Force Shield Monitor

Thing Type 403, Force Shield Monitor, is a monitor that gives the player a two-hit shield upon its destruction. On the first hit, the shield will become lighter. On the second hit, it will disappear completely. Any missiles that hit this shield will be reflected back to where they were fired from, which can be used to destroy missile-firing enemies with their own missiles, or harm opponent players with their own fired rings in Match/CTF. In XSRB2, however, missiles can only be reflected by pressing the Spin button in mid-jump while the missile hits. If done correctly, the player will not be damaged and the missile will be reflected.

While this monitor gives the player a Force Shield that lasts two hits, the amount of hits the shield will last can be extended past this number using either the SOC action A_CustomPower, or Linedef Type 434.

Checking the Ambush flag turns this monitor into a Weak Random Monitor, out of which it may randomly respawn with a probability of 6.25%. Checking the Object Special flag turns it into a Strong Random Monitor, out of which it may randomly respawn with a probability of 18.75%.

States - Force Shield Monitor
State	Sprite Prefix	Frame	Duration (Tics)	Action	Var 1	Var 2	Next state	Full brightness?	Translucency
689 - S_BLTV1	68 - SPR_BLTV	0 (A)	2	(None)	0	0	690 - S_BLTV2	No	0 - None
690 - S_BLTV2	77 - SPR_MTEX	0 (A)	1	(None)	0	0	689 - S_BLTV1	No	0 - None
691 - S_BLTV3	68 - SPR_BLTV	1 (B)	18	A_MonitorPop	0	0	692 - S_BLTV4	No	0 - None

States - Force Shield Monitor Icon
State	Sprite Prefix	Frame	Duration (Tics)	Action	Var 1	Var 2	Next state	Full brightness?	Translucency
691 - S_BLTV3	68 - SPR_BLTV	1 (B)	18	A_MonitorPop	0	0	692 - S_BLTV4	No	0 - None
692 - S_BLTV4	68 - SPR_BLTV	1 (B)	18	A_ForceShield	0	0	1615 - S_DISS	No	0 - None

States - Force Shield
State	Sprite Prefix	Frame	Duration (Tics)	Action	Var 1	Var 2	Next state	Full brightness?	Translucency
825 - S_SORB1	116 - SPR_SORB	0 (A)	1	(None)	0	0	826 - S_SORB2	No	5 - tr_trans50
826 - S_SORB2	116 - SPR_SORB	1 (B)	1	(None)	0	0	827 - S_SORB3	No	5 - tr_trans50
827 - S_SORB3	116 - SPR_SORB	2 (C)	1	(None)	0	0	828 - S_SORB4	No	5 - tr_trans50
828 - S_SORB4	116 - SPR_SORB	3 (D)	1	(None)	0	0	829 - S_SORB5	No	5 - tr_trans50
829 - S_SORB5	116 - SPR_SORB	4 (E)	1	(None)	0	0	830 - S_SORB6	No	5 - tr_trans50
830 - S_SORB6	116 - SPR_SORB	5 (F)	1	(None)	0	0	831 - S_SORB7	No	5 - tr_trans50
831 - S_SORB7	116 - SPR_SORB	6 (G)	1	(None)	0	0	832 - S_SORB8	No	5 - tr_trans50
832 - S_SORB8	116 - SPR_SORB	7 (H)	1	(None)	0	0	825 - S_SORB1	No	5 - tr_trans50

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