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Environmental Damage Rebalance

Another quick INI edit which makes firearms and melee weapons less lethal to your surroundings.

HEALTH DAMAGE IS NOT CHANGED. AT ALL.

For reference, a Frag grenade in XC2 causes 10 points of Env. damage and will destroy most hard cover that isnt reinforced like a UFO wall. 5 points of env. damage will destroy most low cover which is why in Chimera Squad you keep seeing gunfire destroying handrails on the first hit from pistols.

Quick Changelog:

Swords no longer cause Environmental Damage at all.
XCOM Assault Rifle causes 3 point of Env damage down from 7.
SMG 2 down from 6
Shotgun 4 down from 8
Pistol 1 down from 5
Gauntlet 0 down from 5
Shield 0 down from 1
Plasma Grenade down to 12 from 20
Frag Grenade down to 8 from 10
Fire Grenade up to 4 from 1
Acid Grenade up to 2 from 1
Shrapnel up to 4 from 1

Enemy guns and grenades follow the same rules as above.

Epic Weapons are severely nerfed, they now cause the same as their normal counterparts instead of 20 damage. FYI 20 environmental damage is about the same as an Alien Grenade in XC2 which is HUGE.

Cars should stop exploding for no reason now (but grenades still work). Unless you shotgun them 2-3 times.

-= MISC CHANGES =-
- Blazing Pinions damage up from 0 to 5 damage.
- Quake Environmental damage down to 4 from 10.
- Andromedon Punch down to 5 from 10.
- Sectopod WrathCannon up to 20 from 1.
- Sectopod LightingField up to 5 from 1.
- Archon Staff down from 10 to 5 in Melee mode.
- Zombie Fist now down to 1 environmental damage.

V2.0
- Subdue and RiotBash no longer cause Environmental Damage (it was hardcoded, now its 0).

V2.1 Updated more enemies special abilities.

V2.2 Added Zombie Fist and Archon Staff who were hardcoded.

V2.3 Added Torque's Poison Spit ability reduction

If you're wondering about the mod's image preview, that was all caused by Cherub's shield pre-mod. That guy's shield is something else.

-= COMPATIBILITY =-
Not compatible with Grobo's Tactical Overhaul Mod, either because
it is integrated into it or fundamentally conflicts with it.
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