XCOM General - /xcg/

>>166319103
First for Jake is pure.

Air game was a mistake.

pistols are useful

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female operator armor WHEN

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Reposting from last thread

>The file is in russian by default but you can change it to english pretty easily. I didn't think it'd be this quick that Long War 2 was cracked but, there it is. I couldn't find a separate torrent or anything so you'll have to download the entire game + dlcs again to get the mods but it's only 20 gigs or so to d/l so it really doesn't take that long to do.

Just google Long War 2 Crack or something similar to that, if you're pirating a mod for a pirated game I'm not going to spoonfeed you 100% of the way, but Long Dong 2 has been successfully hacked.

Frag grenades always blow up cars in LW

>>166319396
???
It's just normal operator armor on a woman.

>>166319230
I'm going to edit this with Jake asap

eta: 50 hours in photoshop

>>166319563
yes and aside from the SAS stuff nobody is bothering to make female versions of operator ports because they can't be bothered to scale it.

>>166319563
this, there's no difference and the game already does it

>got used to play with lots of mods
>now i have to give up most of them for LW2

oh the pain

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>Best helmet
>Actually will move the skyranger to evac troops
>Only xcom/x-com pilot to have to deal with alien controlled airspace
Reminder that Firebrand is the best x-com/xcom skyranger pilot period.

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>>166319774
>the game already does it

how do i fix the camera stuck under the avenger glitch after a mission?

>>166321525
remove any of those avenger random button mods

>"Light" enemy activity
>4 squads all in range of eachother
>Trigger one trigger them all
I hate this fucking game

>>166321525
Exit game completely and reload the latest save, hopefully right before extract.

How do I fix squads being stuck "infiltrating" or "on mission" long after their missions have been completed in LW2? I've reinstalled the game and the mod, and LW2 is the only mod I'm using this time but I still get the issue on a fresh campaign.

>>166321661
>avenger random button
i dont have any

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[Grazed] 1!

>>166322049
>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>166321906
I just know its a avenger menu mod that causes that bug

>>166322049
>POINT BLANK, NO COVER DODGES

So can you not flashbang already disoriented enemies to remove their overwatch in LW2?

>>166322243
Not necessarily, I'm playing pure Long Wang and I'm getting the same bug non-stop. No other mods have ever even been installed.

>>166322270
Sounds like an oversight, but on the bright side it's virtually impossible for a disoriented overwatch to actually hit anything.

>>166322334
Some people are reporting that if you remove Anarchy's Children, it fixes the issue.

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only terrorists support the xcom project. we should all fall in line with our alien friends

>>166322807
Completely exit the game and reload the latest save. If you don't actually exit you'll get it again.

I've just been making a manual save right before the mission ends to fix this shit when it happens, so you don't have to replay the final turn or anything.

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>>166322049

>>166320348
>best helmet
i really want a mod that redoes that helmet to have a variety of variants including a battledamaged version

>>166322807
dont save, alt f4 on the spot and reload. so many people get this bug whey cant they fix it

>>166322480
you say that...

Where can i find the Long War 2 manual?

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>>166323102
Fucking vorefags

>>166323438
At least it kind of makes sense for snakes. The human vorefags are far worse.

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That's a nice op. I only lost one civie because of the shoot on activation mechanic. Technicals and Shinobis really shine when you get into those very claustrophobic close contact situations.

>>166323102
how human fit past snayyk humanoid collerbone and ribcage?

why humans so tiny, or maybe snayyk is big???

I've only beaten the base X2 game on veteran/ironman. Should I do a commander run before moving to LW2 or should I just jump right into it?

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Sounds about right.

>>166324093
Bones could be a flexible cartilage.

>>166324371
Definitely get a commander campaign under your belt imo

>>166319441
Why would a mod that doesn't alter the .exe need a crack?

>>166324742
Long Dong has a check for a legitimate copy. Won't work if its not.

>>166324371
Straight into long war, bone dry with no protection. Embrace the suffering, this is XCOM.

That is what I would tell you, but actually wait a week or two for mod compatibility and bugfixes to catch up.

Has anyone made a Quake Guy character to be a Ranger?

>>166324936
yeah I'll probably go for a commander campaign for a few weeks then give lw a shot

How do I get rid of timers for LW2?

>>166323354
>virtually impossible
Being XCOM that means it's about 50/50, but that's still up from 100%.

>>166325196
LWOverhaul.ini in its mod folder

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>>166325362
Thanks family, have a meme.

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how hard do sectopods hit for? I've played 2 campaigns and theyre so scary i've never let one shoot at me

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What are required ass mods? I already miranda squadmate and the Siege 6 armor and I can't go back to vanilla flat-assed female legs.
Pic unrelated I just like this squad.

>>166325474
well they can shoot twice and also have this giant death ray thing

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>evacuate haven
>first turn 8enemies run at me
>2turns later 8 more warp in
>they kill all but one of the people I need to extract through fucking walls (why is this not fixed still)
>after a long, brutal fight thing its over
>10 more teleport in
>giving ground as I start to dash to the evac zone
>carrything three dudes who died but are carrying my laser weapons
>finally get everyone within dashing distance of the evac zone
>move first soldier onto it
>no option
>only the fucking resistance recruiters can evac there
>evac fucking leaves and signals they'll be coming back in 4 turns
>mfw
Ten people entered six came out alive, two being carried in crit. I fucking hate you firebrand you stupid cunt.

out of 10 people

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Is it possible to do a "rescue resistance contacts" missions solo?

700h LW1
never playd Xcom2
about to start LW2 blind

what should I know?

>>166325634
Yes.

>>166325750
That you should play x com 2 vanilla.

Should intel and recruiting be your priorities in the beginning?

>>166325750
play xcom 2 vanilla you dummy

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>>166323438

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>>166326137

>>166326137
If it wasn't fetish related this would be a cool boss enemy. Imagine the tail taking up multiple spaces behind the main "unit" which is just the humanoid part of the snake.

>>166325474
They shoot twice and due to the nature of how they work will almost always hit you. They also tend to crit alot. At the end of their turn will usually use their last move setting up a cone-based death ray beam that will fire next turn. Get the fuck out of the way it is highly likely anyone caught in will be 1 shot.

>every longwar 2 mission ends with wave after wave of aliumns teleporting on top of you for 9 turns
...

>>166325984
>>166325843
its too boring i had to stop after a couple hours

>>166326410
youre supposed to evac

you get xp from missions more than enemies now

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>>166326473
gl with lw2 if you found vanilla boring then retard lmao

>>166326410
your fault for not calling evac sooner dunkass

>>166326276

Being a cool boss and being fetish related aren't mutually exclusive.

Viper Queen when

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>>166326545
I completed the mission and called in an evac after I realized the enemies were dead.

First a normal transport showed up with 4 soldiers and a drone.

Then 10+ aliumns would teleport 5 feet away from me.
I had to wait 9 turns before I could evac. Am I supposed to call for evac 8 turns before I complete the objective?

>>166326580
tbqh different guy but i found xcom 2 vanilla to feel like shit and so far long war 2 feels pretty decent

>>166326758
Feeling like "shit" and being "boring" are two different things.
Fundamentally LW2 is a lot slower and less action packed, which is great in its own way.

>>166319103

Hey guys I wanna play XCOM real bad especially now that Long War is out. HOWEVER it runs like dogshit for me, especially in the menus. It's playable but truly a struggle. Any advice on optimizing?

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>Steam deleted all my mods and now is redownloading all of them
>trying to update mod to work for long dong 2
>can't even get it to build so i can test it
>now i have to wait for it to finish downloading hundreds of mods to even try again
>inb4 it deletes them all again for no reason

I'm fucking triggered.

>>166326860
yeah that's fair, so who knows if that fella will like LW2 but there certainly is at least some precedent for enjoying it when you found vanilla borderline unplayable.

>>166326729
>Am I supposed to call for evac 8 turns before I complete the objective?\
You're supposed to do it the same turn you're revealed. The only reason to not put down an evac site immediately is it breaks concealment.

>>166326993
why? Why not make firebrand arrive in 2 turns? Its silly.

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>when the mission is on a small map

>>166327116
because it makes you have to plan ahead?

>>166326956
Do this:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/200510/discussions/0/846960628563773260
in XCOMEngine.ini in documents/my games/xcom2/xcomgame/config
Turn AO off or on Tile AO. Don't use MSAA. Turn of DoF not just because its a performance hit but because its a fucking cancer effect.

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>>166327154

>when the enemy is swarming on a small map

>>166327116
It can, it depends on what you took on the mission, ADVENT's preparedness, and the threat level of the mission. Generally, the less you take and the lower their preparedness, the faster you can go. I've seen 1-turn evacs on Legend, it definitely shouldn't be taking you 9 turns.

>>166326714
She should have power over electricity, that way she'd be pretty electrifying.

>>166327265

Thanks senpai. I'll give it a go.

>>166327198
I'm supersized you're able to reply with the developer's cock so down your throat
>>166327368
Ah! Thanks for the info. Yes I didn't wait to infiltrate and I see how that would change a lot of factors.

>>166327116
Evac Timer is reduced by higher infiltration %
If you went in their balls deep to a Heavy enemy force its going to take forever.

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>>166327337

>When you accidentally blow up the EVAC zone with a rocket and it gets moved across the map

How do I fix resistance HQ not appearing on the geoscape map? I can adjust resistance tasks through the menu, but I can't fly my Avenger there. Mousing over the radio mast symbol zooms the map to the arctic ocean, north of the Bering Strait, which I'm guessing is map origin or something.
It happened once, and I redid Gatecrasher, only to have it happen again. I can waste three days scanning for the black market, but after that, I can no longer pass time because there's nowhere for the Avenger to go.

>>166327490
>Ah! Thanks for the info. Yes I didn't wait to infiltrate and I see how that would change a lot of factors.
Don't fucking do that shit. Infiltration is basically the biggest thing you need to be doing. Always go with the smallest squad you can reasonably get away with (for certain missions, a two man team is best). Always infiltrate as much as you can. Don't think about it like normal X2, where you jam the A-Team every mission, LW2 is far more subtle and complex.

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>>166327490
>I'm supersized

>>166327695
How do you do a mission with a 2 man group?

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>>166327843
>Remember, this is a sneaking mission

>>166327843
Stealth and running a lot.

Basically, shinobi/specialist for hacks/jailbreaks and shinobi/sniper for kill the VIP missions. You use the shinobi to scout out pods and move around them while you use the specialist/sniper as a mission expert who does their thing. You toss an evac the turn you go loud/hack the objective and leg it the fuck out of there. If you killed an enemy, YOU DID IT WRONG.

>>166327843
Solid snaking and delaying tactics. Make sure you have 15+ mobility and only attempt it on Very light and below

>>166327843

I don't know, i can do the whole sneaking thing but by the end when you have to call in firebrand it just gets fucked, my 3 guys can't survive 3 pods of ayys shooting at them for 4 turns.

>>166325531
Titanfall ports have only 2 legs for the females, but they both have a nice ass.

>>166327843
If you really need or want to do the mission but can bring a sizeable force to execute it you'll need to rely on small numbers and stealth.
Having 1 Shinobi go in, get the VIP, and get out completely undetected has been one of the tensest things I've done in XCOM.

>>166328063
Also, you need to infiltrate the enemies down to Very Light/Extremely Light. Otherwise it doesn't work, too many enemies who can spot you.

I'm literally watching a streamer who helped test LW2 do shit like this on L/I right now, so I know it works. It takes practice and a new mindset, but it definitely works.

> ; Chance an alien ruler gets a bonus action, set to 100% for vanilla behavior
ALIEN_RULER_ACTION_BONUS_APPLY_CHANCE=25
So in Long Dong 2 aliens rulers get a 1/4 chance to react to your turns, fucking NICE

>>166328451

Lame.

>>166328451
Which INI is that?

>>166328558
Change it yourself if you want to, but if you think a Long War 2 version of an ayy ruler should get a turn every time you take an action on one of your squad members of potentially 10, then good fuckin luck m8

>>166328629
LW_Overhaul.ini

>>166328819

I'm a big fan of the rulers so i would actually prefer it if they did take a turn every time one of your units did something. That said, my problem isn't that they don't, my problem is that now it's RNG whether they do or not so you can't really plan for it.

Assuming of course that is what that line means, i haven't fought them in LW2, for all i know that means there's a 25% chance they get an additional turn when your units do something, which i also wouldn't like.

>>166329237
Then change it back to 100 so it's back to vanilla behavior, it's a pretty quick fix. I'll take my chances with the rng gods, because rulers show up with a pod anyway and I don't need something 100% guaranteed to get a reaction everytime I do anything on top of Long Dong's larger pod sizes

>>166328819
>LW_Overhaul.ini
Nice, thanks. Appreciate it.

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This guy looks a bit unhinged. There's the thousand yard stare, yet also a smirk. He enjoys removing ayy. It's probably the only thing he enjoys anymore.

>>166329672
No problem

>>166329768
looking quite tacticool there, anon

What are your opinions on red fog? Would you say it makes for a realistic experience?

post your best low-budget operators
>mismatched uniforms
>AKs
>insurgent as fuck

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What perks for snipers on LW2?

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>do rescue vip from cell extraction
>start on a three story building
>move one operative
>"COMMANDER, THE EVAC ZONE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED."
>O-ok. . .
>Move second operative
>"COMMANDER, THE EVAC ZONE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED"
>wait what?
>check where the newer new evac zone is
>it's less than a turn away from where the vip is held

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>Viper crit kills full cover 33 dodge 6 defense specialist for 8 damage
At last I truly see. The end times are now.

>>166330621
Should've disoriented it

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Someone posted this last thread
Please explain

>>166330817
It was.

>>166330863
The Elite XCOM operative pictured is using advanced techniques to reduce drag for more high speed operating.

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>>166330983
WEW. Fucking sneks.

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>>166331274
Nagas > Lamias

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>>166331387
>Wanting a gross naga that has poison sack breasts over pure mammalian titties
>unironically preferring hairless cancer snakes instead of luxurious manes that lamias provide

>>166331682
Lamia fags
>LOOK AT ME, IM SO EXOTIC, ITS LITERALLY JUST A BLAND HUMAN GRILL WITH A SNAKE TAIL

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>>166331780
I'd rather be a 1 than a 3, anon

>>166332000
>not being a 5
literally pleb

>>166332000
2>1>3

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>>166332053

Nagas are alien scum that must be purged and needs to never talk to me or my world again.
Lamias are the product of using meld to augment our female soldiers to be the best they can be in a tactical situation.

need a name for a captured mec

Hey guys"how are you this bad" anon here

Just bought X2.
What should I do first?
Vanilla?
Any must have mods?
Longdong2?

>>166332787
i find Wong Lar 2 to feel more canon than vanilla

>>166332759
Chappy, also are you using a mod to name it and shit or does LW2 let you do it?

I got a rumor that gave me a free resistance mec but it was bound to appearing in haven defense missions.

>try to start a new campaign of Long War 2
>no resistance HQ, can't pass time in world map
>delete config folder
>save no longer loads
>start a new campaign
>crashes on completing Gatecrasher
I've been playing the same mission over and over again for the last four hours, a third of that spent staring at loading screens. Who knew it was possible to feel nostalgic for how well the vanilla game could run?

Is there at least some kind of debug command to skip Gatecrasher? I'm starting to get sick of it.

>>166332787
Start with Vanilla so you can appreciate long dong 2 later. But If you want a must have mod I'd recommend Commander's Choice.

>>166332787
vanilla+gotcha+numeric health display+cap'n'bubs headgear for your 1st run

>>166332935
I found a battlefield scan that rewarded a captured mec

new beagles are up

>>166332787
Play vanilla for 30 minutes so you'll have an idea of what kind of mods you want.

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I have a feeling this isn't very doable with a 1-3 (if I pay intel) man team, huh?

>>166332000
>trips
Kek speaks the truth.

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>>166332787
You should play vanilla first, at least a quick run, just to see how totally unfulfilling it is.

Then play Long Wang 2 for what honestly feels like a more complete experience.

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Wakaliwood voice mod WHEN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEoGrbKAyKE

>>166333461

EVERYONE IN XCOM KNOWS KUNG-FU

>>166333461
>tfw you can't make your soldiers in xcom2 look like african militia members
feels bad man

>>166333074
How are you naming it?

>>166333783
with a keyboard

>>166333873
Underrated post.

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Post squad names

>>166333986
Misfit, Hitman, and another one that I forgot

>>166333986
>Liberal Crime Squad
>Right Wing Death Squad
BASED

>>166333986
>Liberal Crime Squad
I really like that game.

>tfw there's no weapon mods that aren't just straight ports
seeing people with the standard XCOM rifles that all have weird proportions and then a perfectly standard AK or M4 is so odd

So uh, in LW2 what do guerilla ops actually do? Besides the occasional one that pops up saying it'll prevent a dark event they only ever seem to give like 30 intel a pop. Is there something else they give besides leads? (Whatever leads actually are)

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>>166333986
>Gangster Computer God

>>166334343
I've always wanted someone to mod the vanilla rifle into impromptu mag/plasma rifles
Like keep the arx receiver but edit the barrel/hand guard for when you upgrade them to mag and plasma

>>166334520
that would be fun as hell, i'd also love an AK with the same exaggerations as the current XCOM rifle like maybe a PSL-style front stock and some bulkier parts

>>166330171
I've been pairing up Holotarget builds with Shinobis to maximize sword hit % and Rangers.

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goddamn it how did one HP loss medbay her nearly as long as someone who limped away with 1 hp

>>166334813
Was it a crit?

>>166334813

women dont make good operators

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>>166333986
Screaming Eagles, Timberwolf, Kiryu-Kai, PISCES, and Delta Green.

>>166335115
no it was a sectoid who dropped her ceramic plate

fucking game keeps medbaying my grenadiers

>>166334343

There are at least 5 original weapon mods though, the Laser pack, the merc plasma weapons, the coil guns in LW2 and 2 railgun mods.

And while not entirely original, spart's kitbashes and advent weaponry aren't ports from other games.

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>>166332961
Blitzing through the mission with infinite action points is kind of cathartic too.

Seriously, though, how do I start fixing this? These mods worked yesterday.

>[0656.22] Critical: appError called: Assertion failed: appErrorf [File:G:\BuildAgent\work\a78b974cadaf0436\branches\Shipping\XCOM2\Development\Src\Core\Src\UnObj.cpp] [Line: 2412]

Aight so it's April and I've staffed a soldier in both regions and dedicated most of the rebels to Intel gathering. I already did a mission to kill a faceless spy but I'm still losing most of my supplies to "unknown causes". Is there another spy I missed?

>>166335394
LUMP'D

>>166334039
last one was Keystone

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How's this for a large in march?

Not created equal, Y/N?

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>Beagle's soldiers all start with the M4A1

How do I set a weapon mod to outright replace the looks of the weapon automatically like that?

>>166336272
Good luck commanders, looks fine. Not sure if you need more than one medkit.

>>166336539
Yes

>>166336539
I personally use it so there is variety in how terrible rookies are

>>166325474

Fuck I love the visual design of the X2 Sectopods.

>>166336272
a sniper on a large landed doesn't seem that useful, especially versus the command pod

needs more flashbangs and AP grenades for outsiders and lids, respectively. bring an assault with ccs if you have one

>>166336272
Definitely bring an assault

>>166333176
Light is a dozen plus mate

>game barely runs on aging rig
>LW2 is really loading war 2

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Are patrolling pods meant to follow you in LW2? I've had multiple pods slowly chase me into the corner of the map twice now.

Also, have there been any issues with the siege ports?

>>166334813
>Raiden
>VA name
>not white hair
That's a nice Boss, though

>>166337481
While in concealment? No

>>166337481
What does it take to rip and rig a model?

>>166337481
This appears to be a bug (feature?) of some kind where dashing generates noise that pods use to track you down and move towards you. They definitely follow you in concealment. It's probably unintentional, but it's not clear yet if it is.

>>166328270
Do you still gain xp for it?
How do you level your killteam so they don't get raped on terror missions?

>>166337775
Missions are the primary XP givers, not enemies. Kill XP is still a thing, but it is much smaller than mission XP. Just showing up on a mission, successful or not, gives you XP.

>>166336958
I have two wounded guys after my deadeye sniper failed to get a floater kill in three shots, might just retreat. And yeah, no CCS assault sadly.

>>166337921
In fact, rookies auto-level for going on a mission, so a trick you can use to level a few rookies easily is to go on a mission, hide in a corner, immediately throw an evac zone, and wait out the clock. They'll both rank up to Squaddie.

>>166337976
pull out

if you can't handle a floater being dickish six outsiders will wipe you

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apparently gatecrasher is now a regular op that can occur

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>>166330863
Butts boost soldier morale

>>166338502
Based.

>>166338502
i like it

>>166322807
I remember this bug. Shit like this happens when you make your own UPK.

>>166338502
It increases ADVENT's attention on you though, which speeds up the odds of their force level in the region increasing. It's a big risk. Funny though.

>aim grenade as last action
>press space to confirm
>[AYYLMAO ACTIVITY]
>no grenade launched

LUUUUUUUUMP

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>>166337646
Ripping a model varies by engine. Some engines like Source have established tools, things like Unreal as well. In most cases it's better to just find one that's already been ripped, like in the case of Siege where ripping them is a nightmare, and that's just for the model, let alone the texture.

To rig it all you need is the XCOM 2 SDK to extract the XCOM 2 soldier skeleton, then using a model software of your choice scale and adjust it so that the bits and pieces line up over the skeleton, and deform accordingly with parent bones and whatnot.

Honestly the hardest part is textures, in pretty much every case. The textures rarely look like vanilla XCOM 2 props and look even weirder unless you doctor them extensively, most people just don't bother with it.

Just google rips of the models you want and get Blender and the XCOM 2 SDK.

>>166333986
I use base names and add nicknames on in the squad history.

Like how Menace is now "Menacing Meatbags" because I throw all my rookies in it with one PTSD-ridden Specialist to bring the packages home yes I'm an rping cockfaggot

>>166336272
people are right, you need an assault for the command pod

>>166337646
A lot of patience. Are there any models you have in mind?

>>166337762
I remember thinking this with vanilla xcom 2 as well, but it turned out it was the game making sure the pods stayed in a straight line between you and the objective. Maybe it's the same thing?

>>166333986
Menace One
Strike One
501st Legion

I'm boring

>>166337481
>>166337762
>>166339230
Confirmed they don't follow you even with dashing, they only react to specific noise events now. Just coincidence if they corner you.

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>>166338330
We'll try another day boys, floaters were dicks today.

>>166338051
That's a neat tip, I thought you need to get actual xp from a completed mission. There goes half my reason for building GTS before AWC.

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tfw you win (again)

Wew, just had my first huge Long War 2 bug.

Got a monument destruction mission (vanilla gatecrasher), after I finished it I just got a black screen with the ambient city noises still playing, and I could pause it too, but nothing else happening.
Magnificent.

>>166337762
I'm pretty sure thats all just inconvenient coincidence.
I do plenty of dashing and pods pretty much go wherever they want as they patrol.

Should I use the class mods in the pastebin with LW2?

>>166339909
probably not

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after i extract from every mission i get stuck on this and have to restart the game and reload my last save to progress

how do i fix this?

i'm using long war 2 and like 15 qol/cosmetic mods

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>>166340095
Roger that

>>166340107
I get this bug every fucking extraction too. My only (complete) guess is something that messes with extraction, like the evac all mod, are you using that? Otherwise it's just magnificent design.

>>166340414
yeah, i use evac all

>>166340414
>>166340516
but evac all is supposed to be compatible with LW

>>166340107
Happens to me too, I don't use evac all.
Wont go away until I restart my game, my best guess is it has to do with the new way they handle the UI.

>>166340653
Like I said it's just a guess. However I wouldn't be surprised if the guy who tested the mods didn't test thoroughly. Or if LW devs didn't test lel.

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tfw you win (again) for the second time

>>166333176
Could probably bring 2 and intel pay will let you get over 100% then, hopefully reducing it to Very Light. You can do the calculations yourself if you want I think on Veteran its a 75% increase in infiltration rate.

Should I have bought the Digital Deluxe instead of the Humble?
How much are the DLCs?

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feels good man

>>166342885
the DLC is pretty shit desu

I bought the season pass and preordered the game

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>>166319103
>First retaliation mission
>Huge spike in difficulty
>Swarmed from turn 1 with reinforcements every turn
>All Haven staff killed, along with entirety of 9 man squad

Seriously, are you just supposed to ignore it and let your dudes die? This shit is literally unwinnable. Maybe I should start again without those bastard pyrogen Mutons...

>>166343121
>Advent Prison truck arrives
>"Hey AY-1340, how goes the night?"
>"Boring as hell, but hey, guess what?"
>"What?"
>"I just got the word that I might be transferred to a Viper overlord, I just basically have to just not screw up."
>"Awesome, but I'm on a schedule, you got the prisoners?"
>"We got Eleven guys patrolling this block, those bastards are secure, here, let me open the door for you."
>". . .uh, why's the door open?"

>>166338502
Yeah and PROTIP for anybody who is unaware - planting the X4 charge breaks concealment. It's a great way to lose a shinobi who TOP SECRET SNEAKING MISSION-ed his way to the objective.

>>166343458
*cell
not door
fuck my lack of proofreading

So the MWR SAS mod causes my game to CTD upon launch, even when I don't have any other mods enabled. I've never had this problem with any other mods, textures, etc. Is there a solution for this?

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>>166343543
good to know

>>166343543
the same happens for hacking a jail door, though thats probably the same as vanilla.

Does anyone know what mod Beagle used to get mod weapons during Gatecrasher? Is that some functionality of Uniforms that I missed?

what's the mod that has the operatives wear their combat uniforms on the avenger instead of the jumpsuit?

>>166344032
Wondering the same thing. I'm guessing it's one of the ini files like default weapons, but I must be overlooking something.

>>166333986
LOOK AT THE PICTURE
SEE THE SKULL

Originals are better.

>>166344260
ok

>>166344260
you mean original

TFTD is shit

>>166319563
women only need armor on their nipples and twats
so, female operator armor when?

>>166336554

I can think of a variety of ways, but i assume the easiest would be to use Robojumper's Xskin mod. If Beagle's game started in gatecrasher with that gun though then i'm not sure how he did it, it would basically involve making a mod that simply replaces the look of the normal assault rifle with the look of this weapon.

>no way to get True Concealment for LW2 without having X2 on Steam

>>166344528
Just buy the game piratefag

>>166344528
>no way to get $12 in my 3rd world shithole

>>166343458
really makes me mad that ADVENT are just shitty ayylmao gibberish speaking neon orange blood spewing goobers instead of traitors or even just mind controlled civies, could have made hilarious head canon stories like this more compelling

>>166344785
sometimes they ask xcom operatives "Don't shoot at me" if you are flanking them

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>closing doors and walls of flame/acid now finally have a use when running away at the end of a mission

>>166344785
Yeah but they had to paint the resistance as the good guys instead of morally grey assholes like real resistances.

>>166344785
Biggest disappointment in the game desu.

>>166344907
>DO I HAVE A LAST NAME

is there a speed up animation option for lw2? i miss my 4x speed from lw1

So how do you deal with increasing ADVENT strength? Does dumping everyone into hiding help?

>>166345241
You could play with zip mode.

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>>166338556
Whew

>>166345248
Yeah. It'l eventually go down, at 5+ is when advent starts cracking down on your guys. You can also just ride it out and bring it down by attacking troop transports.

Has anyone figured out how to liberate a region? I need to get on top of this Avatar Project before my campaign just suddenly goes into defeat.

>>166345241
+ key on the numpad, discovered that one by accident; alternatively slomo X in console

>>166345407
You gotta find a facilityand bring it to the ground; they got like 60+ enemies though so take it slow.

>>166345407
>>166345536
You have to do a advent tower mission before the base assault and it's a pain in the ass since it only lets you bring five operators

>>166345536
Did you also get the boss advent dude with dickload of health/armor/defense? Luckily for me he decided to sit in a fire a continually hunker down. Worst part about that mission was the hueg pod sizes though

>>166345536
>>166345620
So how do I come across this ADVENT Tower mission? Just put a bunch of guys on Intel and scan until it pops up?

>>166345784

If you look here:
>>166338502

You can see what a mission will do in the objective section right under the actual mission goal.

Here you can see it says GET ADVENTS ATTENTION, winning this mission makes advent send more legions to the region you complete the mission in.

Some of the missions say they'll help liberate a region, after you do one or two of these they'll reveal the region's tower, completing the tower reveals the HQ.

>>166346103
So do more missions saying GET ADVENTS ATTENTION, eventually I'll get a few Liberate missions, then the tower will appear.

>>166346316
No, the missions that get their attention are a separate thing to liberating.

I think you can see the progression in the geoscape objectives. Long dong adds a new list of checkboxes for liberating a region.

>>166346316
>>166346470
I think you have to complete a mission with a "find a lead" reward, and one of the possible leads goes to the network tower/liberation chain. It doesn't seem like there's any way to speed this up other. Not sure though.

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WE'RE LOSING CIVILIANS LEFT AND RIGHT COMMANDER

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>89% infiltration, Medium-Light
>Pay Intel to boost it to 150%+
>It only goes down to Light
>Mission introduces 2 Vipers and 2 Faceless

>Starting to actually need a medic specialist now

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I beat Long War for XCOM: EU and found it to be the biggest fucking slog I've ever experienced in my life. Have they changed that at all or is the team's idea of difficulty still ridiculous numbers of aliens and constant reinforcement waves?

>>166347563
how do you make a LONG campaign without ridiculous numbrs of aliens? bullet sponge aliens?

>>166347563
>snowy dock
rip

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>sentry crits the guy carrying the data from fog and through cover
>bleed out
>pick him up, get him to the extraction
>he dies on the extraction the same turn it gets there
>data cache appears is back where he got shot, not on his body

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>>166347563
>>166347683
>implying LWS knows how to do any difficulty beyond numbers
>implying ridiculous amounts of bullet sponges wasn't what they had

And yes, same thing. They added more neat features but they aren't very creative beyond, "More aliens, more health."

Are officers worth it in LW2?

>>166347809
Theres still high numbers of ayys in LW2 but they don't have ramped up health. Instead hit mechanics and cover defense values were tweaked for both you and them to extend firefights instead of having too much health to kill in 1 turn. Its still possible to take out multiple hostiles in a single turn, but you have to work for it and think about your positioning.

>>166348024
200%

>>166347683
i think he means per mission, like long war for EU liked to just stuff maps full of enemy units

>>166347563
>>166348067
The Infiltration system also allows you reduce the amount of ayys you encounter through carefully building a squad and proper resource management.

>>166348153
Okay then, guess I'll try them out.

>civillians behind a corner spotted my troops
Glad I'm not playing ironman.

>>166348492
They can instantly spend intel on timed missions and extend the timer two turns, and they can command a soldier for an extra action. Those are just the baseline abilities.

>>166345784
Do Liberation missions. Some missions will be tagged as Liberation missions. After you do three (IIRC) successfully, the Network Tower opens up. This is an untimed never-expiring mission that restricts you to five soldiers and is very hard. When you complete that, it unlocks the Blacksite and the ADVENT HQ. Defeating the Blacksite opens the Avatar Project. Defeating the ADVENT HQ liberates the region permanently.

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>bronzeman is already built into xcom 2
>just have to open up the console and write 'RestartLevelWithSameSeed' or 'RestartLevelWithSeed iSeed[INT]'
>mfw
Oh shit now I can savescum without feeling like a scum. I can also know get around the major bullshit like really bad maps and such.

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>Assault hard at work
Lightening reflexes is so good with all these overwatching ADVENT troopers.

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>>166348972
Looks like they're hard at work at being sluts

>>166349058
Sniper-chan is not a slut, you take that back. Just because she marks targets for anyone doesn't make her a whore.

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>trying to sneak past pods
>pods keep homing on to me yet they don't know where I am
Getting real tired of this shit.

This mod lacks variety
Infiltration system is cool and all but it really shines in non-timed missions, where you can decide your risk/reward ratio since you can retrieve corpses
LW1 had this with the transport ship in the first month, this one does not.

>>166348821
>This is an untimed never-expiring mission that restricts you to five soldiers and is very hard. When you complete that, it unlocks the Blacksite and the ADVENT HQ. Defeating the Blacksite opens the Avatar Project.

Why does reading this demotivate me so much.
I don't even want to play any more tonight now.

>>166349359

mods will fix it

yfw we live in an era were mods fix mods

>>166349359
Just get Extract Corpses mod and quit being a little bitch.

>>166349359
>This mod lacks variety
?
Just add more soft timers and no timer missions and mission variety will be excellent.

>>166349396
Also the Blacksite is in a new, uncontacted, region. Probably 2-3 from your closest region. Apparently, it's supposed to incentivize prioritizing expansion or something like that. Personally, I'm counting the days until No Avatar - LW2 Edition.

reminder that turning xcom into a stealth is a fucking terrible design decision that not a single person wanted and anyone who defends it is a braindead shill

>>166349875
I disagree

>>166323054
>>166322049
>tfw can't keep up with america meme presidency
something about riots outside the whitehouse?

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NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND

>>166349314
>spend 50 turns studiyng patrols routes
>position my squad in the middle of the path for a close-range ambush
>patrols suddently change route to stay away from them
Had at least 2 missions with that bullshit, and another with 2 patrols following my squad in an alley on the map edge

>>166350001
It's just some nu-male screeching autistically during the Trump being sworn in. Quite funny.

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>>166350012
Er, except for the ones that are.

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Time to make a squad "Thin Mints" full of soldiers who look like this.

>>166349584
It's not about the corpses anon
It's about there being no middle ground between 12 turns timed missions and 60 ayys supply raid ones

>>166349705
That's exactly what I'm saying. As it is now it's 95% timed, 5% other

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>>166350292
I have this guy in my character pool

>>166350404
That Character Biography

>Have all guys on intel at a sector
>Missions with so much time to infiltrate I can bring it down to light or less with a 8-10 man squad

>Spread resistance duties at a base
>Generates missions that give awful prep times.

i think this needs a tweak, theres no reason not to go all intel where you want to do missions.

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these are my best soldiers, what should I expect?

>>166351340
That's kind of the point I think. Doing too many ops in an area makes advent reinforce the area and makes it much harder to get supplies and recruits from the area.

How is everyone building their specialists? I always feel like mine aren't good enough at anything, and now that they can't take cool under pressure without giving up combat/medical protocol it seems like a bad idea to give them overwatch skills

>>166351419
>still on conventionals
>taking a pistol
Buckle your sphincter, you're about to get raped.

>>166352024
fug

got lasers two days after 200% infiltration

>get my first liberate mission
>13 hours till it expires

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Wish I could play LW2 while chilling on my bed with the computer

>>166352218
Good luck buddy. You're gonna need it, assuming you're on a real difficulty of course.

>>166350001
https://youtu.be/ZJKJ2DWs3nc

>>166352801
>playing Long War before going to sleep
don't do it: you will get nightmares about getting squadwiped

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>tfw playing on legendary

SO MANY FUCKING REINFORCEMENTS

AND THEY DROP ON TOP OF/BEHIND YOU EVERY FUGGIN TIME

I HAD TO KILL ONE OF MY HIGHEST VETS BY DROPPING A GRENADE ON HIS FEET TO KILL THEM ALL

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>>166352975
i just want to lay down and play this game because i know i wont sleep if i load it up

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>>166352994
[muffled nasheed in the distance]

>>166352994
>>166353336
there's STILL no suicide belt item for troops

I just want the option to have my dudes take the filthy xenos with them if needed

You could even have only "high will" troopers use them lel

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>>166353871
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=624820879

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Don't go to the tower relay mission unless you have lasers like the other guy said. And whatever you do, don't take your time, their are infinite reinforcements and they quickly ramp up to 5 at a time with mutons, sneks, and advanced ADVENT mixed in.

figured a way to play in bed gnight xcom stay frosty

>>166354205
That's weird, I have beaten mine with only 10+ aliens. Granted I reloaded my save before the first wave of reinforcements hit because I misclicked so the way to go for this mission is to bring your BIG GUNS and alpha strike all the enemy pods

>>166347809
Hope u got rocketeers or 2, those things are really are bitch.

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Are these good graphics settings?
I'm running a R9 390. Will it explode?
I have a 1080p/144fps monitor.

>>166355848
MSAA and SSAO murder your framerate

>>166355848
Its gonna explode

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THEY WERE FLANKING MY ENTIRE SQUAD. THEY TOOK COVER NEXT TO THEM. I DIDNT HAVE A CHOICE.

>>166355848
All sources agree that there's something horribly wrong with XCOM's MSAA algorithm, so if it doesn't run smoothly enough, switching to FXAA is one of the first things to try.

>>166355848

>msaa

You're already dead

>>166356156
Everything by the numbers.

>>166356156
>I had high hopes for the Resistance under your leadership Commander and you have outdone yourself. Excellent work.

>>166356156
>no mod to create a choice between being the goodie two shoes cartoon resistance and full on terrorist nailbombs in the city square resistance with different effects on how the populace treats you

>>166356156
we all have a choice anon.

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>>166356156
>>166356293
Do you feel like a hero yet Commander?

>>166356442
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=620508289

Here's a good guide for it, with pictures included for a better comparison

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>>166356156
THERE IS NO GOD BUT COMMANDER AND BRADFORD IS HIS PROPHET
VIGILO CONFIDO
VIGILO CONFIDO

>>166356442
Anon you should probably cap that Speccy to just your specs. That is showing all network information including domains, subnets, gateways, IPs etc.

>>166356442
Why did you take a Speccy that shows us literally EVERY single detail of your computer and networking.

>>166356759
>he deleted it

I mean I'm no doxfag but it made me laugh

>>166356882
I mean neither am I but you never know what kind of asshole is lurking so I figured I should warn him.

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>>166356650
>>166356759
Holy shit thanks for the headsup
>>166356882
>>166356865
tbf Speccy said
>no personal information will be posted
>Proceeds to generate information about my computer that I didn't even know

You guys are pretty cool. Surely I'll be fine. Right?

>Fire rocket at clustered advent
>Flies way off course
>Horrible screams as two civilians are killed in the blast
>"Hostiles eliminated"
No, dammit, you can't just play it off like that you worthless squaddie.
You MURDERED two innocent civilians.