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Cover Damage Reduction

Note: not compatible with War of the Chosen. See https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1126684731

This mod gives units a small bonus to their effective armor when they get shot through cover.

While this applies to everyone (both aliens and XCOM), most people will consider this to be a buff to XCOM, since it makes you less likely to get one-shot out of full cover. Is that really a bad thing, though? You decide.

The bonus is configurable, with a default of 0.33 DR for low cover, and 1.0 DR for high cover. Fractional DR applies probabilistically, so that means that low cover has a 33% chance to reduce damage by 1.

Compatibility Notes
This mod overrides two weapon damage classes:
- X2Effect_ApplyWeaponDamage (for normal damage from sidearms/grenades/swords/etc)
- X2Effect_Shredder (for damage from primary weapons)

As a result, this probably isn't compatible with mods which overhaul weapon damage mechanics.
Any modded abilities with custom damage formulas won't break the mod, but their damage probably won't subtract DR.

UPDATE:
This should now be compatible with most UI mods, including perfect information. As a bonus, the damage popup now distinguishes between cover DR and armor-based reduction. Thanks to -bg- for his idea of how to do that.

UPDATE 2:
Added additional config variables to allow DR proportional to incoming damage. eg. you can make high cover absorb 50% of all damage if you want. These are disabled by default.

UPDATE 3:
DR does not apply to grenades which do no environment damage (such as gas, fire, etc.)
Added an INI option to remove DR for destructive grenades as well.