[RESOLVED] Having trouble with Chryssalid variant

[The Reaver of Darkness]

In my mod I have a variant of the Chryssalid which is supposed to turn soldiers into a variant of the zombie which then can be killed to spawn the chryssalid variant. The problem is that the chryssalid variant spawns just a regular zombie.

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units:
  - type: STR_CHRYSSALID_TERRORIST_C
    race: STR_CHRYSSALID
    rank: STR_LIVE_TERRORIST
    armor: CHRYSSALID_ARMOR_C
    livingWeapon: true
  - type: STR_ZOMBIE_C
    race: STR_ZOMBIE
    rank: STR_LIVE_TERRORIST
    armor: ZOMBIE_ARMOR_C
    spawnUnit: STR_CHRYSSALID_TERRORIST_C
    livingWeapon: true
armors:
  - type: CHRYSSALID_ARMOR_C
    spriteInv: CHRYSSALID_C
    spriteSheet: CHRYSSALID_C.PCK
    corpseBattle:
      - STR_CHRYSSALID_C_CORPSE
  - type: ZOMBIE_ARMOR_C
    spriteInv: ZOMBIE_C
    spriteSheet: ZOMBIE_C.PCK
items:
  - type: CHRYSSALID_C_WEAPON
    fixedWeapon: true
    zombieUnit: STR_ZOMBIE_C

edit: I determined that the STR_CHRYSSALID_C is apparently using STR_CHRYSSALID_WEAPON instead of STR_CHRYSSALID_C_WEAPON, which I tested by trying to change the bullet sprite on a different alien variant. What I don't understand is how the game determines that the alien should use STR_CHRYSSALID_WEAPON, as I have not told it at any point in the ruleset which weapon to use.

[Nord]

By race?

[The Reaver of Darkness]

That's probably it!

But how do I make new races? There's nothing for that in the completely unrelated alienRaces: section.

[Nord]

Just use your own descriptor. Like "STR_CUSTOM_CHRYSSIE" :-)

[The Reaver of Darkness]

That will get it to stop using the wrong weapon, but it won't get it using the right weapon.

I figured it out. Well, I checked and found a similar alien in X-Com Files. You can set the weapon with the following command:

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    livingWeapon: true
    builtInWeapons:
      - STR_CHRYSSALID_C_WEAPONYou must also change its race.

[Solarius Scorch]

Actually the race is irrelevant. You just don't need the "livingWeapon: true" line - then the game won't assign the unit any weapon except what you manually set with builtInWeapons.