Finally!

About time they added the effect that spall liners are supposed to have in the first place. My Matilda IV will appreciate the extra buffer against all the damn derp guns still running around.

” – added the possibility to shoot automatically if you keep the fire button pressed (“autofire”)”

Should help increase DPS slightly for tanks with very fast reloads, since invariably rapid clicking misses the exact moment that the round is available for firing. I know some of my lower-tier tanks will appreciate it quite a bit.

“- added the option to enable inverse turning directions, when going backwards (reverse), you can enable it to move the tank the opposite way when going backwards”

TOG sidescraping made easy? Or any other longish tank with a front-mounted turret and decent side armor, really.

Even when they give HESH its own mechanic (which they’ve said they’re going to at least once in the past IIRC), non-penetrating hits should act roughly the same way that non-penetrating HE hits do; impact the armor plating and cause bits on the other side to fly off, which spall liners realistically are supposed to reduce or stop.

tl;dr Yes it will affect HESH as well, probably continue to do so even after HESH is reworked.

As far as Deadeye goes, you have it right; spall liners do nothing, and will continue to do nothing, since Deadeye only affects rounds that either penetrate or don’t.