The remove attachments mod works for this, but unless you have some other mod that tweaks upgrade slots you still have lesser potential for building your own modded item than with a loot box item since Legendary loot box items can have 5 attachments and weapons can normally only get 3. Also loot boxes can give you upgraded gremlins, swords, etc which don't even normally have an attachment slot.

does this work with modded weapons such as resistance firearms , modern warfare etc out of the box or do i need to modify configs?

Hi for some reason my lootbox are not dropping bUpgradesDropAsLoot = false
is still false.

@neur0n23
No worries. I think I got that from Zelfana on the modding Discord.

I don't know of a mod that adds the projects you're asking for though, I'm afraid.

@Dragon32 - you, dear Sir, know your stuff! This is exactly what I found in my load order.
Thank you!
I have since changed the string DontRemoveUpgradesFromNamedWeapons= to TRUE and think this should take care of this part.
If TeslaRage (or someone who knows) ever sees this however - my original question (how to add projects to remove attachments from named weapons for a supply+time cost) still stands.

@neur0n23
You shouldn't be able to remove the attachments. You're probably running "Remove Weapon Upgrades" with DontRemoveUpgradesFromNamedWeapons=false

Also, how would I go about reducing the selling prices of lootboxes in the Blackmarket? Playing LWotC the supply influx one can get from these boxes (be it rare epic or legendary) can allow to run your whole economy just from these items, and it trivializes the campaign somewhat. (obviously the answer is not to fall to temptation but I seek a more immersive solution...)

Maybe I could I edit the configs (but where) to reduce the drop rates of all boxes? I find the game is VERY generous with those and since the default LWotC experience is to be poor and miserable, it somewhat goes against this ;)

Hi TeslaRage! First of all thanks so much for this mod I mark it as essential!

I would want to find a way to strip upgrades on weapons obtained from loot boxes in your mod. I know that I can simply click "strip upgrades" - but it feels a bit too strong and OP.

I think a proving ground project - where for some supplies cost + time Shen could task engineers with reverse-engineering the weapons mods and having them then be able to use as regular mods on all weapons would be a nice solution.

How would I go about doing this? It could be a Lab project as well - if that would be simpler, but I think Engineering projects fits better here.

Thanks so much again for your work, this is an essential mod!

Editing in " +BaseItems = (TemplateName = "GrenadeLauncher_BM") " at XComTLM.ini is not enough to get beam grenade launchers in LWotC, it does seem to work for the standalone beam grenade launcher mod.

How hard is it to move unlocking lootbox from proving grounds to lab? I think I have conflicting mods and I don't get a screen after box is unlocked or any random loot. So I want to try and see if it works

This s actually pretty cool on some guns. I'd say more of feature than a bug. The gremlin is the sore spot though. I want to put 3 mod slots on the mk3 gremlin

I stripped all of the looted weapons of their upgrades trying to deploy elerium jets to armor. now I can't put them back but can put them on other weapons as upgrades. Is there a way to prevent this or just manually strip upgrades?

I wonder, has anyone ever thought of making the lockboxes recoverable from the extract supply missions? Having them only be available through those missions would give more incentive to do those missions later in the game when supplies have become aplenty.

I would still have the black market sometimes have them and also keys, but not dropping on timed loot or at the end of missions.

For some reason, when I open a loot box of any rarity, I don't get the options to choose which weapon to open and only the random option appears, but when I choose it, it doesn't give me any weapons. Is there a solution?

Does this also give you weapons from mods like Resistance Firearms or does it only use the vanilla weapon models and/or weapons that aren't just reskins?

Have you installed another mod/facility that 'poaches' the projects from the Proving Ground? for example the Combined Workshop&Lab ?

You need a lock box key @PornStarsAreButter?

Question for the class. Lockboxes are showing up, I have modular weapons researched, and I have the proving grounds built, but I don’t have the project option to unlock any boxes. What am I missing here?

can you make the settings available in the mod menu like Grimy?

Thank you both for responses, I did finally get a gremlin, not sure why it wasn't showing up with the -1 config. I guess chemthrowers and tesla rifles need to be added to have other "common" primaries in the drop pool

@korflametank8

Do you have some of the suggested mods installed? I may be wrong, but you won't get swords or shields from loot boxes, if you don't have the shield or melee attachments mods.

I'm running a campaign at the moment, where I have received at least one gremlin and one grenade launcher from vanilla weapons.

@korflametank8
Not sure I'm afraid, when I last ran a campaign with this I'm pretty sure I was getting a mix of everything. Hopefully someone who knows will come along.

I'm only having primary weapons show up from the boxes. Even with "NumOfCategoriesToChooseFrom = -1" I dont have swords, armors, grenade launchers, ect... To choose from. I've poked around the config quite a bit but i dont see anything that says primary weapons only. What am i doing wrong?

@Rozmetal
XComTLM.ini
https://old.reddit.com/r/xcom2mods/wiki/wotc_modding/mod_folder

What comments? In text file or here? I cant find that txt, where is?

@Rozmetal
Re-read the comments about bUpgradesDropAsLoot in the .ini

Hello, Im pretty sure Im in max tech level, behind half of game progress, but still no lockbox drop. I get loot in every mission, but no lockbox. I changed bUpgradesDropAsLoot configuration to true, because I dont want any mod mentioned before this change. Why I dont get any lootbox? In proving groiunds are lockboxes visible.

Hey is there somewhere I can find all the loot that can br dropped or the loot boxes for a command in console?

@Eonflare
The unmodded game only has 2 tiers of grenade launcher. I don't know if the Beam Grenade Launcher is supported natively or would need a bridge mod. From what you say I think a bridge mod would be needed.

Hey, I'm pretty sure I'm at the point in the game where I've got the highest tier equipment (Plasma, Tier 5, whatever it's called), but I frequently get only mid tech grenade launchers, as opposed to the top tech ones. I've gotten at least one beam grenade launcher, so I know I should be able to get the best ones, but I frequently don't.
What exactly is it that you need to unlock get the best grenade launchers?

Okey. I deleted mele and shield attachments, and keep Psionics ex Machina, Tesla loot and (suddenly) grimy loot no boxes, and Loot pinatas lite. And all works fine. Loot drops evenly and fairly

In fact, if you have mods installed that make changes to the loot tables, then you will rarely get anything. Accordingly, without Melee Attachments, Shield Attachments. And Psionics Ex Machina will rarely drop at all, even cores will not be there. And if you install Savage items - goodbye and Tesla containers. Mod fixes are needed for these mods to work and for uniform distribution of loot

i dont knnow but i am playing LWOTC and it gave me a bad af legendary grenade launcher so it seems pretty cool but you have to build a proving ground. I am sort of stuck , torn between disabling that function or keeping it because it adds a twist to my normal facilities build

there is no Inv_Random_TLM picture, the rest seem to be displayed normally

researched mag weapons and it started giving mag though.

@space is cool
You're using LWotC? That'll be the problem.

I have laser weapons unlocked, but not getting any laser weapons from the loot boxes ?

Is there a way to sell the weapons to the Black Market? I have a long playthrough and I have a lot of them that I don't want to use, mostly because they come with ammo mods which make my ammo slot useless

also does this work with other gun mods like mercenary plasma :D

does this work with loot pinata and lwotc alright or no

You can ignore that post. The Modification is from Stukov's mod, sorry, not the base mod.

Love this mod, just rolled some armor that are supposed to give the soldier a vest slot but it appears to not being working. I do not have the "Armor Upgrades" mod installed, is that why? That appears to change the way vests work altogether vs. just giving a vest bonus slot to the soldier.

How does this interact with Loot Pinatas?

to answer some questions. In LWOTC you need to craft at least 1 weapon of the current technology to get that weapon from the boxes. Example: you unlock lasers and want laser rifles? craft 1 laser rifle then open the boxes, you have to do it with all weapons, including swords and knifes and stuff. What I would like to add is... Can the creator make an option so it drops chosen weapons????????? (I like to be all powerful)

Is there anyway to config the mod so it stop giving lower tier weapon when you unlocked higher ones?

hell yes, Grimy's Loot Mod was my favourite mod.

I too have an issue on a new run of LWOTC with the boxes dropping regular weapons even after unlocking all laser weapons

And on other LWOTC runs, the moment i complete mag weapons research, it just gives me mag weapons when opening boxes

Does this mod work with LWOTC where you need to make all the weapons manually? When i tried it, even with advanced magnetic weapons research, it still gives me T1 weapons.

@mimiji2121 - I seem to recall that a workaround for this is to have 'spare' weapons in your inventory list. For example, if you want to find a rifle in a loot drop then have a rifle in your armoury that doesn't get used.