Lovelace's X-COM Long War (EW) Modlist

Lovelace's X-COM (Long War - Enemy Within Edition) ModlistDescription:

For the most part I stick with Beth modding, particularly ES/FO stuff (I know the modding tools well), but cycled this into my playlist (been meaning to get around to it for a long while now...) and thought I'd share the list I decided to use.

Now, my X-COM 2 load order was packed with as much content as I could get, and considering I'm doing something similar for FO4? Not anything I want to do as a side project. So, this time I went relatively (for me) light, I wanted Long War and maybe a few cosmetic mods. As such for people who don't mind a bit of assembly this provides a light LO (which could probably be built off of, don't think there's as much modding wise with this as XCOM 2 though). One last thing: I use Windows 10, if you have an issue make sure there's not something there (for example, obviously download any versions of mods specific to your OS/etc).

Base Requirements:

• []A clean install of the latest (Steam Build 848157) ENGLISH version of X-Com Enemy Unknown, all DLC. (You might be able to get by with just Enemy Within or playing in a diff language, but I don't know and can't provide support for such.)

  []The capability to read and follow written instructions when installing mods. (Especially any notes pertaining to LW users!)

  Core Mods and Installation:

  Required section, don't consider skipping anything here.

  • []Long War (duh): Install according to the directions on the mod page.

    []Long War Rebalance: Install according to the directions on the mod page, install the optional Alien Character Skins. I tweaked my female gender chance to be 1/2 (considered trying something like 3/4 to see if I could make them predominantly woman, but figured I should get the modlist ironed out before I broke it with ini edits). Instructions for ini edits are in the installation section of the wiki linked over there.

    Voice Packs:

    I used most the voice packs my first go around, although once I set this up for my GF I'll probably cut back for my own personal use. Download all voicepacks in the required mods section and install them into the XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\Voice folder as normal, if using my ini file(s) you can skip editing ini files (you just need the audio).

    Update: The XCOM Soldiers 2 VP for LW is down (not sure if permanently or not); if using my preset file remove the following voices:

    • []VoicePackageInfo=(VoiceType=eCharVoice_MaleSoldier4,Language=19,ArchetypeName="MaleVoice4_Australian. Voice_MaleVoice4_Australian")

      []VoicePackageInfo=(VoiceType=eCharVoice_FemaleSoldier3,Language=20,ArchetypeName="FemaleVoice2_Australian. Voice_FemaleVoice2_Australian")

      Optional Mods:

      • []Virtual Reality Training (For Long War): I personally like this tweak although I keep the max gain rate low. Install with Patcher GUI.

        []Extra Pockets: Wish there was an option that required research or the like, but if you want this grab it. I have too many projects to start learning new modding tools to do it myself. Note that there's a comment which mentions increasing the inventory too much can cause issues so don't tweak the config too high. Install with Patcher GUI.

        Testing Mods:

        This is a beta, so obviously I'm testing the list overall, but these mods can either be skipped or I am currently testing and don't know if they play well with the other mods I use.

        []Stop Losing Time: Going to make sure the bugs this fixes appear with the mods I have, and if so I'll test to see what happens if I try to run it with LWR. I personally didn't notice this issue in my playthrough. Will keep an eye out the next time I play for it but don't think this is necessary.

        []Improved Mec Close Combat Project: On my testing list, need to make sure it works with LWR. Also want