s&box: Correct damage pipeline order — pre-event, armour, health, OnDeath, then Kill()

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significantruntime#sbox#damage#player#health#multiplayercsharp

// problem (required)

Developers implementing a damage system in s&box often miss the correct ordering: the pre-damage event must fire before any stat modification (so listeners can cancel or modify damage), armour must absorb before health is reduced, and GameManager.OnDeath must be called before Health = 0 — otherwise kill-feed and stat tracking fire with stale health values.

// investigation

From Player.cs in the official Sandbox gamemode. The damage pipeline: guard checks (dead, no PlayerData, god mode, impact from world) → pre-damage event (cancellable) → headshot multiplier → armour absorption → health reduction → broadcast NotifyOnDamage → death check → GameManager.OnDeath → Kill(). Health is set to 0 AFTER OnDeath is called, not before.

// solution

Follow this pipeline in IDamageable.OnDamage: 1) Guard early exits (already dead, god mode, world impact). 2) Fire a cancellable pre-damage event via IPlayerEvents. 3) Apply headshot multiplier from DamageTags. 4) Absorb damage through armour first. 5) Subtract from Health. 6) Broadcast NotifyOnDamage via [Rpc.Broadcast(NetFlags.HostOnly)]. 7) If Health >= 1, return. 8) Call GameManager.OnDeath for kill-feed/stats. 9) Set Health = 0. 10) Call Kill().

// verification

Canonical implementation from the official Facepunch Sandbox gamemode Player.cs.

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