A Better Start for WOTC (LITE)

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Author: Scuba Steve

Last revision: 15 Sep, 2017 at 15:56 UTC

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Description:
A LITE version of "A Better Start for WOTC"

Wait did I hear that right? "Decades" I expect Central to be a bit more sheepish in telling me how long I have been away. Sure the base is new but how did we seem to lose all of our scientists and engineers? How is it there are no supplies outside of a few MRE’s? And who the hell lost the mystic knowledge that allowed the Skyranger to carry more than 4 grunts into battle?!

This mod is a tongue-in-cheek EZ-button for starting off as the recently awakened Commander. A cubic crap-ton of supplies, intel, and alloys along with tweaks to that reduce research and build times assuming the XCOM staff got actually BETTER at their work instead of worse.

This mod works at all gamelevel difficulties.

Under The Hood

Through the update of XComGameData.ini I have head large shipment of resources along with some calibration on scalars. The starting values have been curved to the difficulty setting giving you the most at rookie level and impossible level. This LITE version has reduced the bumps significantly so that the base management is still an essential part of the game.

  • Starting supplies are 50 to 800 depending on game diff.
  • Starting intel is 200 to 550 depending on game diff
  • Starting elerium is 100 to 300 depending on game diff
  • Starting alloys are 150 to 300 depending on game diff
  • Starting power is 0 to 10
  • Starting comm capacity 0 to 4
  • Building and clearing scalars have been reduced to 0.3 to 1.2
  • Research scalars are reduced to 0.8 to 1.1
  • New to A Better Start with the WOTC upgrade I have added discounts to research, supply, intel, corpse, etc. costs.

DIY Modding

If there are aspects of this mod that you hate or things you wished were just a bit more buffed, then open the file(s) below in a text editor and scan through settings. My mods are nothing more than configuration file overrides with no coding. A word of caution about editing the downloaded files in your workshop directory. If I ever update this mod your changes will get replaced with a fresh copy of my files. I recommend copying the modified file to another folder that you can swap back in after an update.

C:Program Files (x86)Steamsteamappsworkshopcontent2685001134713272ConfigXComGameData.ini
C:Program Files (x86)Steamsteamappsworkshopcontent2685001134713272ConfigXComGameStrategyTuning.ini

This is assuming your running windows and steamapps are on your c: drive.

Other A Better’ MODS

I have built a collection of mods under this same theme of wanting to start with a better advantage. There are multiple versions of the mods for LW2 and WOTC compatability and lesser OP versions for those who want some advantages but not overkill.

Click the title of the mod to visit it’s page to subscribe or comment on.