Hahaha, this is so sad, I just wrote a pretty heft post about everything I had done relating to these textures. Modified files and such.
Figured after looking through and seeing nothing is wrong, I decided to try it in game before I looked like an idiot.
I
feel like an idiot.
Some how giving up and leaving it for a while fixed it. ._.
It's all in the zip in the previous post if you want to use it.
IMO the shields are too powerful, but I like lots of shields in preference to armour. Even though its more like a disadvantage (since you cant repair it @ 20+ hp/s). Meh, it's meant to be more of a self-sufficient tank anyway, good @ long range combat, but in a dog fight it just takes damage and fires missiles when possible.
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