, yay! As well, if her hull is breached on the top now, the destruction of her warp drive wont cause ALL THE REST OF HER THRUSTERS TO EXPLODE ALONG WITH IT ANYMORE...as it did with the generator there.... hurray!

~so now.. For shield upgrades: to access the shield generator, for upgrades, one simply remove the block with the V on it, and her shield should be just below it.

- Replaced her Left and Right Thrusters, from Plasmas to Anti-Matters
~ I was not happy with her left and right thrust even though I didnt design her to be a straffing ship. Still, the extra boost is noticeable and much more appealing then before!

- Updated a few of her textures (cause why not)

- and FINALLY: Shifted her Heavy Vulcan guns back a bit on her under hull so they are less likely to be targeted before the nose Decoys are.


OH, one final final thing. I adjusted some of her internals for her CPU placements, so now she can only handle 2 Aux Cores, and 1 more Quantum core for CPU upgrades, without the need for rearranging stuff inside. The Cross pattern on her back indicates where you can add CPU cores. And any block marked with a circle + X can be removed for room/ upgrades

Thanks for bearing with the long winded notes! Continue to Enjoy the Stormfire!