I am uncertain on what was causing the issue, but after the fresh reinstall, purging the init files AND ONLY THEN, verifying the files w/ steam made the issue go away. Your mileage may vary.

Thanks! I had the same happen to sudddenly.

Hi I have the same issue, can you clarify what you mean by purging the init file?

You are going to need to install this new mod

[WOTC] Alien Hunters Community Highlander v1.29.0 

A Workshop Item for XCOM 2

By: X2CommunityCore

This mod is a plugin for X2 WOTC Community Highlander. This plugin is REQUIRED if you are using the X2 WOTC Community Highlander and have the Alien Hunters DLC.

I had the same issue, and installing this resolved it

But do we have to use the plugin together with the hifghlander, or only the Plugin ?

If you do not have Alien Hunters DLC, then use just the Highlander.
If you have Alien Hunters DLC, use both Highlander and Alien Hunters Highlander plugin.

Originally posted by Wambosa:

You are going to need to install this new mod

[WOTC] Alien Hunters Community Highlander v1.29.0 

A Workshop Item for XCOM 2

By: X2CommunityCore

This mod is a plugin for X2 WOTC Community Highlander. This plugin is REQUIRED if you are using the X2 WOTC Community Highlander and have the Alien Hunters DLC.

I had the same issue, and installing this resolved it

I have Alien hunters and this mod did stop the stuttering issue that was making the game not fun

necropost but I installed the Alien Hunters plugin and now my game crashes on start up

Originally posted by Machinist:

I am uncertain on what was causing the issue, but after the fresh reinstall, purging the init files AND ONLY THEN, verifying the files w/ steam made the issue go away. Your mileage may vary.

apologies for asking but what do you mean by init files and where do I find them?

Originally posted by megabot:

Originally posted by Machinist:

I am uncertain on what was causing the issue, but after the fresh reinstall, purging the init files AND ONLY THEN, verifying the files w/ steam made the issue go away. Your mileage may vary.

apologies for asking but what do you mean by init files and where do I find them?

They meant "ini" files, not "init" files. They are talking about doing Regenerating User Config:

https://www.reddit.com/r/xcom2mods/wiki/mod_troubleshooting#wiki_regenerate_user_config

I am also getting this error now

Bug still exists and I solved it by installing the Alien Hunters version too

Originally posted by Cthary:

Bug still exists and I solved it by installing the Alien Hunters version too

What bug?

I think they mean that DLC_2 error form the original poster I'm also having this issue as of 5/23/2023 I'll be trying that alien hunter thing above and return if it works.

EDIT: well I don't know what it did exactly but the error is gone for me still having issues with visible heads and stuff :/ man why can't game devs leave well enough alone this update is annoying.

Originally posted by no name:

I think they mean that DLC_2 error form the original poster I'm also having this issue as of 5/23/2023 I'll be trying that alien hunter thing above and return if it works.

EDIT: well I don't know what it did exactly but the error is gone for me still having issues with visible heads and stuff :/ man why can't game devs leave well enough alone this update is annoying.

What update are you talking about? The Alien Hunters Highlander is required if you're using Highlander and you have Alien Hunters DLC - this is very clearly explained in Highlander's description. It's been this way for years.