just finished it..it has no texture to go over your skin, no glow effect, and makes no noise when you pick it up...i thought of this last night on a map we were playing...the are was dark ad the shieldbelt totally gave away your position...here's a screenshot of it right after i picked it up: http://p455w0rd.is-a-geek.net/ut/images/dfb_sbelt.bmp