[Conclusions of tinkering with sight distances]

I edited my Soldier View Distance aswell, but only very slightly.

First thing i did was remove the Sight Penalty of the Armors. It would be just logical that new Armor comes with better Optics, especially Hightech Alientech-Based Futuristic Armors.

I also gave the Combat Vehicles higher Visibility Range than the Soldiers and a higher Sight Angle. Same Reason as Soldier Armors. It is a Tank with top of the Line Electronics that has much better Visibility Range as the Human Eye with Infrared, Radar, etc.

[Disabling Nightmissions?]

Is there a way to make Missions always use Daytime?

Currently Nightmissions are not very fun and quite frustrating for me so i would like to turn them off till they get changed (or Nightvision goggles get implemented).

Alternatively, is it possible to edit the Savefile of a Nightmission to switch it to daytime? With a Hex Editor maybe?

[Alter funds or solider stats in a saved game??]

You can also edit Soldier Stats in the Savegame. You need a Hex editor tho (i use Notepad++ with Hex editor Plugin).

For someone that never used a Hex Editor or doesn't know how to change Decimal into Hex Values it is probably a bit hard to get into.

With the hex Editor you can also edit the Ammount of Money, Alien Loot, Weapons, Armor etc.