Minimalistic Modjam for LWOTC 1.2.0

Mods that were removed from this collection, since now they have LWOTC versions:
– Kiruka’s Spark Overhaul
– Electrical Damage Consistency

Modifications:
– merged my ‘New XCom/Random perk pool for all LWOTC classes.’ feature with the new random perks system.
– rebalanced the new classes Buccaneer and Warden so they have a harder access to Lighting Reflexes, to reflect the rebalance that ocurred for Assault regarding this skill in LWOTC 1.2.0.
– modified Dragoon to further differentiate it from Specialist and to be able to be a viable alternative option, since Specialist got buffed.

Everything else seems to be working fine, but I will investigate the impacts of the LWOTC update further.

This mod was created because I like the idea of Kiruka’s Modjam very much, but when I played it, I felt it made me too strongly tied to the mod. I wanted more flexibility. So that is why I have been creating ‘Minimalistic Modjam LWOTC’ since many months ago. Its main feature:

No code was modified or added, only configuration files. Besides that, you can safely pick and choose only mods that you feel you want in your version of this modjam, since the mods aren’t tied together in any way(*).

Besides that, other relevant features:

• New XCom/Random perk pool for all LWOTC classes.
• New enemies, selected and configured so that they are balanced (**)
• New classes, selected so they each add something new to the game.
• More gameplay features, adapted and balanced for LWOTC
• New items, adapted and balanced for LWOTC

To install this modjam, subscribe to one of these collections:

• ‘Minimalistic Modjam LWOTC – Full Collection’: plug-and-play version of the Core mods
• ‘Minimalistic Modjam LWOTC – Full+Optional Collection’: plug-and-play version of all mods that have been tested in this modjam

It is recommended that you run this modjam with ‘XCOM2 Alternative Mod Launcher’.[github.com]

If this is your first time playing LWOTC, you should also follow its ‘Getting Started’ section (link}.

List of core mods, I recommend to use this only as a way to see the main features included in this modjam, since it doesn’t contain the required mods: ‘Minimalistic Modjam LWOTC – Core Collection’

You can also use collections for specific features, so you can more easily pick-and-choose what you like:

• ‘Minimalistic Modjam LWOTC – Class Collection’
• ‘Minimalistic Modjam LWOTC – Enemies Collection’
• ‘Minimalistic Modjam LWOTC – Gameplay Collection’
• ‘Minimalistic Modjam LWOTC – Items Collection’

A few optional mods that are not included in the full/core collections, but that have been tested with this modjam, and I do recommend them:

• ‘Minimalistic Modjam LWOTC – Quality of Life Collection’
• ‘Minimalistic Modjam LWOTC – Maps Collection’
• ‘Minimalistic Modjam LWOTC – Custom Collection’

(*) The only exceptions:
– ‘Celatid Alien’ and ‘Additional Ammos Types’: The ‘Scramble Rounds’ ammo is using CelaticCorpse. You can change the corpse and thus untie them easily if you want to, by modifying the file ‘Items – Additional Ammo Types/XComLW_Overhaul.ini’.
– ‘Pathfinders’ and ‘Extract Corpses’: In order to mantain the economy balance, all corpses sell for half their price in the blackmarket. If you don’t want this mod you have to also uncomment the lines below ‘moved to ‘Extract Corpses”in order to enable corpses for Pathfinders.
(**) This modjam was balanced for a Commander LWOTC playthrough, however it should work fine for other difficult levels, since it keeps the changes consistent for all difficult levels.

> Can be installed mid-campaign?
I do not recommend installing this modjam mid-campaign, I did not test this scenario. While this mod itself is pretty safe since it is only config files, there are mods in the collection that are not safe to install mid-campaign.

> There are missing dependencies
If the following mods have requirements missing, it is alright, they show as missing but a more recent mod is covering their dependencies:

– "[WOTC] Shadow Ops Perk Pack" the mods that are missing are covered by LWOTC itself and by the mod "[WOTC] Community Promotion Screen"
– "Dual Wield Melee" is covered by "True Primary Secondaries [BETA]"
– "Frost Legion" is covered by "True Primary Secondaries [BETA]"
– "WotC Ballistic Shields" is covered by "True Primary Secondaries [BETA]"

If the mods with the missing dependencies warning are these, then everything is fine, just be sure to be subscribed to the mods that cover them. Also, please do not subscribe to these missing mods ("[Deprecated] New Promotion Screen by Default", "[WOTC] LW2 Secondary Weapons", "[WOTC] LW2 Classes and Perks", "Primary Secondaries"), they either do not support LWOTC, or have bugs that are fixed in the mods I mentioned.

> An item shows up with a requisite I don’t have / I have not installed one of the Core mods
You have to delete the folders for the mods you decided to don’t subscribe to in the mod directory Steamsteamappsworkshopcontent2685003384675662Config. This happens because as far as I know there is no way for me to signal to the modjam ‘don’t load X config if Y mod is not installed’.

This is a very light weight mod by itself, since it only changes configuration files. The mods that are grouped in this collection have been tested and fine-tuned during many months of playthrough, and currently don’t have known issues (besides known issues for LOWTC itself, which I will detail in a ‘Discussion’ thread, so you can avoid a few common pitfalls). However, there may be issues with the LWOTC 1.2.0 patch, since most of my tests were performed with LWOTC 1.1.0. I am investigating and fixing them.

– Thanks to Kiruka, since originally this modjam was based on theirs.
– Thanks to everyone involded on LWOTC, it is my very favorite game.
– Thanks to the creators of the mods that are grouped in this modjam.