How does the Character Pool work?

[Gentoo]

So I save guys into the character pool for the next game.... I start a new game... will the guys show up as random classes, or can they show up only as the class I wanted, or as a rookie that will train up to the class I want?

[BoydofZINJ]

By DEFAULT the Character pool will save your troops and randomly put them into your game (even the first mission - minus the tutorial).

However, there is a MOD that will force the computer to pick your character pool characters to always show up - until your chracter pool runs out and then the randoms appear.

[JPJGame]

They always show up as rookies but if you save them as a certain class in the character pool they should become that class when the rank up I believe.

[BoydofZINJ]

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Character Pool Only
by sG|Vorgx

Simple mod to start the game with only Characters from your Character Pool.

VIP / Soldiers added throughout the game will also come from the Character Pool.

NOTE: You need to make quite a few Character for this to work properly.

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As for how they show up. Most of your soldiers will almost always show up as rookies - even if you give them a class. However, if a class comes up and that soldier has not been used then the character will appear as that class. If you create a dark VIP - then your character will be a dark VIP at the first opportunity. Likewise, for VIP as well. It is best to have a LARGE pool... i have a guild and I named allot of soldiers after my guilds and computer friends... so i can YELL at them when THEY miss and die and mess up. I never create me as a character - because I may die or miss or mess up... and trust me... i dont miss :)