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Superheavy Battlesuits (LW2)

Adds two new armours to the game, the Orion and the Mjolnir, focused on defensive abilities and tanking. I am not at all ashamed to report that this mod's creation was solely based on the fact that I wanted my soldiers to feel like Spartans, not ODSTs, when using Halo cosmetic mods. Also, there are dozens of requests for regenerating shield mods on reddit.com/r/xcom2mods, so I thought I'd step in.

This version is balanced for use with the Long War 2 mod, not vanilla. For the vanilla version, click here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=857403389

For the WOTC version, click here:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1137954330

===ITEM AND TECH INFO===

To unlock the Orion Battlesuit in the proving grounds, you need to research ADVENT Shieldbearer Autopsy and Plated Armor. It comes with built-in alloy plating, granting 4 Ablative HP. It can also launch a cloud of defensive smoke around its position twice per mission.

To unlock the Mjolnir Battlesuit in the proving grounds, you need to research ADVENT Shieldbearer Autopsy, Powered Armor, and Muton Elite Autopsy. It has the result of our new understanding of alien shield generators, granting a 6HP shield that can regenerate 2HP at the start of every turn.

Both armours can have their Ablative/Shield stats increased by equipping Ablative HP utility items from Long War 2.

===COSMETIC INTEGRATION===

This mod has cosmetic integration with Eternal's MJOLNIR Spartan Armor Variants mod, which can be found here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=659977908
What does this mean? Well, if you choose to, the armors added in this mod can use Eternal's cosmetic pieces. You'll need to do some hacky stuff, though. Don't worry, its easy and it takes only a minute or two. If you wish to have the Battlesuits be able to use Eternal's cosmetics, then:

1. Install MJOLNIR Spartan Armor Variants with the link above.
2. Navigate to wherever your steam is installed, most likely Program Files x86 -> Steam
3. From there, navigate to: steamapps -> workshop -> content -> 268500 -> 857404413
4. Open up readme.txt in notepad or another text editor, and copy everything.
5. In 857404413, open the Config folder. Open up XComContent.ini with a text editor.
6. Scroll to the bottom and then paste the contents of readme.txt in.
7. Done! Your battlesuited soldiers will now have the option to look like Spartans.
8. If you want them to ONLY look like Spartans, and not have the option to look like soldiers with the WAR Suit, then simply delete everything above where you just pasted the new code.

Please note that WHENEVER THE MOD UPDATES, you will have to do this again. Sorry, there's nothing I can do about that. Backup your XComContent.ini to be safe!

===NEW INTEGRATIONS===

If you want to integrate a different mod's cosmetics into this mod, follow the steps below.

First, download the mod you want to integrate. Note the 9-digit number in the URL of its workshop page. That's the mod's ID code. Next, navigate to:

Program Files x86 -> Steam -> steamapps -> workshop -> content -> 268500 -> 123456789

123456789 being that mod's ID code. Now open the folder and then open the Config folder. You can open up the XComContent.ini with the standard Notepad but preferably with the free Notepad++ program, which is leagues better.

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

The link below is to code I prepared to integrate the Halo 5 High Res mod into Superheavy Battlesuits. (Note that helmets don't need to be integrated). You can compare the Halo 5 mod's original XComContent.ini file to see exactly what I've changed. But a brief synopsis of what you do is located below the link.

https://pastebin.com/1KNdCFv5

Specifically, I have eliminated duplicate entries of each type of armour piece. There needs to be one entry for each type of armour you want that entry to be applied to. For the base game, that's seven. Kevlar, Predator, Spider, EXO, Warden, Wraith, and WAR. I trimmed the entries for all the armour pieces down to two, and then changed their ArmorTemplate field from those vanilla armours to 'superheavyplatedarmor' and 'superheavypoweredarmor' which are the Item Strings I gave my two armour types in Superheavy Battlesuits.

Now, our new XComContent.ini file applies our pieces to each armour type, but they conflict with the cosmetic pieces assigned to the vanilla armours. To fix this, we just give our new entries a new ID. So we just change the TemplateName field to anything other that what it was at default. Personally, I just add 'SB_' at the start of all of them to signify Superheavy Battlesuit.

This is where Notepad++ comes in handy, to let you easily find and replace entries en masse. After these three steps, eliminating duplicates, changing the ArmorTemplate, and changing the TemplateName, your XComContent.ini file is done. Copy the entire thing and paste it into the bottom of Superheavy Battlesuits' XComContent.ini file which you should know how to find from these last two guides. You can have as many integrations running as you want and you can use this guide for any armour-adding mods. But in order for the integrations to work you just need to select Superheavy Battlesuits AND the integrated mod in the launcher when you start XCOM 2.

===GRIMYS LOOT===

Grimy's Loot is integrated into this mod, with the upgrades for the Orion and Mjolnir suits being identical to those dropped for EXO and WAR suits. But keep in mind, some of Grimy's armor upgrades can be gamebreaking when used in conjunction with the superheavy battlesuits, especially the Mjolnir and it's regenerating shields. Use with caution.

===ADDITIONAL INFO===

Also, that Config folder from above? You can customize everything in there! Open up any .ini file that seems like something you may want to change (abilities, armour stats, etc) and edit values. I've put handy explanations on what each value does.

I welcome feedback and balance testing, PLEASE give me suggestions on how to make this mod better in the comments below! Also, if you think this mod is awesome, take ten seconds out of your life to give it a rating or a favourite, or both.

===CHANGELOG===

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/changelog/857404413