Energy Shields New Vegas - ESNV

An expanded version with full compatibility for Tale of Two Wastelands is now available here! Full HUD support is now available here! Grab it and you can see shield bars.

An expansion is now available for download here. It adds shield ranks for levels 31 to 50. The packs to add shields to DLC areas and enemies are now finished, although not entirely by me. The base game and Dead Money are available here. The packs to add shields to Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road are available at this page. A big thanks to tehbeyond for completing the work I just never got around to finishing.

Rank is the shield's general level of power. Each rank is appropriate for a level range. The ranks are Buffer (1-5), Brace (6-10), Field (11-15), Ward (16-20), Wall (21-25), and Aegis (26-30). Enemies can't spawn with non-playable shields at higher ranks than appropriate for their level, or playable shields at higher ranks than appropriate for your level.

Max SP is the highest amount of shield points the shield can charge to. This represents the shield's total health. It fully absorbs damage on a breaking strike, so it can always protect against at least one attack. However, if any attack does more total damage than you have health remaining, your shield will critically fail and you will still die regardless of remaining SP (See Answers "How does this work?" for an explanation).

Recharge is the number of SP recovered every second when charging. Getting behind cover is a great way to avoid attacks and recharge your shield. A higher recharge will let you more rapidly replenish shields so you spend less time in cover and more time fighting.

Delay is the number of seconds that must pass from you last taking damage before the shield begins to recharge again. You must stop taking damage or your shield can't ever recharge. Shields with a higher delay are weak against rapid attacks, which can quickly diminish your SP without leaving a chance for you to recover.

Break is the penalty in number of seconds that you must wait after hitting 0 SP before before shield points start recharging. Unlike Delay, which applies every time you take damage (including when at 0 SP), the Break penalty is only applied once each shield break. Shields with a higher Break are weak against strong single attacks, which can commonly break your shield and leave you vulnerable.

Shields come in either playable or non-playable variants. Playable shi