Armor Modules Included with MES

Modular Encounters Systems ships with specialized armor modules that can be placed on NPC grids during spawn. These blocks replace vanilla armor cubes and add suppression fields, defensive combat logic, or flight movement abilities to encounters.

Armor modules are applied through Manipulation Profiles using the ReplaceArmorBlocksWithModules and ModulesForArmorReplacement tags. For each value in ModulesForArmorReplacement, one eligible armor block on the prefab is replaced with the specified module block type.

Manipulation Tags

Tag: ReplaceArmorBlocksWithModules
Tag Format: [ReplaceArmorBlocksWithModules:Value]
Description: Enables replacement of armor blocks (cubes) on the grid with specialized modules that add additional abilities and effects to NPC prefabs.
Allowed Values: true
false
Default Value(s): false
Multiple Tag Allowed: No
Tag: ModulesForArmorReplacement
Tag Format: [ModulesForArmorReplacement:Value]
Description: Specifies the block types that replace armor cubes. For every value provided, one armor cube is replaced with the provided block type.
Allowed Values: MyDefinitionId SubtypeId of a valid MES armor module (see tables below)
Default Value(s): N/A
Multiple Tag Allowed: Yes

Eligible armor blocks for replacement are vanilla light and heavy armor cubes on the same grid size (small or large).

Suppression Field Modules

These modules use the Radio Antenna block type and generate an area-of-effect field around the NPC grid. When placed via armor replacement, MES sets default broadcast radii automatically.

SubtypeId Display Name Grid Default Range Description
MES-Suppressor-Nanobots-Small Nanobot Suppression Field Small 1000 m Suppresses the operation of various nanite and nanobot technologies within range.
MES-Suppressor-Nanobots-Large Nanobot Suppression Field Large 1000 m Suppresses the operation of various nanite and nanobot technologies within range.
MES-Suppressor-JumpDrive-Small Jump Drive Suppression Field Small 6000 m Suppresses the operation of Jump Drives within range.
MES-Suppressor-JumpDrive-Large Jump Drive Suppression Field Large 6000 m Suppresses the operation of Jump Drives within range.
MES-Suppressor-Jetpack-Small Jetpack Suppression Field Small 1000 m Suppresses the operation of Jetpacks within range.
MES-Suppressor-Jetpack-Large Jetpack Suppression Field Large 1000 m Suppresses the operation of Jetpacks within range.
MES-Suppressor-Drill-Small Drill Suppression Field Small 500 m Suppresses the operation of Hand Drills within range.
MES-Suppressor-Drill-Large Drill Suppression Field Large 500 m Suppresses the operation of Hand Drills within range.
MES-Suppressor-Player-Small Personnel Suppression Field Small 1000 m Suppresses player presence by applying increasing damage the closer they get.
MES-Suppressor-Player-Large Personnel Suppression Field Large 1000 m Suppresses player presence by applying increasing damage the closer they get.
MES-Suppressor-Energy-Small Energy Suppression Field Small 1000 m Depletes engineer suit energy when players get close.
MES-Suppressor-Energy-Large Energy Suppression Field Large 1000 m Depletes engineer suit energy when players get close.

Combat and Movement Modules

SubtypeId Block Type Grid Description
SmallDefensiveCombat Defensive Combat Block Small Adds defensive combat behavior to the NPC grid.
LargeDefensiveCombat Defensive Combat Block Large Adds defensive combat behavior to the NPC grid.
SmallFlightMovement Flight Movement Block Small Adds flight movement behavior to the NPC grid.
LargeFlightMovement Flight Movement Block Large Adds flight movement behavior to the NPC grid.

Example

[MES Manipulation]

[ReplaceArmorBlocksWithModules:true]
[ModulesForArmorReplacement:MES-Suppressor-JumpDrive-Large]
[ModulesForArmorReplacement:MES-Suppressor-Player-Large]

This example replaces two armor cubes on a large-grid prefab with a Jump Drive Suppression Field and a Personnel Suppression Field.

  • Manipulation Profiles — full tag reference for ReplaceArmorBlocksWithModules and ModulesForArmorReplacement
  • Block Replacement Profiles — preset profiles for swapping armor variants (light/heavy), distinct from armor module replacement