[Akalabeth Angel]

    Why do Beams (largely) ignore shields and is it possible to make non-beam weapons do the same?

[Warp Shadow]

I'm pretty sure it's hard-coded. If you want beams to hit shields first then you need to use the -no pierce shields flag. If you want a weapon to pierce shields add the -pierce shields flag or -beam to define it as a beam weapon.

Hope this helps

[Akalabeth Angel]

It does thanks