Breakable Shields

Shields in Totally Accurate Battle Simulator are no longer invincible.

They gain their own health, take damage from melee hits and blocked projectiles, and drop from the unit's hands when broken.

Features

• Shield HP: 400 + 3 × holder max health (configurable)
• Melee damage: Hitting a held shield damages the shield instead of ignoring it
• Projectile blocks: Successful blocks also chip shield HP
• Break behavior:
  • Shield drops as a physics prop
  • Blocking is disabled
  • Two-handed grips release both hands
  • Empty hands are filled with fist weapons so one-hand shield units stay playable

Install

1. Install BepInExPack_TABS
2. Install this mod with a mod manager, or extract into BepInEx/plugins/
3. Launch the game

Config

After first launch: BepInEx/config/local.breakableshields.cfg

Key	Default	Description
Enabled	true	Enable the mod
BaseHealth	400	Base shield HP
HolderHealthMultiplier	3	Extra HP = multiplier × holder max health
MeleeDamageMultiplier	1	Melee damage scale vs shields
ProjectileDamageMultiplier	1	Projectile damage scale vs shields
DropOnBreak	true	Drop shield on break
DisableBlockOnBreak	true	Disable blocking on break
DebugLog	false	Extra log spam

Notes

• Detects shields via BlockMove / SurfaceBlock components, or names containing shield / buckler / pavise
• Broken shields are renamed with _Broken and treated as dropped props

Changelog

1.2.0

• After losing a shield, empty hands get fist weapons (fixes one-hand shield unit bugs)

1.1.0

• Full two-hand drop (both joints released)
• HP formula: 400 + 3 × holder max health

1.0.0

• Initial release