So I decided to try out the community edition for a change of place after playing through vanilla a few times. I right-clicked on properties in steam and installed the Community Edition from the pull-down menu like I assume is normal for Steam installs.
Additionally, because the UFO map changes and gameplay changes sounded fun, I installed the Community Edition version of the "Fire in the Hole" mod found here:
http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php/10909-v1-06-X-CE-v0-21-Fire-in-the-Hole%21-Destructible-UFO-Hulls-%28v1-3-3%29
Game starts up normally, new game starts normally, everything looks fine. Then when I went to equip and fiddle with my first squad they don't have any weapons or equipment on them, only ammo in their belts. Default classes are still there as well, but the entire sidebar that normally has all your weapons and such is just blank. You can flip between the "Weapons" and "Equipment" tabs ostensibly, at least you can press the buttons, but both are completely white and blank.
Anyone else run into this before? Did I do something wrong? Thanks in advance!