MODS for XCOM Enemy Unknown?

[mlmcdougal]

Seems there is no Workshop listed for XCOM Enemy Unknown... At least not on my installation... Are there any mods here on STEAM?

[Bwixie]

no mods on steam, look here[www.nexusmods.com]

[Jaduggar]

Long War is a fantastic mod; hands down the premier fan-fave. But don't play it if youre an Ironman purist, or it'll piss you right off. The mod was made by people who didn't have much respect for Ironman, and its brutal difficulty demands save-scumming, even on the lowest of difficulties.

[Emperor Zeltman]

no savescumming needed, nor is there any hate for ironman mode, just the desire to get off the rollercoaster to lay a while in an iron maiden :P

[mlmcdougal]

Originally posted by Jaduggar:

Long War is a fantastic mod; hands down the premier fan-fave. But don't play it if youre an Ironman purist, or it'll piss you right off. The mod was made by people who didn't have much respect for Ironman, and its brutal difficulty demands save-scumming, even on the lowest of difficulties.

You do realize I was about mod(s) for Enemy Unknown NOT XCOM 2?

[Jaduggar]

Originally posted by mlmcdougal:

Originally posted by Jaduggar:

Long War is a fantastic mod; hands down the premier fan-fave. But don't play it if youre an Ironman purist, or it'll piss you right off. The mod was made by people who didn't have much respect for Ironman, and its brutal difficulty demands save-scumming, even on the lowest of difficulties.

You do realize I was about mod(s) for Enemy Unknown NOT XCOM 2?

Yeah, I've never even played XCOM 2... didn't look all that interesting to me. Long War was made first for XCOM EU/EW, then later they made one for the sequel, too, I guess.

[Deathraven13]

Originally posted by Jaduggar:

Originally posted by mlmcdougal:

You do realize I was about mod(s) for Enemy Unknown NOT XCOM 2?

Yeah, I've never even played XCOM 2... didn't look all that interesting to me. Long War was made first for XCOM EU/EW, then later they made one for the sequel, too, I guess.

Well that's too bad, XCOM2, XCOM2 Wotc and long war 2 mod are fantastic, also with the workshop you have endless replayability like "a better advent" mod that will add new ennemies, Chosen buff to fight something like a boss on some missions, XCOM2 was free to play at some point. LW doesn't change the gameplay much unlike LW2.

[Jaduggar]

Originally posted by Deathraven13:

Well that's too bad, XCOM2, XCOM2 Wotc and long war 2 mod are fantastic, also with the workshop you have endless replayability like "a better advent" mod that will add new ennemies, Chosen buff to fight something like a boss on some missions, XCOM2 was free to play at some point. LW doesn't change the gameplay much unlike LW2.

I'm sure I'll try it, sooner or later.

[Zeonista]

Do any of you have XCOM mods outside of Long War that could be recommended?

[MrWatsyoname]

Originally posted by Zeonista:

Do any of you have XCOM mods outside of Long War that could be recommended?

Loads

PatcherGUI [www.nexusmods.com] is needed for basically every mod that isn't Long War.

Rig the Roulette Wheel [www.nexusmods.com] reveals all the abilities in a soldiers tree. I love the training roulette 2nd wave option so this mod is a must for me.

Larger Alien Pods [www.nexusmods.com]. Pain is fun.

Xcom Randomizer [www.nexusmods.com]. To vary the experience.

Base Defense Rework [www.nexusmods.com] . Small bone for XCOM.

Meld Reworked [www.nexusmods.com] makes meld a bit more interesting.

Interface and Gameplay tweaks [www.nexusmods.com]. QoL and more.

Camera Tweaks [www.nexusmods.com] for pretty screenshots!

Map Tactical Information [www.nexusmods.com] helps with squad loadout.

My Shiv is Special [www.nexusmods.com]

Commander's Choice [www.nexusmods.com] takes out some RNG from the game.

Remove EW Death Animation Delay [www.nexusmods.com]. Like zoinks i don't know what this does but it seems like it's really cool and satisfying.

If you want to retexture stuff you'll need Texmod [www.fileplanet.com].

Camo Mod [www.nexusmods.com] makes colors like pink and yellow look better imo.

New Texs for SHIV and MEC [www.nexusmods.com] for more good stuff.

Btw all of this is meant to be used with vanilla EW. No Long War here.

[Jaduggar]

Originally posted by MrWatsyoname:

Btw all of this is meant to be used with vanilla EW. No Long War here.

Does that mean it won't work with Long War, then? Because, some of this sounds pretty good, especially:

Originally posted by MrWatsyoname:

Remove EW Death Animation Delay [www.nexusmods.com]. Like zoinks i don't know what this does but it seems like it's really cool and satisfying.

I'm not sure if you're being facetious or not, but I'm going to bet that I know exactly what this does, because it's something that has annoyed the Hell out of me since the day it started, and Firaxis never fixed it...

Basically, back before EW came out, and the game was straight up vanilla-vanilla, killing an enemy and triggering their death animations was instantaneous, and smooth. Then, when the expansion came out, they released a patch that, for whatever reason, sometimes caused a delay. So, if you've ever shot an alien to death, and watched its model duck back down behind cover for a half a second, before it then stood up, turned around, and then sometimes even turned to face the unit who shot it before finally dropping dead, like it spontaneously died a few moments AFTER being shot... that behavior started with the expansion. I noticed it as soon as it came out, and it has always boggled my mind that they never fixed it.

[Zeonista]

I love me some Long War so I'd like to know if there are mods that do work with it, but MrWatsyoname's list makes me want to play regular EW again.