Metal armor

A metal armor on top of a crate found in MAP18: Fortress: Stores.

The metal armor is an item from Strife which is functionally identical to Doom's megaarmor. When used it boosts the player's armor percentage to 200%, unless their current armor is already at that value. Metal armor will absorb one-half (1/2) of all damage dealt to the player until it wears out.

Up to three suits of metal armor can be held in the player's inventory at any time, not including the one they are wearing. They can be found in many levels of Strife, and are also sold by armorers in exchange for gold.

Whenever the armor percentage drops to zero, the Auto-Armor feature will attempt to use a metal armor if available, otherwise it will use a leather armor if available.

Data

Metal armor data
Thing type	2019 (decimal), 7E3 (hex)
Enum	MT_INV_ARMOR2 (129)
Appears in	Strife demo Strife full version Strife Veteran Ed.
Radius	20
Height	16
Sprite	ARM1
Frames	1 [A]
Class	Item Pickup
Flags	1 (decimal) 00000001 (hex)
Flags list	0: Can be picked up
Flags2 - VE	0 (decimal) 00000000 (hex)

Appearance statistics

In the IWAD the metal armor is first encountered on these maps per skill level:

Single-player
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	MAP02: Town	MAP02: Town	MAP02: Town

Multiplayer
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	MAP02: Town	MAP02: Town	MAP02: Town

The IWAD contains the following numbers of metal armors per skill level:

Single-player
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	19	19	22

Multiplayer
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	71	73	76