DamageCalc_ArmorBeforeShield
Tracking Issue: #743
By default, shields are damaged before any damage is mitigated by armor. This is fine in vanilla when shields are rare, but becomes an issue in modded campaigns where 'shields' are turned into 'ablative' hit points that provide a buffer before units become wounded and suffer red fog. Increasing ablative is often a non-optimal choice because it can make the the soldier's armor pips become redundant.
This change adds an optional config variable (XComGameCore.ini) that
other mods or the player can enable. When enabled, it changes the TakeDamage
event inside XComGameState_Unit to handle armor mitigation and apply any
shredding to the armor before moving on to shields. Shield-bypassing damage such
as Psi or EMP damage behaves as normal, ignoring armor and shields to hit health.
[XComGame.X2Effect_ApplyWeaponDamage]
; Issue 743
; Set to false/commented out if you want damage to hit shields/ablative, then armor, then health (vanilla behaviour)
; Set to true/uncomment it if you want damage to hit armor, then shield/ablative, then health
;ARMOR_BEFORE_SHIELD=true