flavour objects as bullet catchers

[nik mond]

Do flavour objects provide bullet cover, LOS cover, and even blast wave or shrapnel protection? If so is it literal or an abstraction. I've been doing some testing on my own and its somewhat inconclusive, hard to test actually.

[YankeeDog]

Flavor objects do provide cover (i.e., they will block projectiles). Though note that most of the flavor objects in the game are not large enough, or made of substantial enough material, to stop a rifle round.

However, unless things have changed since CMSF, flavor objects do NOT provide concealment. Something about the complexity this would add to all the LOS calculations causing a huge hit to game performance.

So, no; your soldier can't hide behind that haystack. But while a rifle round will probably go right through the haystack, it might be substantial enough to provide some protection against lower energy projectiles, like SMG rounds and the shell fragments from light mortar fire.