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This guide is intended to introduce beginners to the visual cues EVE Online has for the various modules, so that you can recognise what's being done to your ship in combat (and hopefully, how to counter it). Each visual effect has an animated GIF illustrating what it looks like, however in case the animations do not load properly each effect also has a link to a static picture as well.
WARNING: picture heavy!
Local Repair Modules
Armour Repairer
An armour repairer, as the name suggests, actively repairs the ship's armour whilst the module is active.
The visibility of the armour repairer in action is limited to damaged sections of the ships model.
Hull Repairer
Just as the armour repairer repairs armour, the hull repairer repairs hull damage whilst active.
You won't often see this in space, since hull tanking is daft. Whilst similar to the armour repair animation. It will be visible only on damaged sections of the ships model.
Shield Booster
The shield booster does for shield what the two previous modules did for armour & hull.
The shield booster is easier to see. One thing which sets this apart from the armour & hull repairers is that the animation is offset from the ship surface.
Colour of shield hardening depends on ships faction of origin.
Active Hardener Modules
Armour Hardener
The armour hardener if activated increases armour resistance to incoming damage
Colour of armour hardening depends on ships faction of origin, not the module or the resistance type itself.
Shield Hardener
The shield hardener if activated increases shield resistance to incoming damage
Colour of shield hardening depends on ships faction of origin, not the module or the resistance type itself.
Remote Repair Modules
Armour/Hull Repairer
The remote armour repairer is used to repair your fleet mates taking damage.
Appears as a green and orange cone/cyclone which extends from the ship to the target. The remote hull repair module has exactly the same animation.
Shield Transporter
The remote shield repairer is known as a shield transporter, and repairs your fleet mates' shield damage. Note that despite its name, it does not reduce your own shield.
The shield transporter is seen as a blue star-burst and beam pointed at the target with a cone of blue rings moving towards the target.
Remote Energy Modules
For each of these modules, the ship on the right is activating the module, targeting the ship on the left.
Energy Transfer
Energy transfer takes a portion of your own capacitor and adds it to the target's. Thus, this is a module you use on a friendly ship to increase their capacitor.
The golden beams shift, strobe and move violently when the module is active.
Energy Destabilizer
An energy destabilizer - also known as a neutralizer or neut - removes some energy of the target ship's capacitor. Thus this is a hostile module you would activate on enemy ships to shut down their active modules.
This looks like an energy transfer effect, except blue & pink instead of gold.
Energy Vampire
Also known as a nosferatu or nos - the energy vampire takes some of the enemy's capacitor energy and adds it to your own. This can be useful for both annoying the enemy and helping to keep your own active modules running.
There is a red beam pointing towards the target with a shifting and spiraling red cyclone.
Still image for these three modules coming Soon™.
Warp Disruptor, Scrambler and Webifier
Warp Disruptor
Warp Scrambler
Both warp disruption and warp scrambling effects are imitating cone-like radio weave signals extending from ship to its target.
The webifier doesn't have a ship-to-ship effect, just a kind of circular ripple effect around the target.
Electronic Warfare
ECM Jammer
Burst Jammer
ECM Jammer
Modules designed for jamming targeting computers. Burst Jammer is universal area of efect module able to disrupt targeting computers in the vicinity, while ECM Jammer is a focused beam designed to disrupt specific targeting systems. Please note, that ECM and remote sensor booster siganls are almost identical
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Sensor Booster
Sensor Booster
Remote Sensor Booster
A sensor booster increases a ship's targeting range and locking speed, making it easier to catch and pin down ships.
It will also increase ships sensor strenght making your ship less susceptible to jamming.
Tracking/Guidance Computer
Tracking Computer
Remote Tracking Computer
Tracking Computer boosts your turrets tracking speed and optimal range.
Guidance Computer boosts missile flight time and accuracy.
Sensor Dampener/Weapon Disruptor
Tracking/Guidance Disruptor
Sensor Dampner
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Target Painter
It wasn't worth uploading a GIF of a target painter, since it hardly changes (the animation is very subtle). It's simply a thin red line between originating ship and target.
Still images: Media:CuesEcm.JPG
Smartbomb
Smartbombs are bad news unless it's you doing it. Don't wait around to get blown up and podded. Smartbombs are bright and obvious - a huge explosion-effect centred on the ship.
Plasma Smartbomb
(dealing Thermal damage)
| Remaining smartbomb visual effects | ||
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 Graviton Smartbomb (dealing Kibnetic damage) |
 EMP Smartbomb (dealing EM damage) |
 Proton Smartbomb (dealing Explosive damage) |
Missile Warheads
Missiles, rockets and torpedoes go BOOM when they hit something.
Inferno Warhead
(dealing Thermal damage)
| Remaining warhead explosion effects | ||
|---|---|---|
 Scourge Warhead (dealing Kibnetic damage) |
 Mjolnir Warhead (dealing EM damage) |
 Nova Warhead (dealing Explosive damage) |
Cloaking Device
Your ship shimmers before disappearing from view.
Tractor Beam
This shows as a fluctuating cone of light blue light towards the target bringing it closer to the ship.
Salvager
A beam of white light hits the target and salvage process begins.
Triage
Golden Sparkle
Notes
This guide has omitted some information due to its inaccessibility to the author. Please feel free to correct any mistakes, add more information or edit this list of graphical ship effects which were not included and need to be added in the future.
- Cyno field generator
- Jump portal/ gate jump
- Jump bridge
- Tracking computer
- Armor and Shield Hardeners
