[V3.0] Changes in entityclasses.xml — LootList Consolidation and HeadshotDamageModifier

entityclasses.xml has no major renaming of the elements themselves, but several property names and structures have changed.

Key Changes

• Consolidation and renaming of the LootList family
  • LootListAlive → LootList (12 places, including vehicles)
  • The example comment LootListOnDeath → LootList
  • It appears that drop references for both alive and on-death states have been consolidated into LootList (behavior needs verification)
• Renaming of the head damage passive_effect: DamageModifier (tags="head") → HeadshotDamageModifier. The generic head-tagged DamageModifier has been split out into a dedicated effect name
• Dot-name property → nested class: ItemsOnEnterGame.GameModeSurvival → <property class="ItemsOnEnterGame"><property name="GameModeSurvival" .../></property>
• Mass addition of the PreviousTier property: new metadata on each zombie indicating its previous-stage variant (Feral/Radiated tier)
• New <array name="TokenManager"> element: a new structure for managing attack tokens
• CarryCapacity is now CVar-driven: value="27" → value="@.carryCapacityBase" plus ModifyCVar on onSelfEnteredGame
• special,coverWorthy tags and CanClimbLadders have been added to some zombies
• Only one new entity_class, fallingBlocks, was added, and none were removed

Impact on MODs

• xpaths that name LootListAlive / LootListOnDeath will no longer match (they are now LootList).
• xpaths targeting tags="head" on DamageModifier will miss, since the target has moved to HeadshotDamageModifier.
• xpaths that reference ItemsOnEnterGame.* by dot-name should switch to the //property[@class='ItemsOnEnterGame']/property[@name='...'] form.
• PreviousTier / TokenManager / the CarryCapacity CVar are new additions and do not break existing xpaths.

Reference: Example Diff

-   <property name="LootListAlive" value="vehicleBicycle"/>
+   <property name="LootList" value="vehicleBicycle"/>

-   <passive_effect name="DamageModifier" operation="perc_add" value="1" tags="head"/>
+   <passive_effect name="HeadshotDamageModifier" operation="perc_add" value="1" tags="head"/>

-   <property name="ItemsOnEnterGame.GameModeSurvival" value="..."/>
+   <property class="ItemsOnEnterGame">
+       <property name="GameModeSurvival" value="..."/>
+   </property>

*Based on investigation immediately after applying the experimental version (equivalent to B252).

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