Nothing stops you from using XP-compatible exe from my sig, together with actual gamedir.

The tags were set on purpose by Flugente because it's just a waste of time and tool kits to repair things that cannot be damaged anyway, like LBE or other misc items.

1. First of all the game engine damages everything you pick up, and you end up with damaged yet unrepairable stuff. That's how I first noticed the issue, picking up damaged vests I couldn't repair anymore.
   
2. Why would LBEs be indestructible? A mortar shell going down close to you is sure to shred your backpack.
   
3. The waste of time is IMHO a silly argument in a game where people need to eat and drink... Either it's an arcade game overly simplifying everything not action related, or it's a simulation where every tedious aspect of reality counts as gameplay.
   
4. What bothers me is the inconsistency: If my binoculars can get damaged, why would my (way more fragile) laptop resist anything (but a glass of water)? After all we have settings allowing to show the difference between the solidity of a steel crowbar and the fragility of a flimsy plastic electronic device. Use them!
   
5. As for the waste of time and tool kits, I always hire Gasket, place him in a central sector with my stockpile, and he spends the whole campaign there, repairing stuff. He never sees any enemy. Between major offensives I bring my combat teams there for a general overhaul of everything they can't repair on the front lines.
   
6. Last, coming back to Flugente's clothes, why on earth would water damage them? How do people wash their clothes? For the distant observer I am, that borders the realm of silly...

Uh? I don't recal not being able to repair LBE or armor. And isn't there this ini-setting, something like "advanced repair" or the like? Don't remember where in ini.

- As the sole purpose of the flash suppressor, hiding muzzle flashes, is not affected by status, it's status is irrelevant, making repairs useless. It is thus no longer repairable.
- LBE gear status is useless. It is thus no longer repairable. This is not true for the radio set and the diving bottle, which are LBE but have other purpsoes as well.

Even if the status of these items doesn't affect their functionality in game, I still don't like running around in rags.

- As the sole purpose of the flash suppressor, hiding muzzle flashes, is not affected by status, it's status is irrelevant, making repairs useless. It is thus no longer repairable.
- LBE gear status is useless. It is thus no longer repairable. This is not true for the radio set and the diving bottle, which are LBE but have other purpsoes as well.

• the status bar will still be shown but it will be empty
  
• when you sell an item, its hidden status will still affect its value
  

• the status bar will still be shown but it will be empty
  
  
• when you sell an item, its hidden status will still affect its value

Yeah, I'm reluctant to implement the <ShowStatus> fix, because it drags a whole mess of other things to fix with it.

As far as I can tell <ShowStatus> never worked at all.

In my opinion the best solution is to restore the old status, where we could repair our stuff that can be repaired in the real world. Hey, even I can use a sewing kit...