Soldier Ranks That Make Sense

-==ATTENTION, SOLDIERS!==-

Thanks to DominateEye's talent the mod is now also available for XCOM 2! Quickly! Go and check it out!

-==WHAT IS THIS, I CAN'T EVEN==-

Officers-only fireteams in the late-game really annoyed me. It didn't make one bit of sense, so something had to be done.

Since XCOM is a super-special, multi-national, secretive military organisation that operates very differently from ordinary military I changed the rank names to those based on the CIA ranking system. It now makes perfect sense because, I assume, it's reasonable to send four Chief Special Agents on a particularly difficult assignment, as opposed to four Master Sergeants.

-==CHANGES 1. 3==-

Finally got my hands on Enemy Within and was able to locate the file to edit.

In v1. 3 ranks stay the same as in 1. 2, it's just the file I took from the Enemy Within folder, so it will be compatible with the DLC.

Don't know if it's important or not, but I have also the Slingshot Pack and Elite Soldier Pack installed. They shouldn't interfere as they only add some vanity stuff, but be careful - ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP OF THE ORIGINAL XCOMGAME. INT FILE.

-==CHANGES 1. 2==-

Thanks to GabrielCoghlan for a great idea (how did I not think of that earlier?!) of basing the ranks on special forces instead of military. I present to you RTMS 1. 2, where the ranks are based on CIA ranking system.

I have also changed the PSI ranks to make more sense.

Soldier ranks: Rookie -> Junior Field Agent (JFA) Squaddie -> Field Agent (FA) Corporal -> Senior Field Agent (SFA) Sergeant -> Chief Field Agent (CFA) Lieutenant -> Junior Special Agent (JSA) Captain -> Special Agent (SA) Major -> Senior Special Agent (SSA) Colonel -> Chief Special Agent

PSI ranks: None -> None (None) Trainee -> Volunteer (Vol.) Specialist -> Trainee (Trne.) Operative -> Operative (Opr.) Volunteer -> Specialist (Spc.)

If you have any ideas for changes or additions, feel free to share them.

-==INSTALLATION==-

For XCOM: Enemy Unknown (download v1. 2) - put the file into your XCOM_install_folder\XComGame\Localization\INT

For XCOM: Enemy Within (download v1. 3) - put the file into your XCOM_install_folder\XEW\XComGame\Localization\INT

Remember to back up the original file, just to be on the safe side.

-==HOW TO DO IT YOURSELF==-

Step one - find the file (check the INSTALLATION section) and make a backup. Step two - open the original file with Notepad or Notepad++. Step three - Find "sergeant" in order get to the appropriate section of the file. Step four - change both the long names and the abbreviations in the file, save it. Step five - ... Step six - profit!

Note - the "INT" is, I assume, for "International" or English version. If you're using a different language version edit the XComGame file for your appropriate language (so ITA folder and XComGame.ita for Italian etc.)