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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 2.8: The Lunar Protocol

« on: February 20, 2023, 12:26:50 am »

Kinda hard to say what's going on with Mr. Rojas without a save.

Edit: Actually, he seems to have lost a level 2 Master of ... commendation. Or improved a level 2 and lost a level 3. Which matches up with one less Throwing and Melee.

That's what I'm saying. An agent has several weapons at "master of" at level 3. He improved a weapon from 2 to 3. This resulted in no "master of" at level 2, and one more at level 3. This also resulted in loss of stat due to the loss of "master of" at level 2.

So these commendations are not cumulative?

In order to get the most of it, I assume that an agent should therefore have one of each rank by stopping using different weapons at 15, 25, 40, 60, 80, 100, 150 etc.

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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 2.8: The Lunar Protocol

« on: February 19, 2023, 10:09:53 pm »

Also, are Master of {x} or Bane of {x} medals cumulative? Do their bonuses stack?

Big time.

I am asking because after one of my agents improved his "master of grenade" to level 3 after a mission, I noticed he actually lost 1 point in melee and throwing accuracy skills. He already had mastery of a different weapon at level 3, so it looks like the bonus didn't stack. Not that I mind, there's plenty of stats to go around with all the cool medals and achievements. Just wanted to make sure I understand the mechanics.

(I've attached a screenshot of the agent's stats, and here's a link as well)

https://imgur.com/a/0Mw0Yxo

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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 2.8: The Lunar Protocol

« on: February 19, 2023, 06:19:46 pm »

I have several questions:

I've noticed that the large living quarters is designated as prison type 4, and has 5 such slots (with prison cells being #1, animal pen #2, ghost tank #3, and alien containment I assume is designated as zero). Who's type #4 then?

Also, are Master of {x} or Bane of {x} medals cumulative? Do their bonuses stack? Or is it better to have one level of each?
Oh and what are the requirements for the "commended" medal?

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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 2.8: The Lunar Protocol

« on: February 04, 2023, 08:19:12 am »

No, 'maxlookvariant' only supports values up to 63 (or 15 for pre-7.8.7). Your change is equivalent to 'maxlookvariant: 14' (174 - 10*16 = 14), which means the last 28 variants are cut off. In 7.8.7, that moves to 174-64*2 = 46, so (46+1)*8 = 376 avatars, which makes them repeat.

Upgrade to 7.8.7.

Never thought that there would be a calculation for the number of avatar faces. Now that I've counted the actual faces, it seems that I have about ~120 to choose from. Honestly, that's enough variety for me. I'll update when a stable version will be available. Don't want to risk it with preview builds.

Thanks.

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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 2.8: The Lunar Protocol

« on: February 03, 2023, 11:55:22 pm »

With the new update I can only select from about 10 faces, rest do not show up.

I also had this issue, but managed to fix it.
Open the file "vars_XCOMFILES.rul" in a text editor such as Notepad++.
In line 28 - "maxLookVariant: 17" change the number to "174"

Looks like it was a typo.