X - Division

V 1.00.10 for 0.35.0+ XCE

We are in the sky

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We are on the ground

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We are a paramilitary organisation ...

We have the best of the best - with some personal issues here and there. Real characters as you say nowadays ...

We do everything, from stealing to protecting transports, smuggleing weapons for those who can pay for it. We destroy organisations if the price is right and provide safe routes from A to B, even through hell if it has to be ...

Sometimes we also do some good guy stuff, but dont ask for it, except you can put enough money on the table ...

Our people are unhonorable discharged veterans or geniuses who dont feel quite valued in their former organisation. Some average guys as well who are attracted to the way we do things ... but honestly they have to be a bit crazy to be hanging around those guys ... say us ... ... everybodys a bit crazy here ...

We have been hired by some wealthy individuals who think we can save the earth and believe in our methods. This group has put their faith in us ... and most importantly, their money.

I guess it is time to do some good guy stuff again !

Whats my spleen ? World Domination ! Everybody ought to have a goal, no ? But if these aliens do as they please there will be nothing left to rule over.

What is yours, commander ?

Welcome to X-Division !

The Team

Drages - Lead Modder and  Art Manager

Charon - Code Manager

Draku - Debugger and Tester

Sfarrelly - Writer

AI Advisor and XCE Support - Kabill, Solver, Ilunak

Dedicated Testers - Phoenix1x+52, Marandor1

Support - Max_Cain, Kabill

Special Thanks - Nuclearstudent, odizzido, Xany, Squaddie Perseus, Woz2, asierus24, Blackwolf, Reactorcore, Alienkiller, CherryCoke, XCOMJunkie, Brandon, Maera, Trueman11

Special Thanks to Content Contributors: Max_Caine, the XNT team, Axiomatic, Pandi, Svinedrengen, Z01, 

We are thanking Chris for a wonderfully modable game and all the experience we could make because of this

What people say about X-Division

"Before all of this, the aliens were fighting seriously with jokes, then we gave them actual weapons and now they are fighting seriously, jokeing about you" - Drages

"Your blinking dots on the hull look so awesome that its the first time i actually looked at the UFO in over 600 hours of gameplay time" -Charon

Table of Content

1. Game Overview
1.1 Game Details

2. Questions & Answers

3. Installation
3.1 Latest Patch
3.2 Troubleshooting
3.3 Linux Installation Advice
3.4 Explanation for the installation technology used
3.5 Licenses and Copyright Notices

3.4 Explanation for the installation technology used

4.Known Bugs

5. Some things before you start

6.Credits

1. Game Overview

X-Division is a complete overhauled game experience, featuring an vast amount of different enemies to capture, a new and improved, aggressive AI, 288 new weapons including katanas, 9 vehicles and 3 mechs and 13 sets of armour.

New revised Aircraft game , crafted by me which builds and extends on the existing aircraft mechanic and polishes it to the extreme. New mechanic, hit and run tactics,  new alien weapons and more .. so totally not what drages planned :). 22 new aircrafts from which 5 are alien interceptor to recruit and 48 aircraft weapons.

Enemies feauture different armor resistances, different strenght points and weaknesses. Every alien race is good and bad in and against something and you better find that out quickly before its too late, commander. Terror and base attack missions will happen frequently and will be of importance all the way to and in the end game.

Captureing aliens is immensly important in this mod as it will open up all the vital and better tech for you. Unique specialists you can only capture at terror sites, crash sites or base attacks. Special UFOs with a special goals which carry special units into battle. Special Officier Units for every phase of the game to capture to give you that special research boost you need.

Aliens will adapt to your style of playing with different strategies of aggressive overwhelming force.

" Every phase will have their own weapon branches. Ths branches will be mostly energy or ballistic based. Addidition to this your arsenal will make updated versions we call as MK in the mod. You will get the MK 1 versions as prototype and easy. For MK-2 versions, you will need to capture alien specialist and for MK-3 ultimate versions you will need to get specific things. Vehicle Weapons, Grenades and Explosives will have updated versions too.

Special UFOs with a special goals which carry special units into battle ! UFOs with their own  puposes and missions. You will see huge ufos for terror and base attacks, nearly impossible to stop at the air. You will see shuttles and special cargo ships along others. You will see any kind of ufo nearly at every phase with their upgraded stats, weapons and crew. Near endgame, you will see the real force of the Alien menace with the all mighty dreadnought and motherships." - Drages

An detailed manufacture and disassembling system for alien weapons, grenades, UFOs. A chance based, incredible intrigues, complex research tree featuring around 900 xpedia entries and lively maps with civilians and local forces appropriatelly equippted.

All of this over 4 balanced Phases over the game presenting a long and hard journey to menkinds destruction or, temporary, survival.

It is in your hands, commander.

1.1 Game Details

Weapons and Ground Combat

Aircraft and Aircraft Gameplay

Maps, Graphics and UI, Miscancellous

Picture Gallery

2. Questions & Answers

3. Installation

0. The base vanilla version has to be 1.65+ .

1. To avoid complications unsubscribe to all other mods on steam, and delete your your whole mods/.. folder. Then make a fresh install of xenonauts.
    X-Division 1.00.00 is not compatible with earlier versions.

2. Install the latest XCE version.

• For windows steam users right click on Xenonauts in your library > Porperties > Betas > community - Xenonauts: Community Edition branch

• For GOG/linux steam users follow the latest installation instructions here: http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/index.php?/forum/23-xce-release-announcements/
  Linux steam users will need to run X:CE through WINE or a similar program.

3. If you downloaded the steam workshop support mod install it now. This is to show some support but has no other purpose than that.

3.5 Start up the game at least once and exit it properly.

4. Download all 3 parts of X-Division 1.00.00: Download ( Part 1 MD5: d46af869d5435a9c425d51acd1442897, Part 2  MD5: c57b4fb563ca419c9e455f0908701fe9 ,
                                                                                Part 3 MD5: c8ca596b39d920e45a9a45fc71611892 )

5. Deactivate your ANTIVIRUS/UAC program, it can intervene with the installation.  As soon as the installation finishes you can activate it again.

Have all 3 files together and open part 1 ( = unrar the multi rar archive ). Double click the .exe file. Follow the instructions of the installer.

Winrar or Peazip have been confirmed to work.

6. The advanced installation has some options to choose from, namely:

There are some optional mods you can activate/deactivate. Lets go through them one by one:

1. X-Division Easy Airgame/X-Division No Airgame

• There are 3 ways to play the airgame, 1. Manual 2. Autoresolve 3. No Airgame . No Airgame removes the necessity to play the airgame and replaces it with a 1 click solution. With No Airgame you only have to build the latest fighters and bombers and hit autoresolve. If you quickly want to jump into the Ground Combat this is the option of your choice :). Note that this tilts the balance in the favour of the player and is not representativ of the economic balance of the game.

Recommended state: ON if you want to skip the airgame.

2. COM - Ambient Sounds/COM - Ambience Forest

• This mods add ambient sound and add the least amount of instability to the game - it still makes the game more unstable.

Recommended State: OFF if you dont want to risk a higher instability for beautiful sounds. XCE 0.34.3 should fix the instability.

3.  COM -   [V1.08] Jsleezy's Real Fighter Portrait Pack

• Adds alternative soldier faces to the game. Deactivate Khall´s more Portraits if you are using this to avoid art inconsistencies

Recommended State: OFF if you dont want to play with more realistic faces. XCE 0.34.3 should fix the instability.

Checklist in case you want to change something later on:

• You only have X-Division Workshop Support if you subscribed and installed it from the steam workshop
• The modloader needs to be EXACTLY in the priority order the installer sets it.
• The modloader needs exactly this active mods. The mods you can still change after the installation are No Airgame, Khalls and Jeezlies different portraits ( only one active at a time ), both Ambient sound mods ( either active for ambient sounds or deactivated for more stability ) and  the No Click sound ( removes mouse click ).
• You shouldn`t play X-Division with any other mods than stated. Only cosmetic mods are allowed and only if you know exactly what you are doing. Keep in mind every savegame is unique to its mods its saved with.

7. Apply the latest available patch - 3.1 Latest Patch section ^^. Every patch contains all prior changes as well.

8. Installation video by Mulligan/LeEdgyMemeKing if you need more help

https://youtu.be/Jwwn9bU6y10 - Mulligan

https://youtu.be/l439koiq0_8 - LeEdgyMemeKing

3.1 Latest Patch
( theres a patch history in the third post - with downloads )

Notes:

• X-Divison has gone the step to replace vanilla files. There has been an original file added for every replaced one in case you want to deinstall the mod. In case of doubt make a reinstall of the game or verify game integrity through steam.
• Before applying patches withdraw all scientists and engineers from their current projects. You can reapply them afterwards.
• You only need to download and install the latest Patch avaialble, it contains all prior fixes as well.
• The .00 to .01 patch is savegame compatible
• As a basic rule, never patch during Ground Combat

Installation:

1. The Base for this patch has to be version 1.00.00 or higher. This update is not available for versions lower than 1.00.00 .
2. Download the X-Division 1.00.01 Update: https://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/index.php?/files/file/31-x-division-latest-patch-09945/ ( MD5: 489d03269506927ae5981dbb0de816be )
3. Deactivate your ANTIVIRUS/UAC program(s), it can intervene with the installation. As soon as the installation finishes you can activate it again.
4. Start the executable provided in the file. Follow the instruction of the installer
5. After you have used the installer there is no need to change ANYTHING anymore, everything has been taken care of, including scripts, modloader priority, and everything else you may think of. The only time you might want to change something is if you are activating/deactivating No Airgame or change the soldier models. Enjoy .

For reference, this is how the modloader can look like after the installation, plus/minus optional mods on/off.

DAY X Unofficial WiP Version 1.00.11c "New Dawn"

Notes:

• X-Divison has gone the step to replace vanilla files. There has been an original file added for every replaced one in case you want to deinstall the mod. In case of doubt make a reinstall of the game or verify game integrity through steam.
• You only need to download and install the latest Patch avaialble, it contains all prior fixes as well.
• The .10 to .11c patch is NOT savegame compatible. If you want to make it savegame compatible you need to make a backup of your researches.xml, run the installer, and immediately copy your backup over the new file again. You will miss out on the fixed researches but you can continue the campaign.
• As a basic rule, never patch during Ground Combat

Installation:

1. The Base for this patch has to be version 1.00.00 or higher. This update is not available for versions lower than 1.00.00 .
2. Download the X-Division 1.00.11c Update:
   https://mega.nz/file/lYwRBaZJ#Nu7Vt08i0LHEV2FqOTX9uCM9sVSHXoEl_Bee_3M_XqM
   ( MD5: e852cdedc43f0c7b6aaa4f4c60300601 )
3. Deactivate your ANTIVIRUS/UAC program(s), it can intervene with the installation. As soon as the installation finishes you can activate it again.
4. Start the executable provided in the file. Follow the instruction of the installer
5. After you have used the installer there is no need to change ANYTHING anymore, everything has been taken care of, including scripts, modloader priority, and everything else you may think of. The only time you might want to change something is if you are activating/deactivating No Airgame or change the soldier models. Enjoy .

Changelog:

DAY 978 Unofficial Version 1.00.10 "New Dawn"

• The .01 to .10 patch is NOT savegame compatible.

Installation:

1. The Base for this patch has to be version 1.00.00 or higher. This update is not available for versions lower than 1.00.00 .
2. Download the X-Division 1.00.10 Update:
   https://mega.nz/#!dQQwCQRC!gzlksCzX9l91PAJfViyyAyXzd_VN0weUL1X5GZmeuvU
   Link
   ( MD5: f82bbe1f12c7e97a7b86c7ec3de19e11 )
3. Deactivate your ANTIVIRUS/UAC program(s), it can intervene with the installation. As soon as the installation finishes you can activate it again.
4. Start the executable provided in the file. Follow the instruction of the installer
5. After you have used the installer there is no need to change ANYTHING anymore, everything has been taken care of, including scripts, modloader priority, and everything else you may think of. The only time you might want to change something is if you are activating/deactivating No Airgame or change the soldier models. Enjoy .

Changelog:

You did it. Welcome onboard, Commander !

3.2 Troubleshooting

This mod is %98 stable. If you got any weird problems like aliens without guns, strange visual errors, game crashes, they should be about wrong install or mod loader issues. Be sure that you got X:CE, X-Division and X-Division Patch is installed and then come to our topic with your save game and we will help you. 

Sincerely yours, Drages

I think i got a bug, can you help me ?

If you want some help, make a bug report or think that something is not the way it is supposed to be, add a full screenshots of your whole modloader and your savegame ( geoscpae only ).

I cant get the 3 multirar files to work, any help ?

The first step to troubleshoot this on your own is to make sure your files are the correct ones. Generate your md5 sums of all 3 files and compare them to the official ones provided with every download. If they are the same, you got the correct data files. After that its just making sure all 3 files are in the same spot and open the first one with either WinRar or Peazip.

Why does the first start take so long to load ?

Thats normal. X-Division is quite a big mod so loading all of its ressources takes time.

Help ! I cant click on anything in the geoscape ! Hotkey are working though.

Make sure that everything is the way it should be and then:

Simply start up the game, go straight to new game, start a new game, load your current save, save it, exit and restart the game. This should now be fixed.

The top part of this Cruiser does not get transparent. What do i do ?

You change your view option by pressing the button right beside your inventory one. Cycle through until you find one that works lets you see inside the UFO.

3.3 Linux Installation Advice

We know that linux users love to tinker endlessly in order to get their software working, and we dont want to take that joy (and countless hours ) away from you. But if you are struggling and want to get some advice into the right direction, here it is.

• You will have to start XCE through a windows compatability layer, WINE or Proton for instance
• The installer might not work for you, because it expects Windows variables you dont have. The assets.7z contains all the X-Division data you need, and you can copy and overwrite your vanilla assets folder with it.
• You will need to manually rearrange the mod loading order. Section 3.1 should have some pictures how that should look like.
• Find the linux equivalent of %APPDATA%/Goldhawk Interactive/Xenonauts/internal/scripts and delete the scripts folder once after step 3.5. You propably know better what i am talking about than i do, because i dont keep track of 10 different distros and how they handle stuff.

People have reported that that should lead to a working version, mostly depending on how well the windows compatability layer handles the sys calls.
You can now celebrate that you have a working game on linux :).

3.4 Explanation for the installation technology used

The 3 rar parts of the installation are called a Multivolume RAR Archive. We shall further refer to this as MRAR archive, or simply MRAR.

https://www.win-rar.com/split-files-archive.html?&L=0

Each MRAR archive is sensitive, or can be sensitive, to the process it got created from. While the endproduct should be the same we found that unpacking the MRAR with the same tool it got created from yields the best result. In this case the tool used to create it was peazip. Therefore in case of doubt, use peazip. WinRAR has been confirmed to work as well.

Each part of an MRAR contains an "archive is finished" or "archive is not finished" flag at the end of its volume. If an unpacking tool finds such flag, it looks for the next part. The information of where the next part is, is not saved inside the current volume, because the next part could literally be on another pc, in another country, on a different continent. The unpacking tool searches its paths for the same named entity with ".partX" before the .rar specifier, where X is the current part + 1. Shall it find such entity it will repeat the same process until it finds an archive with the "archive is finished" flag. If it doesnt find the next volume it will throw an error, or worse, throw no error and assume its a standalone rar while opening a half backed archive. You start the whole process from the first archive, that is .part1.rar, and the unpacking tool will find the rest, if it can.

At the time of writing this (2.6.24) the first part has a size of 2,5gb. If you want to check whether or not your unpacking tool openend the archive correctly you can look at the total size of the archive, which should be displayed somewhere in the GUI of your tool. The total size of the archive is ~7gb. If it says so, it found all volumes of its MRAR.

All patches are distributed as standalone RARs.

All data pertaining X-Division is contained in assets.7z. It is therefore entirely possible to install X-Division without the use of the installer, as well as rehosting X-Division without including the installer. The installer only automates steps the user could take themself.

3.5 Licenses and Copyright Notices

All original copyright holders are still the original copyright holders of the creative works used in this combined work, especially including, but not limited to, Goldhawk Interactive™. All original work of the X-Division project is owned by the creative content holder of the project, at the current moment @Charon. All contributions towards X-Division implicitely issue the current creative content holder a revocable license, which allows the useage,  copying, altering and distrubtion of such content, unless otherwisely stated, issued in a written form.

As it pertains to the original creative content of the X-Division project, you may:
[] rehost such content
unless otherwise stated (revocable), as long as the original authors and contributors are prominently displayed.
You are not allowed to:
[] modifiy the content and redistribute it under your own name
You are encouraged to:
[] Create your own creative content based on this project, host it and name this project as its prerequisite.
[] When such standalone creative content has proven to not cause gameplay instabilities, is useful and desired by the  community you may request the integration of your content into the project by issueing a revocable license for your creative content to use, copy, alter and distribute it, as well as make yourself heard that you desire such integration.

The installer is proprietary software of the development team for which the X-Division team paid and holds a license for. Its use, copying and redistribution is allowed under the following, revocable license:

--- License Terms start

Revocable permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to use, copy and redistribute the Software subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

--- License Terms end

These are also known as the "Dont sue me when your PC catches on fire" terms.

4. Known Bugs ( at least until the next patch )

Units can spawn outside map tiles in base attacks - If that happens make sure you did in that mission what you wanted to do, then save and exit. Start the game with the Xenonauts_gc_editor.exe in mods/xce/... and load up your save. Press "V" to kill every non xenonaut unit. Save and exit and continue to play like normal.

5. Some things before you start

6. Credits

A big thank you from the team for being such an awesome community. You made it possibly that we are able to release the final version of X-Division now.

I especially want to thank the team who made it possible and accompanied X-Division through its various stages of development.

@Solver Who is totally not a member of the X-Divison development team. I want to thank you for giving the much needed code support and all the new and fantastic features X-Division players are capable of experiencing now. Without him the growing of the game would have already stopped when custom Terror UFOs wouldnt obey the Terror Site Intervall. He made it possible that passionate modders can do what they do best, while silently removing obstacles from the back. In honour of your service i grant you the title of "External X-Division Teammember"

@drages The main developer and creator of X-Division. Without him all of this Insanity would have never started. He had the vision, made the plan and strifed to fullfill it throughout many years. It is only because of him that we can finish this game today. Thank you for giving me this opportunity.

@DrakuOne of the oldest members of X-Division. He did most of the grunt and testing work during the most active development cycles. Aint no Palace without somebody to actually do the work.

@sfarrelly The string guy. He wrote most of the research preview entries. If you know what you are going to research than it is totally because of him.

@Phoenix1x+52For doing the total insane hercules task of playing through the game from A to Z. He tested everything from the working things to the not so working things and recorded everyhing for sake of me examinating every pixel in the recordings. That X-Division is in such a bug-free and balanced state is mainly because of his work epic. He has been supporting X-Division through all its stages ( hm, installer ) and has been a loyal friend to the end. Many Kudos to you.

@Maerafor giving moral support and a lot of enthusiams for new maps.

@Marandor1 The second tester in command. He tried his hardest to convince me to make the game more fun than me trying to make it challenging. You can judge for yourself if he succeeded.

@SvinedrengenFor making some good maps.

and ofcourse ...

@community for all the advice, suggestions, support and love that you gave for the game. Without you the journey wouldnt have been worthwhile. You created, enriched and made the game into what it is today. Thank you for being there on this journey. I will see you in the game .

Thank you for everybody who i didnt mention but was still part of this journey.

A big thanks to @Chris for making Xenonauts.

Enjoy !

The next three posts were the continuation of the OP, please take a moment to glance over it.

In the original mod, you can use almost all alien equipment — except shields — because the shield mechanic behaves oddly when shields aren’t unlimited. I fixed that.

Now you can equip alien shields and recharge them during battle using Laser Battery Mk1.

Tip: If you don’t want a soldier to deploy with an empty shield, make a loadout/template that includes the alien shield and equip it via that template.

How to recharge a shield:

1. Empty the soldier’s first hand.

2. On the soldier UI, click Reload.

Installation:

You must start a new game or else the mod will only work on newly researched items.

1. Download the file (of course).

2. Move the "X-Division The Devil's Toys" folder in the downloaded .zip file to                                                          (Xenonauts folder where X-Division is installed)/Assets/Mods.

3. Enable the mod in the XCE mod manager and place it above X-Division in the load order.

4. Play the addon, I hope. 

Quote

All rights to the original mod and its assets belong to the original author.

X-Division The Devil's Toys Reborn.zip

NamesOfTheWorld.zip

NamesOfTheWorld.zip

You can request mod that you want and receive that faster.

 

v2 - alien base spawn points adaptation that prevents crash.

IvangelionsUnlimitedMod3.zip

Features:

1. Add soviet-style cities: Pyongyang (North Korea), Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Anadir, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Russia), Shanghai, Urumchi (China).

2. Add non-soviet style cities: Denver (United States), Manaus (Brazil), Samarinda (Indonesia), Addis Ababa (Ephiopia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Punta Arenas (Chile).

3. Change style from soviet to non-soviet: Tokyo, Seoul, Dublin, London, Edinburgh, Copenhagen.

New distant cities designed to do proper to cover more area.

v1.1

The names of the countries show (additional to the city names) only at maximum zoom global map.

Added cities: Addis Ababa (Ephiopia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Punta Arenas (Chile).

23.06.202 - Uploaded files again

Geographic addition 1.1.zip

v.2 as part of my [B4X2] mod collection

• works in Community Edition (0.35) and in Vanilla too
• ~ 4 MB download

This mod changes:

• 3 new ballistic weapons: machine pistol, carbine, flamethrower.
  • custom premade loadouts. soldier roles make use of new gear.
• 1 new laser weapon: laser shotgun.
• 1 nerfed laser weapon: laser carbine.
• new research tree items with according Xenopedia entries.
• 3 laser weapon variants for sale:
  • can be produced/sold for profit.

arms_trade_v2[B4X2].zip

Mirror: https://www.nexusmods.com/xenonauts/mods/67

Version history:
1.0
Initial Release

Pataschka's X2 Uniforms - main file of the modification
Pataschka's X2 Uniforms Khall's More Portraits - Support of the Pataschka's X2 Uniforms modification for Khall's More Portraits mod

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Pataschka's X2 Uniforms Khall's More Portraits

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This mod adds support to Pataschka's X2 Uniforms mod for the Khall's More Portraits from the Community Edition version of the game. 
If you are using X:CE with Khall's More Portraits you will need to install both Pataschka's X2 Uniforms and this file for the mod to work properly. 
If you are using the vanilla version of the game then you don't need this support file. Download only Pataschka's X2 Uniforms file instead.

Installation Instructions:
1. Go to your Xenonauts assets folder (C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Xenonauts/assets/mods)
2. Unzip into the /mods folder
3. Launch Xenonauts.exe
4. In the opened "Xenonauts launcher" hit the "Modding Tools" button
5. Select "Pataschka's X2 Uniforms Khall's More Portraits" string and hit "Activate" Button
6. Select "Pataschka's X2 Uniforms Khall's More Portraits" string and hit "Move up" Button for this mod to be higher than "Pataschka's X2 Uniforms" 
6. Click "Back" button
Now you can launch the game

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Pataschka's X2 Uniforms

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For this modification to work properly you need Jsleezy's Real Armors

This modification changes rank images and the uniforms of the agents to look like resemble the concepts of Xenonauts 2 by Diego Garcia Yanieri

Credits:
The red beret and also the uniform used for xenonauts portraits are not mine, they were  taken from the concepts made by Diego Garcia Yanieri  
https://digyan.artstation.com/projects/XnavLl
https://digyan.artstation.com/projects/68vyE6 

I give full credit to Diego Garcia Yanieri as the author of the original images. If you're the author and for some reason, you see the usage of your art as inappropriate, please PM me and I'll remove them as soon as possible.

Special Thanks:
- Goldhawk Interactive - for creating and publishing such a beautiful game
- Diego Garcia Yanieri  - for the beautiful art of characters and uniforms
- Jsleezy for the Jsleezy's Real Armors modification
- All those people who decided to download this modification.

Installation Instructions:
1. Go to your Xenonauts assets folder (C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Xenonauts/assets/mods)
2. Unzip into the /mods folder
3. Launch Xenonauts.exe
4. In the opened "Xenonauts launcher" hit the "Modding Tools" button
5. Select "Pataschka's X2 Uniforms" string and hit "Activate" Button
6  Select "Pataschka's X2 Uniforms" string and hit "Move up" Button for this mod to be higher than "Jsleezy's Real Armors"
8. Click "Back" button
Now you can launch the game

Pataschka's X2 Uniforms Khall's More Portraits.zip Pataschka's X2 Uniforms.zip

Hello.

X-division , may 1980 cant find a leader to interrogate , winner gets a  steam trophy points 
X-division, i need a leader
May 1980 , there is a fortress, i shot down and cleared 100 UFO. But no leader, do i have to take the fortress?

 I tried to take a fortress.... i dropped a full clip of scimitar´s  mag minigun lv 2  on on 1 red ceasan  plus full 60 shots of minigun´s  laser 2 on the same ceasar......didnt even mitigate armor. ZERO DAMAGE.

Same prob with andron fortress. i have tried  plasma weapons but too slow and no minigun....but in any case they 1 shot my scimitar in the fortress.....

I got nothingleft  to research am i missing something?.... i have boarded 105 spaceships, all kinds , the game is on light cruisers , heavy bomber cruisers , advanded assault transports and i  took a terror transport 1 month ago....i dont get the very large ships anymore...... or terror missions......

my weapons are all i can get , laser minigun 3  , mag minigun 3.... and PREDATOR armor...and plasma...which i dont use

the aliens are SOOOO tough i need full 60-80 shots at 1 sq or 2 away to kill some xenomorphs , blue androns , and close to full 60 shots for robodogs

DIFFICULTY is NG,  and settings is for delayed alien progress.......

1-fighers dont give me parts to create my own fighters,  i only get  alloys.... and yes i take them  down  on land ...

 i just need to know how to  ADD  the  heavy fighters and fighters  PARTS.....

I am full-on phase 2

nothing else , needed THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!!

Xenonauts: Arms Race

v0.4.3.

Annotation:
The "Arms Race" modification is aimed at improving the original firearms ("ballistic") weapons, as well as expanding the arsenal due to real models that existed at that time (or around that time). All weapons and equipment stats now are close to realistic, due to which its combat effectiveness has increased dramatically.
In addition to the production of weapons and ammunition, which is already implemented in some other modifications, there is an alternative option for obtaining it: Purchase. Goverments, for an increased fee, are ready to provide the necessary supplies in large numbers in a short time, but at an increased price.

Features:
- Significant early stage gameplay rework
- Almost 200 new weapons
- 3 new armor options: Jackal-T, a reinforced version of the standard Jackal; Flak armor immediately available to xenonauts; and the heavy armored suit  Voin-X.
- Updated tree with new technologies
- Improved aircraft and air weapons: Moved to more real stats old and new models, French and Soviet missiles, Su-25 attack aircraft, MiG-23, MiG-701, Yak-141, Su-47 interceptors and unguided missile blocks.
- Increased arsenal of alien invaders
- Elite soldiers from the start

Installation:
1. Download last version of XCE
2. Clear "Mods" folder
3. Move and replace files from the mod to the "assets" folder
4. In the mod manager, leave enabled: X:CE Steam Mod; X:CE Balance Adjustments; X:CE Settings; X:CE. The installation order is not particularly important.
5. Launch and play

Download link (Google disk): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P8dXp9gT45LZAq_p9PM4mncjfUr6monz/view?usp=sharing

Known and possible errors: 

- No descriptions of some weapons
- Some inscriptions are replaced with "####"
- A sledgehammer can be given in the inventory along with another one-handed weapon or shield, but in tactical mode some of this disappears;
- Possible incorrect operation of new weapons for vehicles
- Possible errors with animations of new alien weapons
- Possible errors with animations of new xenonaut weapons

Sorry for text mistakes

Mod development discontinued.

Xenonauts 1.51 and X:CE v0.31 or newer compatible

This is a completely visual mod, so it doesn't alter game balance or content in any way.

What it does offer, is a complete graphical overhaul to add a more oppressive overall mood to the game. Darker tones and more muted color choises give the game much more brooding and omnious feel. I've also polished several UI elements that I thought were lacking, and added transparent elements.

I've tried to maintain or surpass the original level of visual quality and preserve the original feel and look of Xenonauts as well as possible. I hope you enjoy this mod!

Images:

Installation:

The new modular version should work fine via game's mod loader.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Change log:

The new modular version should be compatible with at least XCE v0.31+; I haven't checked it with vanilla 1.5+ but assume it will work fine with that as well.

Complete version history:

Any feedback is more than welcome!

Special thanks to kabill for modularizing this mod!

• works in Community Edition (0.35) and in Vanilla too
• in mod launcher: DEACTIVATE other mods that alter soldier or armour graphics!
• ~ 50 MB per file download, was unable to upload to Steam Workshop, because of "file too big Error"  although older versions are there and the split into separate smaller files, I gave up on modding Xenonauts after hours of trying to update the file there
• Important: Download & unpack all 3 files & order in mod launcher needs to be: part 3 above part 2 above part 1

This mod changes:

• Bigger pool makes soldier spawns much less repetitive, and makes the game a more global effort in defending earth
• gives soldier portraits a Xenonaut 2 look
  • Goldhawk´s Potrait Editor used as well as adapting open source photos in Photoshop - it took weeks
• more than double as many new nations to recruit from (was 21 is 57, work on name lists shared with Steelgonad)
• many more soldier portraits (was 167 is 611)
• 8 ethnicities (was 4 is 8)
• adds new cities in Asia
• tweaked basic (& basic female), jackal, wolf, buzzard armour graphics

[B4X2]bigger_pool_I.zip

[B4X2]bigger_pool_II.zip

[B4X2]bigger_pool_III.zip

Steam Workshop Link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1865910798

• Reapers and Alpha Reapers now respect the rules of armor and damage, and no longer insta-kill.

Reapers should reliably one-hit any civilian, but rarely will it one-hit one of your troops, especially if you're wearing armor.

• Reaper claws now follow the same rules as other melee weapons, and as such, should be able to miss/be dodged.

This may result in some civilians escaping to safety from what would be certain doom to vanilla civilians.

• Alpha Reapers are now capable of attacking vehicles. 

In fact, they're quite dangerous to armored vehicles. Those claws are built like a Mantis Shrimp's claws, spearing straight through steel into vulnerable crew or electronics.

• All reapers HP increased by 20.

That's 100HP for Reapers and 140HP for Alpha Reapers. Since you'll likely face far fewer of them.

• Reapers and zombies can attack multiple times per turn

Reapers can attack twice and have leftover AP for movement, Alpha Reapers can attack three times. Zombies have just enough AP to attack twice if they don't move.

• Alpha Reapers have Jackal-level kinetic armor.

This makes them harder to kill with conventional and MAG weaponry. Consider bringing a few laser weapons where you know you'll face them.

• All Zombies die when killed. (Imagine that)

Note: This might mean zombies are now capture-able if stunned, but I don't know if the game will like that. Try at your own risk.

• Alpha Zombies will become reapers after 3 turns, but not if killed before then.

Normal Zombies do not turn into Reapers anymore, they're just zombified husks carrying infertile parasites. If you would like a version where normal zombies still turn into reapers (after 4 turns), check out this alternate version on the Steam Workshop:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2125631569

• Reaper Changes (X:CE Default -> Reaper Rebalance)

1. Resilience (HP): 80 -> 100
2. Accuracy: 200 -> 60
3. Attack accuracy: 1000 -> 80 (Identical to stun baton)
4. Attack AP: 35 -> 25
5. Attack damage: 9001 -> 35
6. Attack Mitigation: 500 -> 0

• Alpha Reaper Changes

1. Resilience (HP): 120 -> 140
2. Accuracy: 200 -> 70
3. Attack accuracy: 1000 -> 80
4. Attack AP: 35 -> 25
5. Attack damage: 9001 -> 40
6. Attack Mitigation: 500 -> 25
7. Kinetic Armor: 0 -> 20
8. Added ability: MeleeVehicles

• Zombie Changes

1. Accuracy: 200 -> 60
2. Action Points (AP): 36 -> 40
3. Attack accuracy: 100 -> 60
4. Attack AP: 35 -> 20
5. Attack Mitigation: 40 -> 0
6. Removed ability: SpawnReaper

• Alpha Zombie Changes

1. Accuracy: 200 -> 60
2. Action Points (AP): 36 -> 50
3. Attack accuracy: 100 -> 60
4. Attack AP: 35 -> 20
5. Attack Mitigation: 40 -> 0
6. Tweaked ability: SpawnReaper,3 turns,Permadeath

Note: This is my first officially released mod, so there may be mistakes or issues I hadn't foreseen. Not every feature has been tested, so let me know if something doesn't work. I have tried to keep this mod as balanced and non-cheaty as I could, but the reapers were a bit overpowered and ridiculous to begin with. Suggestions and feedback are welcome.

X:CE is required, as that is what adds the framework that allows tampering with otherwise hard-coded reapers.

Thanks to Charon and Myron on the Steam forums for helping me out with the coding.

V1.0 - Original Release
V1.1 - Removed redundant or incorrect stat changes, lowered attack AP for zombies, added Alpha Reaper armor, general clean-up

V1.2 - Corrected issue preventing mod from loading properly, hopefully.

Reaper_Rebalance_1.2.zip

version:
1.0

This mod changes medals to real ones (Both images and names)

CitationForBravery - Blucher Order (German Democratic Republic)
CitationForCurage - Medal of Merit (Federal Republic of Germany)
CitationForValor - Honoris Crux (Republic of South Africa)
CrimsonHeart - Purple Heart (United States of America)
CruxSolaris - Star of Courage (Canada)
ServiceMedal - Bronze Star Medal (United States of America)
LongServiceMedal - Silver Star Medal (United States of America)
DistinguisedServiceMedal - Medal of Honor (United States of America)
MilitaryCross - Military Cross (Great Britain)
OrderOfGallantry - Order of the Red Banner (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
OrderOfMerit - Order of Lenin (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
OrderOfTerra - Hero of the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
SaviorMedal - Order of Bravery (Yugoslavia)
SurvivalMedal - Order of the Nile (Egypt)
ServiceMedal, LongServiceMedal, and DistinguisedServiceMedal - replace one another during the campaign, for this reason, all of them from one country of origin (USA)
OrderOfGallantry, OrderOfMerit, and OrderOfTerra  - replace one another during the campaign, for this reason, all of them from one country of origin (USSR)

Original Medals



New Medals



Disclaimer:
The purpose of this modification is to give the game the Cold War atmosphere to match the setting of the game, however, the author of this modification isn't trying in any way to propagate any regime or ideology. 
All the images for the medals were taken from the internet, they hadn't been made from scratch by me, only edited.

Special Thanks:
- Goldhawk Interactive - for creating and publishing such a beautiful game
- All those people who decided to download this modification.

Installation Instructions:
1. Go to your Xenonauts assets folder (C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Xenonauts/assets/mods)
2. Unzip "Pataschka's Real Medals" folder into the /mods folder
3. Launch Xenonauts.exe
4. In the opened "Xenonauts launcher" hit the "Modding Tools" button
5. Select "Pataschka's Real Medals" string and hit "Activate" Button
6. Click "Back" button

Now you can launch the game

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This mod is compatible with anything that does not replace the same files (unless you go around tweaking them).

Pataschka's Real Medals.zip

Mirror

https://www.nexusmods.com/xenonauts/mods/62?tab=files

In addition I have overhauled the Vanilla Xenonaut Buildings for the sake of realism and balance.

No longer will such a tiny Storage Room take a whole FIVE DAYS to build!

No longer shall a Supercomputer be built in a mere TEN DAYS with cheap costs and NO Tracking capability!

Today I present to you!

The Building And Salaries Overhaul Mod for Community Edition v0.31

Installation:

Extract to /Mods/ folder or use XCE's "Modding Tools" to install.

Features:

Increased Realism (duh, :3)

Compatible with everything (Even X-Division)

Buildings take more realistic times and costs to build.

Salaries are more realistic to that of the Cold War time period.

Better Defense Battery names! (example: Hydraulic Gauss Mega-Cannon)

Base Building can prove to be more costly despite decreased cost for the initial construction.

Quantum Cryptology Center now acts as a radar but takes longer to build and is more costly.

Earlygame is easier on the player, but as new researches are researched things can become more costly.

Tactical Notice(s):

-New Fortified Command Center and three new buildings to aid the Xenonauts' survival.

-Medical Centers heal soldiers quicker but hold the same number of soldiers as shown during Base Attacks.

-Turrets take longer to build depending on how advanced they are so you might want to build them in advance!

-Command Centers now let you station 8 Soldiers in them while the remainder of the base is being built. This means you can hire soldiers in advance and send them over to protect the new base before aliens can make that $250000 Command Center a waste of cash.

Recommended for those who regularly play with XNT or X-Division installed.

NOT Recommended for new players or those who are reluctant to build additional bases.

THIS MOD IS ALSO NOW ON STEAM, IF YOU ARE A STEAM USER IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU GET THE MOD OVER THERE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE UPDATES TO THE MOD MUCH FASTER.

(Link to Steam Version: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=367403073)

Features:

This mod changes the morale and psionics systems to make them both less random and arbitrary.

Morale Overhaul:

Morale has been reconceptualised as representing the strains and stresses of combat rather than sudden moments of shock. As such, rather than depleting and recovering quickly, it depletes more slowly but barely recovers at all. As such, over the course of a mission soldier's morale will tend to worsen, making them more vulnerable to psionic attack.

To account for this, the threshold for panicking has been lowered significantly. As such, soldiers will only panic once they have been worn down. Obviously, soldiers with higher bravery scores will endure for longer, making the more valuable as the game goes on.

Specific changes:

- Morale penalities for deaths have been reduced. Furthermore, the morale penalties for deaths caused by higher ranking officers have been flattened somewhat since having higher ranking soldiers doesn't generally mean having soldiers with higher morale.

- Morale recovery reduced to 3 points/turn. Also, a small amount of morale is gained from killing aliens (3 for the shooter; 1 for everyone else).

- Soldiers automatically panic if they are reduced to 9 morale or less, and recover 10 morale when they panic.

- To try and help bravery level a bit more, soldiers can earn up to +2 bravery per mission (if they panic more than once).

Psionics Overhaul:

The more powerful psionic abilities have been heavily nerfed in terms of their ability to affect soldiers. As such, they only have a reasonable chance of affecting soldiers who have had their morale severely depleted (morale of ~20 will have roughly even odds of success, depending on the alien and distance).

As a result of this change, the more powerful psionic abilities should only become significant during the latter stages of a mission, when soldiers' morale has been worn down by fighting and the Fear psionic power. Since skillful play will minimise morale damage taken over the course of a mission, these powers can potentially be negated.

Specific changes:

- The Fear power does less morale damage.

- All other powers have been reduced to 50% of their vanilla psionic strength.

- All powers also have a shorter effective range, which means that the strength of attacks will likely be lower the further soldiers are from the UFO/Command Room.

- Some changes to the psionic abilities used by different aliens.

- Different psionic attacks have different coloured animations.

Balance:

Note that I've not had chance to fully test this. I've tested the morale system and I think it works fine, but I've not had chance to see the effects on psionics much. As always, feedback is welcome.

Download:

Hold the Line!

Install Instructions:

To install, either:

1) Unpack the zip file into assets/mods; or

2) Install using the mod manager in the Xenonauts game launcher

Alternatively, for Steam users, you can install the mod via Steam Workshop.

However you install the mod, make sure you set it to 'active' in the mod manager.

Uninstall Instructions:

To uninstall, either:

1) Delete the mod's folder from assets/mods; or

2) Uninstall using the mod manager in the Xenonauts game launcher

If you installed using Steam Workshop, you should also unsubscribe from the mod (otherwise it will keep re-downloading). Note that simply unsubscribing from the mod will not delete it; you must also delete the mod using one of the above methods.

Description:

This mod expands the set of ballistic nato weapons by their soviet counterparts. Simply put, it makes it possible for players to equip their soldiers with soviet and nato weapons during the same campaign. The soviet weapons have the identical ballistic stats to the nato weapons (the only significant difference is the larger magazines used by soviet rifles - these contain 30 instead of 20 rounds). The already existing AK-47 assault rifle has been slightly modified - it has lower accuracy and range but better armour penetration and the ability to fire 5 rounds bursts. (These facts make it an interesting option in close combat especially when facing armoured enemies like the androns) Besides all soviet weapons now use a consistent colouring scheme.

Weapons included:

- Makarov (weapon.pistol2)

- AK-47 (weapon.ak there is also a weapon.ak47 in the game which is not the same)

- AK-74 (weapon.rifle2)

- SWD (weapon.sniper2)

- PK (weapon.machinegun2)

- RPG-7 (weapon.rocketlauncher2)

Installation notes:

To install, you could either:

(a) Unpack the file into assets/mods

(b) Or install the mod using the mod manager

Download:

http://http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=141

Features:

- Destructible UFO hulls! Certain parts of UFOs can be damaged and destroyed, allowing you to make additional entryways into a UFO.

- Rooftop Assault: Units can now land on and move across UFO roofs. In addition, larger UFOs possess one or more sections above ground level which can be destroyed to allow access. Buzzard and Sentinel armour therefore have additional uses when assaulting a UFO.

- Enhanced crash sites: Damage marks have been added around the UFOs and fire and smoke effects added too. Sometimes UFOs will already have damaged hulls as a result of the crash, and internal damage to the UFOs can result in destroyed rooms.

- Breaching charge weapons for penetrating UFO hulls. While their size and weight make them unsuited for combat, they will destroy UFO hull sections and other props in one go. With only a small radius, soldiers can be deployed nearby to attack as quickly as possible. (Information on how to use the Breaching Charge is contained in a Xenopaedia entry in game).

For previous discussion about the mod, here is the original concept thread and here is the previous release thread.

Known Issues:

The mod is 100% stable, but there are a number of minor issues that I will list here. If you encounter any bugs, please post in this thread or PM me.

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Download:

Fire in the Hole v3.0

ALSO, DO NOT RUN THIS MOD WITH THE ENHANCED CRASH SITES MOD! FIRE IN THE HOLE ALREADY INTEGRATES ADDITIONAL CRASH DAMAGE SO ENHANCED CRASH SITES IS NOT NEEDED.

Install Instructions:

To install, either:

1) Unpack the zip file into assets/mods; or

2) Install using the mod manager in the Xenonauts game launcher

Alternatively, for Steam users, you can install the mod via Steam Workshop.

However you install the mod, make sure you set it to 'active' in the mod manager.

Uninstall Instructions:

To uninstall, either:

1) Delete the mod's folder from assets/mods; or

2) Uninstall using the mod manager in the Xenonauts game launcher

If you installed using Steam Workshop, you should also unsubscribe from the mod (otherwise it will keep re-downloading). Note that simply unsubscribing from the mod will not delete it; you must also delete the mod using one of the above methods.

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Appendix:

Tips:

- The breaching charge is used like C4. It cannot be thrown, however, so you must drop it next to the prop you wish to destroy.

- The breaching charge has a + shaped explosion, allowing you to stand soldiers diagonally from where it is dropped without risk of being harmed.

- Destructible hull segments can be highlighted using the free-aim mode. When the UFO hull is not displaying, the lighter areas around the UFO shadow's edge indicate where breaches may be made.

- To destroy hull sections above ground level, fly next to the segment and drop an activated breaching charge next to it.

- To destroy roof sections, you must drop a charge on top of the relevant section (at the moment, there's no good way to identify these sections; I'll think of something at some point that will make this easy).

- Fire inside the UFO cannot be moved through unless you are wearing Predator armour (if it's working as I think it should; I've not tested this!)

Acknowledgements:

- Special thanks to Skitso for designing the breaching charge images (and for sparing me the whip!).

- Thanks to Tactical Dragon and Gijs-Jan for AI related tips.

- Thanks also to Silencer who has been invaluable in providing feedback for the mod.

- General thanks to to all those who have expressed enthusiasm for the mod and thrown in suggestions/ideas.

'Nuff said.

This is compatible with pretty much any version.

Installation:

Download

Unpack to /assets/soldierimagesfemale/armour.basic/ -folder. Overwrite everything.

What it does:

Male:

- Adds 10 new African portraits (13 from 3)

- Adds 14 new Asian portraits (19 from 5)

- Adds 19 new Mediterranean portraits and unlocks 2 custom portraits (29 from 8)

- Adds 21 new Northern portraits and unlocks 12 custom portraits (53 from 20)

Female:

- Adds 2 new African portraits (5 from 3)

- Adds 2 new Asian portraits (5 from 3)

- Adds 2 new Mediterranean portraits and unlocks 1 unused portrait (10 from 7)

- Adds 4 new Northern portrait and unlocks 3 unused portraits (16 from 9)

Some Examples:

The new portraits were created by mixing and matching different elements of existing portraits in photoshop. I'll still need to create more female portraits (which are a lot harder to do than male) and I'll do some more male portraits as well when I feel like it. But there's enough in it to consider it completed.

Installation instructions for X:CE:

1. Download the mod and install using the mod installer in the game launcher or unpack the mod in assets/mods

Installation instructions for Vanilla:

1. Download the mod and extract it

2. Just add the downloaded "soldierimage" and "soldierimagefemale" folders to their respective folders in "assets"

3. Open "soldiernames.xml" with notepad

4. Change this

<Ethnicity name="afri" count="3" />   <Ethnicity name="asi" count="5" />   <Ethnicity name="med" count="8" />   <Ethnicity name="nor" count="20" />

to this

<Ethnicity name="afri" count="13" />   <Ethnicity name="asi" count="19" />   <Ethnicity name="med" count="29" />   <Ethnicity name="nor" count="50" />

5. Open "soldiernamesfemale.xml" with notepad

6. Change this

<Ethnicity name="afri" count="3" />   <Ethnicity name="asi" count="3" />   <Ethnicity name="med" count="7" />   <Ethnicity name="nor" count="9" />

to this

<Ethnicity name="afri" count="5" />   <Ethnicity name="asi" count="5" />   <Ethnicity name="med" count="10" />   <Ethnicity name="nor" count="15" />

to allow use of the new portraits.

Credit:

Thanks to llunak for doing the modularized version and Theon Greyjoy and Ogaburan for working with me on the portraits

Download:

http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=53

v.5 as part of my [B4X2] mod collection

• made for Community Edition (0.35), probably works in Vanilla too
• not compatible with mods changing dropships or vehicles
• ~ 40 MB download, was unable to upload to Steam Workshop, because of "file too big Error"  although older versions are there since 2017
• main difference to Steam version: all gameconfig.xml and dropship stat modifications were moved to separate mods ([B4X2]more planes, [B4X2]ironman vet rebalance)

This mod changes:

• Hunter, Scimitar, Hyperion are sturdier & Hunter is faster for scouting,
• some other stats modified also to make vehicles more distinct
• new Turtle tank vehicle:
  1. tactical purpose: slow and sturdy bullet magnet
  2. unlocks with Hunter & Alien Plasma Tech research, first upgrades requires Alien Assault Plasma
  3. four Turtle Tank and six Turtle weapon versions researchable
  4. Turtle occupies 9 space slots in dropships - therefore get my "More Planes" Mod!

turtle_tank_v5[B4X2].zip

Requires X.CE V0.35.0 or X-DIVISION 1.0.10.

MOD Compatibility: Seems to be compatible with other mods but must be loaded after X-DIV but before XCE.

WARNING: IF YOU DOWNLOADED THIS MOD BEFORE 6/30/2019 DO NOT UPGRADE UNLESS YOU STARTED A NEW GAME ALSO DELETE THE OLD MOD FOLDER

ALL MODS ARE INCLUDED IN A SINGLE DOWNLOAD LINK AS OF 10/10/2022
MOD IS FREE TO MODIFIY AND REDISTRIBUTE WITH CREDIT GIVEN

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10F6YWX8y-EQLsVjE4wuCbdClFYbvPWml/view

Special thanks:

Charon for helping me reduce file size.

p6kocka for providing backup.

Soviet Weapons:  High damage, high armor mitigation, low accuracy

• Rifles: AK47, AK74, SKS
• Carbines: AG-043
• Shotguns: SAIGA
• Precision Rifles: KSVK, SVD, Mosin Nagant
• Pistols: Makarov, Nagant 1895 Revolver
• SMG: OTs-02 Kiparis, PPSH-41
• Other: RPG-7

NATO Weapons: Low Damage, little armor mitigation, high accuracy

• Rifles: M16, M14, HK G41, Galil
• Machine Guns: M60
• Carbines: M4, HK G41C, Galil Carbine
• Shotguns: Saiga, HK FABARM FP6
• Precision Rifles: Barrett M82A1, Remington 700, PSG1, Galil Sniper
• Pistols: Colt 1911, S&W M15, Desert Eagle, Glock 17, Beretta M9
• SMG: H&K MP5, FN P90, THOMPSON, UZI

Psionics for Xenonauts:

Adds three tiers of Psi Amps mk1, mk2 and mk3 unlocked through research. Each tier boosts the abilities range, radius and damage but requires a corpse of a caesian psion corpse and the previous tier unlocked. The requirements can be edited in researches.xml.

Abilities:

• Mindblast - stuns a target deals extra damage to robots
• Pyrokinesis - sets an area on fire
• Illuminate - lights an area up (used to work but now it doesn't)
• Kinetic Blast - explodes an area (like a grenade on steroids)
• Doubt - suppresses a target

Known Issues: Make sure to reload the psi amp in the loadout screen with one of the abilities found under rockets.

CAS MOD:

You can call in air support using a radio found under the explosives category. Like I said it is very OP but somewhat balanced due to the inaccuracy and how much the radio weighs. May cause lag on older computers.

Atomic Weapons MOD:

Adds two atomic bombs to the game. Has custom audio and has research/manufacturing requirements. Both of which can be viewed in research.xml and manufactures.xml. Also there is "radiation" in the blast zone using the toxic gas effect.

Tranquilizer Guns MOD:

Adds 6 tranquilizer guns 3 rifle tiers and 3 pistol tiers for capturing those pesky aliens. Includes custom sounds, custom projectiles and all the good stuff.

Grenade Launchers MOD:

Adds 4 grenade launchers (m79, HK 69a1, china lake and Milkgor MGL) ballistic tier, laser tier, plasma tier and mag tier. They are unlocked once you research the appropriate weapon tier. All have custom sounds and use 40mm variants of the different grenade tiers.

Known Issues: Make sure to reload the grenade launcher in the loadout screen with one of the 40mm types found under rockets.

• works in Community Edition (0.35) and in Vanilla too
• ~ 5 kB download

This mod changes:

• summarizes all gameconfig.xml changes to make the [B4X2] collection possible to win in IRONMAN & VETERAN difficulty, most importantly the "More Planes" Mod where you need to run several bases holding independent dropship squads to tackle distant alien terror sites
• boosts starting funds
• boosts relation bonus for doing ground missions
• changes starting layout and staff
• changes staff costs (cheaper soldiers, more expensive scientists) - you´ll lose 10 or so men per month, have a roster of 60+ men
  • to make your many soldiers look distinct with less repetition in portraits, use my "Bigger Pool" Mod
• changes buildings.xml and reduces staff capacity to encourage base founding
• lost continents can be reconquered by eliminating alien base(s)
• slowed down alien ticker progression to prolong early game

ironman_vet_rebalance[B4X2].zip

• made for Community Edition (0.35)
• ~ 5 MB download

This mod changes:

• Starting helicopter (Chinook) carries 8 men.
• Improved helicopter (Charlie) carries 14 men (or less with vehicle)
• Chengdu mig 21 variant = early low cost fighter.
• Saracen torpedo bomber = mid/late game heavy aerial torpedo launcher.
• Foxtrott Mig13 improved = carries 2 additonal light missiles.
• Nimrod surveillance plane = slow recon plane.
• Shrike/ Valkyrie = up to 16 men, can bring 2 vehicles.

Important: Fuel range of helicopters is low. You need SEVERAL bases with ready dropships to be able to reach distant Alien terror sites in early game! Therefore base founding cost was reduced and starting money increased in my other mod "Ironman Vet rebalance" that is highly suggested together with the other mods of my [B4X2] mod collection.
 

more_planes_v4[B4x2].zip