maybe someone can port this from LWOTC?

@p6kocka:
There's a version of Ready Up for WotC. IIRC, that mod's .ini can be tweaked so it'd work just like this one.

Can somebody update this for WOTC? I´ve tried but haven´t succeeded. This is one of the most important feature (just like in XCOM 1 game). Thank you.

@EvilNecroid:
Four posts down.

any1 tested this with WoTC?

You could get the WoTC version of Ready Up and (probably) mess about with its INI config to duplicate the effects of this mod.

Would like to see this for WotC as well! A key missing feature.

Bump for WotC request. This is a staple mod for my game.

Sadly, WotC crashes on startup when using this mod. I do have other mods installed, but it only crashes when I add this mod as well. Any chance this is gonna get updated for the expansion?

Very nice. Losing the buff on a move a great feature others overlook. However, as stated in a previous comment, it would be really nice if you could slip in the ini config the ability to make it a 1AP or 2 AP ability. Dragon32 suggested just use Ready Up, but that mod is a lot more cheaty. It would be really great if you could take the time to make the small update. Its less a balance and more of a game speed/timing thing. A lot less wait, go, wait, go, wait go. I, and many others, would really appreciate it.

@DeBlueSeven:
Have a look for the Ready Up mod.

Can you make it so that you can steady before taking any action? That sounds much more useful.

Back on 20 June I said:
"Played a Gatecrasher the other day. Didn't go too well (Better AI mod) and hit Restart Mission. When I re-started none of my rookies had the Steady Weapon ability. No biggie."

Since then RealityMachina's released More Default Soldier Abilities to cope with mod-added abilities like this and situations like that (including RM's own Reinforcement Missions and reinforcements on Avenger Defence.

Trouble is that when the Steady Weapon ability is added it's not respecting the INI settings (i.e. disabling for shotguns etc.)

According to RM:
Steady Weapon's issue, sorta, it would involve me having to modify the ability with a new condition since Steady Weapon does its weapon check with the screen listener.

Not sure if there are plans to update this mod at all? Could the weapon check be moved into the ability instead of the screen listener?

I've adjusted this so as Steady Weapon isn't available to SPARKs. Editing "XComGameData_SteadyWeapon.ini" by adding this into the [SteadyWeapon.UIScreenListener_TacticalHUD_SteadyWeapon] section:
STEADY_WEAPON_DISABLED_ARRAY[2]=sparkrifle

Is there any way of making this compatible with the LW perk pack? The steady weapon added there seems to be causing trouble with this one.

@BrotherBabyFace I think it has to do with LW Perk Pack

WARNING: After using this mod myself and reading other users' comments, DON'T USE IT WITH SPARK Units! (Shen's Last Gift DLC) It seems to prevent SPARK units from ending their turns at times.

Seems to have minor compatibility issues with SPARK units, notably with their "overdrive" ability or whatever that gives them extra moves in a turn. Might be worth looking into or disabling for them.

@BrotherBabyface:
Worked fine throughout my most recent campaign. Probably a mod conflict as there's not been an official update to XCOM 2 or this mod since:
Troubleshooting: Mods not working properly / at all

This no longer works! The icon is different, and when selecting this, on the next turn there is no aim bonus. Please fix or remove!!

please update for new dlc and add new localizations thanks.

This mod isn't letting my Spark units end their turns, it will make it so they can use steady aim over and over and the turn never ends

Played a Gatecrasher the other day. Didn't go too well (Better AI mod) and hit Restart Mission. When I re-started none of my rookies had the Steady Weapon ability. No biggie.

great mod and essential for the early game difficult imbalance in my opinion. This makes early game rookie / squaddie ambushes actually reliably successful.

its not possible to change the actionpoint cost to 1 is it?

If a sharpshooter has the Aim Hunker Down skill, would this stack with that?

THANK GOD SOMEONE MADE THIS MOD

I encountered a similar bug as Devil during the Avenger Defense mission. Reinforcements did not have Steady Weapon (e.g. the sniper that came as reinforcement), only troops that had been there from the beginning. I saved and reloaded the mission, but that did not resolve the issue.

Also if my soldier is carrying a unit the ability is not disabled.

I played with the Mod "Additional Mission Types" and had a retaliation mission called "Haven Siege", where random rookies spawn in the beginning and during the mission. I do not know why but that rookies did not have the steady weapon ability although they had normal rifles. Maybe you can add it somehow to that mod. That would be great :D Thanks

So I love the idea of this mod, loved Long War. Are you aware that upon restarting a mission the button for steady weapon vanishes? And in my 2nd mission of the campaign I had a ranger who did not have the option to steady weapon. Could it be something to do with the soldier being fatigued? I've no idea what it could be really.

(About restarting a mission, i'm playing impossible with increased squad sized and a few other buffs to the enemy. I had to fight 18 enemies on gatecrasher because the officer called in reinforcments...)

(MOD REQUEST) Love this. Would it be possible to add a "spray and pray" suppression ability from the first mission on? It would basically be weak suppression that, say, rookies could use to decrease enemy aim and movement a bit. I'm not interested in replacing the full suppression ability here, just giving all soldiers a chance to help pin enemies somewhat.

@The forgotten crouton I have recently added the Russian localization for this mod. If you do not mind, please add it to your next update

@Hansworth Only first shot will get the bonus aim as shooting is considered offensive action.

So does this work with guardian by adding 20 aim to each shot?

Thank you for quick answer and the even quicker config options! I really appreciate that. Love this mod. It goes really well with XCOM 2's gameplay.

@Fennix TBH, I don't remember it too clearly either. It's been a while since I last played LW.

wow. nice solution! I cant quite remeber how it was handled in LW?

I think it was Steady Weapon, gain +20 aim, end turn, aim bonus still active, then overwatch, and that reactionshot had the +20 aim bonus, no?

@Beagle Added Added STEADY_WEAPON_DURATION and STEADY_WEAPON_TICK_AT_END to XComGameData_SteadyWeapon.ini. If you want the steady weapon buff to last as long as you don't move or take offensive actions, just set STEADY_WEAPON_DURATION to something like 20. If you want it to still only last 2 turns but tick at beginning of the players turn instead of at the end so your overwatch can take advantage of it, leave STEADY_WEAPON_DURATION to 2 and set STEADY_WEAPON_TICK_AT_END to false.

@Beagle That combo won't work as steady weapon ends on the second end turn after the ability is used. If you want the steady weapon buff apply to overwatch, you'll have to steady weapon, inspire, overwatch, end turn. I can probably add an ini variable to determine how long the buff lasts though, give me a day or two.

If I steady weapon, end turn, overwatch, end turn, will the steadied weapon still be more accurate for any overwatch shots taken during the following Alien turn? I've been attempting to do this combo but unless Perfect Information is reporting inaccurate hit percentages, I'm not gaining any extra accuracy from doing so, implying the steadied bonus is lost after I end the second turn.

@The forgotten crouton Nice! Thank you!

@feandrad added new variable to XComGameData_SteadyWeapon.ini called STEADY_WEAPON_UI_PRIORITY. Use this to adjust where you want the ability to be placed on the UI.

@feandrad I'm working on it

@The Forgotten Crouton Thank you very much for your quick reply.

@Monkey Thanks for the info, but I already know that. My suggestion was from a designer perspective, because in vanilla, all weapons use that keymapping, and I didn't seen any other mod using 2 for an skill, so I understand that the designers of XCOM 2 intended to make it a pattern, like 1 is always attack and reload.

Maybe the Longwar mod uses this key for the skill and the modder make it this way for this reason (I didn't played the Longwar mod), so I suggested to make it configurable, could be in the .ini file. I think every mod that adds an skill should have an option to configure the key.

But if is too much work to do that, no big deal. I'll still use the mod anyway.

@Jazz Hand steamapps\workshop\content\268500\626609469\Config

Please forgive me, as I see you've posted some information about it already, but I seem to be having a lot of trouble finding the "XComGameData_SteadyWeapon.ini" So i can change what weapons will be able to be steadied. I looked manually in Ini's, tried multiple searches, looked online, and I still can't seem to be able to locate that file. Can you please elaborate on where I can find it? Thanks.

feandrad, just use the letter Y for insta-overwatch.

A suggestion: change the key for steadyWeapon from 2, cause in every other weapon in XCOM2 the number 2 is overwatch. Or at least make it configurable. Great mod btw