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Re-configures the SHIV progression. Alloy SHIVs, once straight SHIV upgrades, are now Recon SHIVs - stealth capable, high-mobility glass cannons.
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---DEPRECATED, PROBABLY FOR GOOD---
SHIV progression in XCom seems a lot like the weapon progression: much as Ballistic<<Laser<<Plasma, so too is SHIV<<Alloy SHIV<<Hover SHIV. While Enemy Within lifts all robo-boats with the new Foundry upgrades, it was still a race to the top. In addition, the initial investments made SHIVs difficult enough to acquire that by the time they were available, your humans were pretty much outclassing them in all points.
Considering the real uses of robotic warfare, it looked like a stealth scout would be a good third man between flying-death-machine and gun-brick-on-treads. So in this mod
-Alloy SHIVs are gone
-Basic SHIVs are constructable from the beginning, and have slightly more health + Alloy SHIV cover mechanic
-Heavy Weapons Platform Foundry project unlocks Recon SHIV, which is very flimsy but has unlimited stealth (I'd have preferred limited like multiplayer seekers, but ah well)
-Recon SHIV also costs 5 Seeker corpses to build, so stock up
-SHIV looks like Alloy SHIV, Recon SHIV looks like standard SHIV
-Needle grenades have no Chryssalid corpse cost - needed room, and I always saved them for Chitin Plating anyways
-New default naming scheme, but I suggest you choose your own
To Install: Extract the archive and drop the files in XEWXComGame. Run the .bat file - this will make the ini and Localization changes. Then take the Recon SHIV.txt file and put it in your Toolboks custom mod folder, then install with that.
If you load into a game in-mission with some SHIVs, you may or may not see the changes until you get back to base.
Usual credit to UberJumper and Bokauk for the tools, and Amineri for editing insights. Each mod gets me a little closer to decent packaging, and this time I have ericpopivker to thank for the little fnr.exe tool, heavily speeding up string replacement in these files.
SHIV progression in XCom seems a lot like the weapon progression: much as Ballistic<<Laser<<Plasma, so too is SHIV<<Alloy SHIV<<Hover SHIV. While Enemy Within lifts all robo-boats with the new Foundry upgrades, it was still a race to the top. In addition, the initial investments made SHIVs difficult enough to acquire that by the time they were available, your humans were pretty much outclassing them in all points.
Considering the real uses of robotic warfare, it looked like a stealth scout would be a good third man between flying-death-machine and gun-brick-on-treads. So in this mod
-Alloy SHIVs are gone
-Basic SHIVs are constructable from the beginning, and have slightly more health + Alloy SHIV cover mechanic
-Heavy Weapons Platform Foundry project unlocks Recon SHIV, which is very flimsy but has unlimited stealth (I'd have preferred limited like multiplayer seekers, but ah well)
-Recon SHIV also costs 5 Seeker corpses to build, so stock up
-SHIV looks like Alloy SHIV, Recon SHIV looks like standard SHIV
-Needle grenades have no Chryssalid corpse cost - needed room, and I always saved them for Chitin Plating anyways
-New default naming scheme, but I suggest you choose your own
To Install: Extract the archive and drop the files in XEWXComGame. Run the .bat file - this will make the ini and Localization changes. Then take the Recon SHIV.txt file and put it in your Toolboks custom mod folder, then install with that.
If you load into a game in-mission with some SHIVs, you may or may not see the changes until you get back to base.
Usual credit to UberJumper and Bokauk for the tools, and Amineri for editing insights. Each mod gets me a little closer to decent packaging, and this time I have ericpopivker to thank for the little fnr.exe tool, heavily speeding up string replacement in these files.