function Create(self)
	self.mapwrapx = SceneMan.SceneWrapsX;
	self.startchargetimer = Timer();
	self.chargetimer = Timer();
	self.energycounter = 0;
	self.startcharge = false;

	--Marking things down here to make sure there are no problems later
	self.energymeter = nil;
	self.pullamountnumber = 0;

--------------------
----- The variables here can be changed to alter various properties of the shield.

	self.startchargedelay = 2000; -- time before the shield starts to charge up after it got hit.
	self.chargedelay = 20; -- charges one energy point after every X miliseconds.
	self.maxenergy = 60; -- maximum amount of energy for the shield.
	self.shieldradius = 35; -- pixel radius of shield.

-----
--------------------PresetMan:ReloadAllScripts()

	self.parent = nil;
	self.parentpickingdone = false;
	local actor = MovableMan:GetMOFromID(self.RootID);

	if MovableMan:IsActor(actor) then
		self.parent = ToActor(actor);
		self.parentpickingdone = true;
	end
end

function Update(self)
	--It seems checking for a parent in the create doesn't work if the actor is manually ejected from a rocket. What the hell.
	--So we check for one here but only if we haven't already, if we have already then we can just assume it's messed up and give up (because that's what the original script did and I don't want to change that).
	if self.parentpickingdone == false then
		if self.parent == nil then
			print ("no parent update");
			local actor = MovableMan:GetMOFromID(self.RootID);

			if MovableMan:IsActor(actor) then
				self.parent = ToActor(actor);
				self.parentpickingdone = true;
			end
		end
	--Otherwise, if it's old and there's no parent we delete it and forget about it
	elseif self.parentpickingdone == true then
		if self.parent == nil then
			self.ToDelete = true;
		end
	end

	--Do the actual shield stuff if we have a parent
	if self.parentpickingdone == true and self.parent ~= nil and MovableMan:IsActor(self.parent) then
		if self.energymeter == nil then --not(MovableMan:IsParticle(self.energymeter)) then
			self.energymeter = CreateMOSRotating("Mjolnir Shield Meter");
			self.energymeter.Pos = self.parent.AboveHUDPos + Vector(-8,-18);
			MovableMan:AddParticle(self.energymeter);
		elseif MovableMan:IsParticle(self.energymeter) then
			self.energymeter.ToDelete = false;
			self.energymeter.ToSettle = false;
			self.energymeter.HitsMOs = false;
			self.energymeter.PinStrength = 1000;
			self.energymeter.Pos = self.parent.AboveHUDPos;
			self.energymeter.Frame = math.ceil((self.energycounter/self.maxenergy)*10);
		end

		if self.startchargetimer:IsPastSimMS(self.startchargedelay) and self.chargetimer:IsPastSimMS(self.chargedelay) and self.energycounter < self.maxenergy then
			if self.startcharge == true then
				local startChargeFX = CreateAEmitter("Mjolnir Sound Shield Charge Start");
				startChargeFX.Pos = self.parent.Pos;
				MovableMan:AddParticle(startChargeFX);
				self.startcharge = false;
			end
			self.chargetimer:Reset();
			self.energycounter = self.energycounter + 1;
		end

		if self.energycounter > 0 then
			for particle in MovableMan.Particles do
				if particle.HitsMOs == true then

					self.pardist = SceneMan:ShortestDistance(self.parent.Pos,particle.Pos,self.mapwrapx);

					if self.pardist.Magnitude < self.shieldradius then

						self.pullamountnumber = particle.Vel.AbsRadAngle-self.pardist.AbsRadAngle;
						if self.pullamountnumber < 0 then
							self.pullamountnumber = self.pullamountnumber * -1;
						end
						self.pullamountnumber = self.pullamountnumber/(math.pi*2);

						if self.pullamountnumber > 0.2 then

							if (particle.ClassName == "MOPixel" or particle.ClassName == "MOSParticle") and (particle.Team ~= self.parent.Team or (particle.Team == self.parent.Team and particle.IgnoresTeamHits == false)) then

								local shieldflash = CreateMOPixel("Particle Mjolnir Shield Hit Glow","UNSC.rte");
								shieldflash.Pos = particle.Pos;
								MovableMan:AddParticle(shieldflash);
								local shieldsound = CreateAEmitter("Mjolnir Sound Shield Hit","UNSC.rte");
								shieldsound.Pos = particle.Pos;
								MovableMan:AddParticle(shieldsound);

								particle.ToDelete = true;

								self.energycounter = self.energycounter - 1;
								self.chargetimer:Reset();
								self.startchargetimer:Reset();
								self.startcharge = true;

								if self.energycounter <= 0 then
									break;
								end
							end
						end
					end

				end
			end
		end
	end
end

function Destroy(self)
	if MovableMan:IsParticle(self.energymeter) then
		self.energymeter.ToDelete = true;
		
	end

end