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War of the Chosen
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X2WOTCCommunityHighlander v1.29.0

Description
What is Highlander?

Highlander replaces a big portion of the game's code in order to make it more moddable and mod-compatible, as well as fix a lot of bugs.

As implied by the name, only one Highlander mod can be used at a time. Hence, the Highlander tries to address as many use cases as possible. Not counting fixing bugs, the Highlander does not change the behavior of the game, it merely provides ways for other mods to do so.

Everything that goes into Highlander undergoes rigorous testing and peer review.

How do I use the Highlander?

Subscribe to the mod and enable it in your mod launcher like you would any other. You should see the Highlander's name and current version appear in the lower right corner of the game's main menu screen.

Alien Hunters DLC Plugin

If you have Alien Hunters DLC installed and enabled, and you are using this version of the Highlander, then you also should install the [WOTC] Alien Hunters Community Highlander plugin as well.

Do NOT install that plugin if you do NOT have the Alien Hunters DLC.

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Thank you for using the Highlander. Our objective is to support all modders to be all they can be, so if you have suggestions please let us know.
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Sep 19, 2024 @ 7:14am
PINNED: Any problems getting the Highlander loaded
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Jan 21 @ 1:09am
Cannot DL the X2WOTCCommunityHighlander v1.29.0
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'DLC_2 NOT LOADED'
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Iridar Jun 17 @ 11:40am 
Long War 2 includes the Highlander for pre-WOTC XCOM 2. LWOTC does not include Highlander, and requires it.
0wl blue Jun 17 @ 11:20am 
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 :steamhappy:
Iridar Jun 17 @ 1:35am 
Follow Highlander Troubleshooting link in the description above.
0wl blue Jun 16 @ 10:32pm 
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!
Dragon32 Jun 8 @ 10:26am 
@burrik
I think it's that usually a trooper can only carry one grenade-type object, and one special ammo
burrik Jun 8 @ 8:45am 
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.
Arkhein Jun 3 @ 3:00pm 
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.
Gerarderloper Jun 2 @ 3:24pm 
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.
Iridar Jun 2 @ 5:20am 
No, that issue is intrinsic to music mods.
Gerarderloper Jun 2 @ 5:03am 
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)