Armor toughness

[Resetti's Replicas]

Is Plastic 3 stronger than Steel 1?  I ask, because there's a bullet hole with a number beside it, which I think signifies toughness, and Plastic 3's number is greater than Steel 1's.  However, my instincts tell me that no plastic is stronger than steel.  Can anyone clarify?

[G.K.]

The armour definitions.txt should answer this.. If only I knew where it was in DSL.

[Reier]

This plastic is stronger than steel. Believe it.

[R1885]

Is Plastic 3 stronger than Steel 1?  I ask, because there's a bullet hole with a number beside it, which I think signifies toughness, and Plastic 3's number is greater than Steel 1's.  However, my instincts tell me that no plastic is stronger than steel.  Can anyone clarify?

And that, you be wrong. High end bullet prof lexan, bonded chemically, can far surpass most steel alloys.

[JoeBlo]

The armour definitions.txt should answer this.. If only I knew where it was in DSL.

decompile RA2.cfz :D

[G.K.]

I can never recompile it afterwards.

[JoeBlo]

use LuTze's compiler
 
decompiling with hers doesnt effect the original CFZ it makes a copy

[G.K.]

I know, but whenever I try to recompile using it doesn't work.

[Naryar]

Plastic 3 is better than Steel 1 anyways.

[123savethewhales]

Plastic is by far the best armor in the game.  Titanium doesn't even come close.

[Naryar]

I would disagree.

The best armor choices you have (60 HP/kg) are Plastic 3, Titanium 1, Titanium 5 and Titanium 10.

[123savethewhales]

But the realistic armor choice are plastic 1, titanium 1, plastic 3, plastic 5, and titanium 3.  Titanium 5 is really pushing it and 10 should never be used.  If you got that much weight you could of lower your armor to plastic 5 and put on external armors instead.

For the most part I stick to plastic 3 and 5.  Plastic 5 has a better ratio than titanium 3, and I suppose titanium 1 isn't so bad in certain situations, I just never got the chance to use it much.

[Naryar]

Well your building style doesn't needs a lot of chassis armor... still i use heavier armors as a fail-safe (my last SnS has a tiny chassis but Steel 5) when using small chassis, and often Ti 5 on my heavies so i don't get killed when i have a chassis hit.

And probably because i'm lazy to put external armor :P

[JoeBlo]

I love exturnal construction so Tite 3 is my usual highest 

[Jack Daniels]

Wow... this thread is informative! *takes notes*

And dang... I made my UK vs US entry with Steel 3 not knowing any better.  :P  bleh.