XCOM How To Master Guide

Note - Most of these had long lines of code or hex, so I've uploaded an archive with the instructions for everything.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to Remove Start-Up Movies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Instructions

Step 1 - Find My Documents/My Games/XCom - Enemy Unknown/XComGameConfig/XComEngine.ini Step 2 - Open XComGame.ini with Notepad++ Step 3 - Ctrl+F "StartUpMovies" Step 4 - Add a "#" in front of each "StartUpMovies" entry

Credit to the Nexus Wiki for making this information available!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to Add Custom Names, Nicknames, & Ranks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Custom Names Instructions

Step 1 - Find XCOM Install/XComGameConfig/DefaultNameList.ini Step 2 - Open DefaultNameList.ini with Notepad++ Step 3 - Edit or add names

Custom Nicknames Instructions

Step 1 - Find XCOM Install/XComGame/Localizations/INT/XComGame.int Step 2 - Open XComGame.int with Notepad++ Step 3 - Ctrl+F "" or "nicknames"

Custom Ranks Instructions

Step 1 - Find XCOM Install/XComGame/Localizations/INT/XComGame.int Step 2 - Open XComGame.int with Notepad++ Step 3 - Ctrl+F "" or "ranknames"

Note - My Documents/My Games/XCOM-Enemy Unknown/XComGame/Localization/INT might also need to be edited. OmegaArcher's Revamped XCOM Nicknames recommended. Son_of_Orion's Expanded Name List recommended.

Credits to NexusWiki, OmegaArcher, and Son_of_Orion for making this information available!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to Add Additional Heads ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Description

Adds additional heads to the character customization menu.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to Modify Gameplay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Arc Thrower in Pistol Slot

Places the Arc Thrower in the Pistol slot instead of the item slot.

Classic Normal

Classic unshackled AI with Normal difficulty alien stats.

Disable Panicked Friendly Fire Instructions

Keeps XCOM soldiers from firing at one another when panicking.

Step 1 - Find XCOM Install/XComGame/Config/DefaultGameCore.ini Step 2 - Open DefaultGameCore.ini with Notepad++ Step 3 - Ctrl+F "shoot_when" Step 4 - Change SHOOT_WHEN_PANICKED=5 to SHOOT_WHEN_PANICKED=2

Credit to the Nexus Wiki for making this information available!

Laser Weapon Tier Buff

Increased Aim (+10) and unlimited ammo for Laser tier Weapons.

Less Environmental Damage

Reduces the amount of damage each weapon tier (Standard, Laser, Plasmsa) does to the environment.

Manageable Panic Levels

Makes changes to continental panic to make it more manageable.

Step 1 - Find XCOM InstallXComGameConfigDefaultGameCore.ini Step 2 - Open DefaultGameCore.ini with Notepad++ Step 3 - Ctrl+F ";panic" Step 4 - Remove lines 511, 518, and 530-531 Step 5 - Replace with these lines:

(Line 511 DO NOT COPY THIS PART)

PANIC_TERROR_CONTINENT=1

(Line 518 DO NOT COPY THIS PART)

PANIC_SAT_ADDED_CONTINENT=-1

(Lines 530-531 D