Let shields absorb collision damage first?

[Ambaire]

Is there a way to mod the game so shields absorb collision damage first rather than ignoring them? When a minor impact knocks my ship down to 40% hp when my ship is a brick and what I hit was a long thin ship, something's not designed right. Getting really tempted to set it to 25% or 0% collision damage...

 

 

Also, how do I disable the warning notifies at the top part of the screen?

[Enzo Matrix]

Mine been set to 0 from 100 lol.. enjoying game 100 times more. To many ship debris after destroying xsotan and pirates I would have blown up who knows how many times by now.