What does the log say?

highlander right now dosent seem to be loading for me, it says to check the log

Valve stepped in directly and mass-murdered all the DMCA requests ...

Seems to now be resolved, the mod is no longer flagged.

From what we can tell, the DMCA is completely worthless, a "false" accusation, and should be rejected by Valve/Steam.
The CHL team are actively watching the situation.

I can't accept the fact that this mod Will be banned

Will the mod be banned?

Hope their steam account got banned and they lose all their games for this tactic

Because of some fallout from the Hearts of Iron IV modding community that is reaching across ALL of steam.

The TL:DR version is some Chinese modders got into a debate which went sour, and to retaliate they've gone on a steam-wide DMCA spree, all of it baseless, all of it done to intentionally expose the "weakness" of the system from Valve.

Many mods across many games have been hit with this abusive tactic.

why is the mod getting DMCA?

Not sure how helpful this is but I've found that I have to unsubscribe and resubscribe to this mod periodically to keep the game from crashing when loading saves and/or combat. Is the saved data being corrupted over time or something? I know nothing of coding but given it seems to happen regularly over time that's the only thing I could reason out of it.

I know tis an extremely long shot to the point of being funny, but still...
Is there any chance the Community Highlander can somehow be launched with the "XCOM 2 Collection" that was ported on Android (smartphone)?
I tried this version + DLCAlienHuntes. The game crashes after startup, before logos begin to appear.
Any pointers would be extremely appreciated. This game + full mod support on the phone is a dream come true for me.

Does anyone happen to know if Battlelord and skirm's other skills are fixed by this patch?

Long War 2 includes the Highlander for pre-WOTC XCOM 2. LWOTC does not include Highlander, and requires it.

It looks like everything is finally working now. I reinstalled the game and this time I downloaded The Long War of the Chosen instead of just the Highlander alone, since Long War includes Highlander. I ran the game through the Steam launcher and it launched successfully

Follow Highlander Troubleshooting link in the description above.

Hi, I’m having a critical issue running WOTC with Community Highlander v1.29. As soon as I enable Highlander (with or without Alien Hunters Plugin), the game crashes at startup with:
"Error detected attempting load of package: XComGame"
No other mods are active. Logs show missing .ini files like XComPlaylist.ini, DefaultPlaylist.ini, corrupted .upk files (GFxUI.upk, IpDrv.upk, etc.), and shader compile warnings.

I've tried:
Verifying game files
Deleting + redownloading .upk files
Resetting config/cache folders
Running with just Highlander on a clean setup
Using both AML and Steam launcher
Game works fine without Highlander. It seems enabling it corrupts or breaks core files.

System: Win 10, RTX 4070, Ryzen 7 5700X, 48GB RAM, SSD
Mods: Only Highlander + Alien Hunters Plugin
DLC: All owned
Launcher: AML (also tested Steam)
Sorry for the long message, and thank you very much for your attention!

@burrik
I think it's that usually a trooper can only carry one grenade-type object, and one special ammo

What do these strings in xcomgame.ini do? Can't find anything anywhere regarding how they affect gameplay - what is unique items rule?

;GrenadeRespectUniqueRule=false ; Set to true to make grenade slot respect unique items rule.
;AmmoSlotBypassUniqueRule=false ; Set to true to make ammo slot ignore unique items rule.

F YOU'RE NEW TO THE GAME AND YOUR GAME IS CRASHING WITH THIS, TRY THIS FIRST:

Make sure you're actually trying to play War of the Chosen, instead of X-Com 2. In the dropdown menu when you launch the game, choose "Play War of the Chosen" instead of "Play X-Com 2". WOTC is the same game as X-Com 2, but with the extra content interwoven in the original. It took me an embarassing amount of time to find this out, but I blame Firaxis for not explaining this properly to people that weren't playing the game at launch and laying the options so confusingly.

Yeah I've had to disable the music mod because I can't figure out why the DOUBLE music playing bug comes from. But many say its LWOTC doing it but I just thought maybe its tied into this mod also which is a requirement I believe.

No, that issue is intrinsic to music mods.

I noticed this mod changes the XComTacticalSoundManager.uc file and was wondering if this was the reason why pretty much all music mods can't work correctly? (often playing double audio)

@EvilBob22 - I'm not sure which version I have installed at the moment but it's unlikely to be as up-to-date. I'm planning to start a new playthrough fairly soon, so that should a good time to upgrade.

@Scroller If you don't have version 1.6 yet, you should upgrade. It does the initial mod check in 1/10 the time of the older ones.

@Bepis - You're welcome. I've had the AML installed for ages and I don't have a link for it (I should probably favourite it some point), so thanks to EvilBob22 for posting that.

@Bepis In case you haven't found it yet: https://github.com/X2CommunityCore/xcom2-launcher

@scroller - massive massive thank you, greatly appreciated man. Ill try find the link for the AML - i saw a reddit thread about it but I didnt see any link. If you have one at hand and wouldnt mind sharing, that would be incredible! Thank you again though!!!

@Bepis - The changes and framework that this mod includes are 'under the hood', so they may not be obvious (particularly if you're new to WOTC). The additional functionality is accessed by mods that utilise its framework.

With regard to the other mods not showing, are you using the base game launcher or the Alternative Mod Launcher (AML)? The former isn't great and can fail to load mods properly. If you really want to have mods in your game, then the AML would be the way to go. You can find links to download it in numerous threads on Steam.

With the AML installed, you'll find it much easier to set your game up and see if there are any conflicts or missing dependencies. If you already have the AML, then there may be some other problem with the mods but figuring out the reasons will depend on which mods you've installed.

Hey, new to this community. I just purchased WOTC and saw that I need this mod to run other mods. I don't understand how to make it work though so any advice would be appreciated. I have Highlander installed but it doesn't seem to do anything? I see its on as it is in the bottom right of my screen, but should I have a new mod menu? If so, how do I open that? I installed other mods which needed the support of Highlander, but they don't show. ANY help would be great, its really frustrating me.

I don't think there is a "full" list of all the bugs fixed, this mod fixes so many... but everything is fully detailed/documented (in one form or another) on the github pages:
https://github.com/X2CommunityCore/X2WOTCCommunityHighlander

What bugs does it fix?

Not from the highlander............

(( .... but possibly an encounter list issue with one of the Requiem mods. The author, Reshii is aware and trying to fix. ))

Would the latest update affect Lily Shen's Spark DLC mission in anyway? Suddenly getting a pair of advent troopers in the beginning of the mission.

@Sarge
Cool, glad you worked it out

@Dragon32 Just found out it was 2 new weapons i downloaded, but they are blocked as they are ported from another game.

@Sarge
Clear your user config. files.

Try with just the Highlander active and it'll load. Then it's a case of finding the culprit.

Lots of good info:
https://old.reddit.com/r/xcom2mods/wiki/mod_troubleshooting

Xcom 2 wotc worked perfect for me with some weapons and armor mods, trying to use highlander the game locks up on start up, i was trying to use the new promotion screen, which requires highlander, as stated game works fine without Highlander but once unabled game locks up. Any idea's?

@Sest
If you subscribe to the beta then unsubscribe from the main version, apparently just having them installed on the same PC can get screwy.

(I don't see the behaviour you describe)

Hi guys,
In AML 1.5.1, any mod needing Highlander 1.29 all show up as the mod isn't installed.
I have tried using either the Beta or the stable version; neither is recognized by them.
I've tried resubbing the mods as well, not working.

Not sure if it's the problem with AML or Highlander.

Non-exhaustive list: {LINK REMOVED}https://x2communitycore.github.io/X2WOTCCommunityHighlander/Bugfixes/

what bugs does this mod fix?

this is alien tech

This is great!

Yes! was exactly that, thank you very much!

It probably means you are using an older version of the Alien Hunters DLC Highlander mod . Try unsubscribing and resubscribing to that mod to force an update.

Hello all!

I just installed the new version of this mod for LWoTC, but in the main menu appers this warning in yellow: "-DLC_2 V1.26.3 (ed92b4)"

What it means? I have all DLC installed.

Thank you

If there is one mod you should ever use, it's this one. It fixes so many bugs. Yes, you should always be using Alternative Mod Launcher while playing XCOM 2 with mods.

Do i need to use this mod with only better chosen and militia for exemple?
I don't want to have 785 mods.

And after enabled the mods, can we start the game normaly or do we have the obligation to open it via the mod menu? (New mod launcher)

@hottt3
Check the change log via the Change Notes tab