UI Mod Manager

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PLAYERS

Please, be informed that the manager neither scans your disk drive for any mod files nor is it a sort of "Steam Workshop" capable of installing / uninstalling mods. The manager only works in-game, only with mutator-based mods and only with what you have installed outside of the game manually. It is YOUR job to expose options of other mods to the manager so you will only see a mod and its options on the list IF have added appropriate lines in DefaultModsProfile.ini. With Mini Mods Collection you gain access to 30+ mods configurable in-game right off the bat.

AS OF 1. 5 ALL FILES WITHIN \Install_files ARE TO BE MOVED INTO \XEW!

You no longer place the files into \XEW/XComGame.  Please Read the new Installation instructions in the download or below.

MOD PACKAGES KNOWN TO BE USING UI MOD MANAGER

• []Line of Sight Indicators (options exposed by UI Mod Manager itself - approved by 'tracktwo')[/]

  []Long War Mutators (not whole Long War mod, just its "random spawn" mutators - hey, did you know of them?)[/]

  []Mini Mods Collection (this one will give you full taste of UI Mod Manager capabilities)[/]

  []Squadron Unleashed 2 (maneuvering of multiple ships during the air-battle and much more)[/]

  []Dedicated SHIV slot (don't waste soldier's place - SHIV has its own bay in Skyranger)[/]

  []Gender Manager (easy ratio-slider and optional, configurable stat-modifers)[/]

  MAIN FEATURES

  The manager has 4 tabs. One for toggling mods on/off. Second is used to configure currently selected mod - if the mod's author has exposed any options for configuration (otherwise the tab will not be available). The third one is for configuring the mod manager itself. Not much to set there but you can:

  • []check an option to sort mods alphabetically[/]

    []check an option to put "selected" mods always on top of the list and not-selected at the bottom[/]

    []turn on/off the manager's confirmation pop-up windows/warnings[/]

  The last tab allows for saving/loading all the options and list of mods into mod profiles. You can have numerous profiles - one for Long War, another for LW Rebalance. It is advised to save all the settings into a profile at least once - so that you have you very own set of preferred settings which you can easily restore with a few clicks. Please note - the profile DOES NOT replace the "default" settings. When you click Restore Defaults it restores the default settings as delivered with DefaultModsProfile.ini (mod author's preferences). When you restore a "profile" it restores the data from your personal user profile.

  Before you report it as a bug: when you run UI Mod Manager for the first time you will be forced to watch Credits screen without any possibility to close the screen :) This is just a minor sign of respect to my work over 5 or 6 months (and constant maintenance later on) to learn how to script all this (I am not a professional programmer, only a self-taught XCOM modder).

  MOD PROFILES

  Starting from version 1. 4 the manager supports multiple mod profiles. You can (and should) save you preferred list of selected mods and their options into a user profile. You can have numerous profiles with different settings - you can add short description to a profile. These settings will never get overwritten and will be available for restoring when sth breaks. Whenever you update DefaultModsProfile.ini your list of mods and options will be reset and but you can easily restore your settings from the saved user profile.

  ACCESS AND NAVIGATION

  Access

  You get to the Mods Menu:

  1. From the main menu, after launching the game. Just to the right of Start Game / Long War button.

  2. From the choose difficulty menu when starting a new game.

  3. When playing a campaign - from "Change difficulty" menu. Just bring up "Change difficulty" tab and Mods Menu button will appear.

  4. When playing a campaign - from