Does the .vwp command "ionWeapon" actually work?

[DerFürst]

Alright, so I have vehicle files I'm editing and I've come across an interesting point. It says here that setting a vehicle weapon file to the value "ionWeapon 1" will damage enemy shields and cause their ships to malfunction. However, every time I have tested this (alone in multiplayer against stationary, shielded and shieldless vehicles of all types), it seems like nothing is happening.

 

Is this just another one of those broken/missing values left over from development or am I missing something?

[Fire Phoenix]

didn't work for me as well

[eezstreet]

Maybe it works in SP? Not sure as I haven't investigated VWPs too closely.